Appendix C – List of Public Hearings
Wednesday, 23 July 2008 - Perth
Private
Capacity
Mrs Helen Charlesworth
Mrs Trudi Clough
Mr Thomas Cunningham
Ms Kay De Brett
Ms Janette Dodd
Ms Raynar Foldesi
Mrs Carol Franklin
Mr Anthony Meade
Ms Brenda Pitcher
Mrs Ngoc Thuan Quach
Mr Tony Ramshaw
Mr Charlie Rook
Mr Ken Steele
Mr Andrew Watson
Mr William Wilton
ARAFMI
Mental Health Carers & Friends Association (WA)
Mr David Kernohan,
Executive Director
Mr David Hilton, Team
Leader – Metro
Australian
Red Cross
Mrs Linda Crumlin, Senior Manager, Community Care
Mrs Tina Newman, Manager,
South-West Respite & Carelink Centre
Ms Judy Waymouth, Manager,
Metro East Respite & Carelink Centre
Carers WA
Mr Paul Coates, Chief
Executive Officer
Mrs Lynne McHale,
Coordinator, Hospitals Program
Ms Britta Meyer, Manager,
Carer Services
Ms Pamela Siu, Carer
Advisor
Committed
About Securing Accommodation for People with Disabilities
Mrs Irma Brown, Member
Ms Carol Franklin, Co-Founder
Mrs Amanda Simes, Member
Developmental
Disability Council of WA
Ms Taryn Harvey, Member
Mrs Dianne Murphy, Member
Mr Shaun Murphy, Member
Ms Di Shepherd, Member
Ethnic
Disability Advocacy Centre
Ms Jennifer Au Yeong, Chief Executive Officer
Mrs Maranda Ali, Project Officer
Wednesday, 6 August 2008 - Sydney
Private
Capacity
Mrs Patricia Berrutti
Ms Nell Brown
Mrs Katrina Clark
Ms Beth Daws
Miss Carreen Dew
Miss Lisa Humphries
Ms Lynette MacIver
Miss Maggie Malak
Mrs Irene Sullivan
Ms Johanna Tams
Ms Dianne Thian
Anglicare Diocese of Sydney
Mr Phillip Coller,
Assistant Director, Community Care
Mrs Susan King, Policy
Unit Manager
Association of Children’s Welfare
Agencies
Ms Sylvia Ghaly, Manager,
Policy and Membership
Mr Andrew McCallum, Chief
Executive Officer
Australian Foundation for Disability
Mrs Patricia Berrutti, Carer Support Coordinator
Ms Shirley Crowe,
Executive Manager, Client Services
Carers NSW
Ms Sheree Freeburn,
Aboriginal Policy and Development Officer
Ms Elena Katrakis, Chief
Executive Officer
Disability
Council of New South Wales
Mr Dougie Herd, Director
Institute for Family Advocacy & Leadership
Development Association Inc
Mrs Belinda Epstein-Frisch, Systems Advocate
Mrs Lesley Light, Member
Mrs Meg Sweeney, Member
Multicultural Mental Health Australia
Ms Vicki Katsifis, CALD Mental Health Carer Advocate
Ms Georgia Zogalis,
National Program Manager
University of NSW - Social Policy Research Centre
Professor Deborah Brennan
Professor Bettina Cass, Professorial Fellow
Dr Patricia Hill, Research Fellow
Ms Catherine Thomson, Research Fellow
University of Western Sydney - Centre for Cultural Research
Ms Beatriz Cardona,
Research Assistant,
Dr Sharon Chalmers, Research
Fellow
Professor Brett Neilson, Research Fellow
Taskforce
on Care Costs
Ms Juliet Bourke, Former Chair
Tuesday, 12 August 2008 - Melbourne
Private
Capacity
Mr Michael Aldred
Mrs Honnie Aldred
Mr Graham Andersen
Mrs May Andersen
Ms Wai Ling Cheung
Mr Martin Forty
Ms Susan Gambin
Mr John Halford
Ms Helen Johnson
Ms Shirley Matheson
Ms Susan Mina
Mr Aaron Paul
Mr Rolf Regal
Mrs Iris Stockfeld
Mr Terry Stroud
Mrs Lisa Thomas
Association
for Children with a Disability NSW
Ms Dianne McCarthy,
Manager, Parent Support Team
Australian
Association for Families of Children with a Disability
Ms Elizabeth McGarry, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Anne-Maree Newbold, President
Australian
Council of Trade Unions
Ms Catharine Bowtell, Industrial Officer
Ms Belinda Tkalcevic,
Industrial Officer
Australian
Federation of Disability Organisations
Ms Niki Sheldon, National
Policy Officer
BrainLink
Services Limited
Mr Craig Coleman, Client
& Carer
Mrs Greta Parker, Family
Services Coordinator
Mrs Sharon Strugnell,
Chief Executive Officer
Brotherhood
of St Laurence
Ms Jennifer English, Carer
Mr Warren Haynes, Manager
Mr Gordon Moore, Carer
Ms Christine Morka, Senior Manager
Carers Victoria
Ms Maria Bohan, Chief
Executive Officer
Mr Ben Chodziesner,
President
Mr Ben Ilsley, Policy
Advisor
Ms Gill Pierce, Program
Manager, Policy and Research
Australian
Huntington's Disease Association
Ms Ruth Hertan, Chief
Executive Officer
MS
Australia
Dr Michael Summers, Senior Policy Advisor
Royal Australian
and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Dr Julian Freidin,
Immediate Past President
Mrs Sarah Gafforini,
Manager, Policy and Practice Standards
Dr Margaret Leggatt, Board of Professional & Community Relations
Transport
Accident Commission
Ms Rwth Stuckey, OH&S & Injury Management Advisor
Victorian
Mental Health Carers Network Inc
Dr Margaret Leggatt, Member of the Executive Committee
Ms Lynne Ruggiero, Child
& Adolescent Area Mental Health Services Representative
Wednesday, 13 August 2008 - Adelaide
Private
Capacity
Mr Daryl Barkhazen
Mrs Rosina Barkhazen
Ms Vivianna Cagliuso
Mr William Heggblum
Mrs Jayne Lehmann
Ms Paola Mason
Ms Julie Milburn
Mr Doug Nicholas
Ms Sabine Schreiber
Ms Anne Stacey
Ms Dianne Stewart
Ms Helen Thomas
Ms Jeanette Walsh
Mr Kevin Wood
Australian Infant Child Adolescent and Family Mental
health Association - Children of Parents with a Mental Illness National Initiative
Ms Christabel Alliston, Consumer and Carer Participation Officer
Ms Elizabeth Fudge, Project Manager
Alzheimer's
Australia
Mr Phillip Alderton,
Member
Ms Marie Alford, General
Manager
Mr Ronald Sinclair,
Chairman
Carer
Support Network of SA
Mr Robert Haines, Carer
Mr Peter Sparrow, Chief
Executive Officer
Mr Gary Vogt, Executive Officer
Carers SA
Mr Philip Saunders,
Policy & Projects Officer
Ms Janice Wallent,
President
Ms Rosemary Warmington, Chief Executive Officer
Julia Farr Association
Ms Shelley Hoppen,
Stakeholder Networking & Consultation
Mr Robbi Williams, Chief Executive
Officer
Muscular
Dystrophy Association Inc
Miss Lisa Quinn, Client Services Coordinator
Mrs Hilary Rowe, Board
Member
Private
Mental Health Consumer Carer Network (Australia)
Mrs Judy Hardy, Carer
Ms Janne McMahon OAM, Independent Chair
Siblings
Australia Inc
Ms Kate Strohm, Executive
Director
Wednesday, 20 August 2008 - Brisbane
Private
Capacity
Mrs Anna Bowlay
Mrs Lynn Collins
Mr Stephen Lopedote
Ms Shirley Macfarlane
Mrs Carolyn McDiarmid
Mrs Desley Payne
Ms Joy Roze
Australian
Association of Gerontology
Professor Laurie Buys, National President
Dr Evonne Miller,
National Honorary Secretary
Carers Queensland
Ms Toni Cannon, Senior Policy Advisor
Ms Toni Dunshea,
President
Mr Brendan Horne, Area
Manager, South-East Queensland
Mr Eric Jones,
Coordinator, Family Support and Advisory Program
Mr Graham Schlecht,
Executive Director
Mental
Health Carers ARAFMI Queensland Inc
Ms Marj Bloor, Executive
Officer
Mrs Jean Platts, Vice
President and Carer
National
Seniors Australia
Mr Michael O'Neill, Chief
Executive
Mr Geoff Trollip, Chief Operating Officer
Office of
the Public Advocate
Ms Michelle Howard, Public Advocate
Mr Marcus Richards, Principal Research Officer
Parent
Project Australia Inc
Mrs Helen Posselt,
Education Director
Schizophrenia
Fellowship, Sunshine Coast Branch
Mrs Jillian Boyle, President and Carer
Mrs Mary Ireland, Carer
Mrs Sharon Plum, Carer
Mrs Beverley Tickner, Vice President and Carer
University of Queensland - School of Social Work & Human Services,
Associate Professor Cheryl Tilse, Director of Postgraduate Research Studies
Professor Jill Wilson
Friday, 26 September 2008 - Canberra
Private
Capacity
Ms Jo-Anne Beattie
Ms Judy Bentley
Mrs Patricia Bodegraven
Miss Tammara Haines
Ms Deborah Hayes
Mrs Bridget Larsen
Ms Stephanie Maxwell
Mrs Carolyn Paisley-Dew
Ms Evelyn Scott OAM
Mr Arthur Skimin
Mrs Kathleen Skimin
Anglicare
Canberra Goulburn
Ms Kat Szukalska, Acting Coordinator
of CYCLOPS & Litmus
Mr Keith Waters, Chief
Executive Office
Ms Shyanne Watson, Manager
of Junction, CYCLOPS & Litmus
Carers ACT
Ms Annemarie Ashton, Policy Adviser
Ms Judy Bentley, Carer Representative
(voluntary)
Ms Deborah Hayes, Carer
Representative (voluntary)
Ms Dee McGrath, Chief
Executive Officer
Mrs Carolyn Paisley-Dew, Carer Representative (voluntary)
Tandem
Ms Catherine Bickmore, Family Support Practitioner
Ms Cheryl Daw, Chief
Executive Officer
Miss Merrilyn Lowe, Coordinator
Wednesday, 1 October 2008 - Albury
Private
Capacity
Mrs Narelle Hughes
Mrs Anne Manning
Bright
Carer Support Group
Mrs Veronika Colyer,
Facilitator
Mrs Bevely Miller,
Facilitator
Myrtleford
Carer Support Group
Miss Cheryl Sanderson, Facilitator
Delatite
Community Health Service
Ms Deborah Smith,
Community Health Nurse, Carers Support Group
Cooinda
Family Support Group Inc
Mr Neil Butterfield,
Carer
Ms Kerry Ferguson, Member
and Carer
Mr Paul Kirk, Casual
staff member and Carer
Mrs Susan Pringle,
Coordinator
Mrs Vickie Priscina,
Events Coordinator and Carer
Mrs Robyn Raine, Carer
Mrs Beverly Thorpe, Carer
Mrs Naomi Tomkins, Member
and Carer
Daughters
in Demand Support Group
Mrs Michele Campbell, Coordinator
Mrs Lynette Richards, Coordinator
Dementia
Respite Options
Mrs Helen McDougall,
Coordinator
Miss Alishya Purss, Carer
Mr Henry Thomas, Carer
Kiewa
Valley Carer Support Group
Mr John Lindsey,
Facilitator
Thursday, 9 October 2008 - Hobart
Private
Capacity
Mr Peter Aris
Mrs Carol Butler
Ms Lesley Field
Mrs Sue Hodgson
Ms Karelle Logan
Mr Geoff Lucas
Mrs Jennifer Parrott
Mrs Robyne Rycen
Mrs Lee Scriven
Mrs Annette Wilson Sturm
Carers Tasmania
Mrs Annemarie Ashton, Policy Consultant
Mrs Maggy Hunter, President
Mrs Janis McKenna, Chief
Executive Officer
MS Society
of Tasmania
Mrs Jane Hope, Manager,
Client Services
Neuro
Muscular Alliance Tasmania
Mrs Anne Ashford,
Secretary
Parkside
Foundation
Mrs Linda Glover, General
Manager
Ms Belinda Smith, Service
Manager
Wednesday, 15 October 2008 - Canberra
National
Carers Coalition
Mr Robert Gow, Queensland Member
Ms Felicity Maddison, Queensland Liaison
Ms Jean Tops, Victorian
Liaison
Wednesday, 22 October 2008 - Canberra
Mental
Health Council of Australia
Mr David Crosbie, Chief
Executive Officer
Ms Linda Rosie, Carer
Engagement Project Manager
National
Council on Intellectual Disability
Mr Mark Pattison,
Executive Officer
Wednesday, 12 November 2008 - Canberra
Australian
Foster Care Association Inc
Mrs Bev Orr, President
Canberra Mothercraft Society
Ms Emma Baldock,
Counsellor and Community Development Officer
Ms Mary Kirk, Director of
Nursing & Midwifery and Executive Officer
Wednesday, 26 November 2008 - Canberra
Carers Queensland
Ms Suzanne La Fontaine
Group Home
Project, Mackay
Ms Lyn Downing
Ms Caralyn Straw
Royal
Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Associate Professor Robert Parker, Chair of the Board of Professionals and Community Relations
Ms Tess Narkle, Carer
Friday, 28 November 2008 - Canberra
Alzheimer's
Australia
Ms Anne Eayrs, National
Policy Officer
Mrs Kaye Pritchard,
Volunteer
Mr Glenn Rees, National
Executive Director
Mr Ronald Sinclair,
Chairman of the National Consumers Committee
Carers
Australia
Ms Joan Hughes, Chief
Executive Officer
Ms Pam Webster, President
of the Carers Australia Board
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and
Indigenous Affairs
Ms Lee Emerson, Branch
Manager, Carers Branch
Ms Angela Hope, Section
Manager, Carers Branch
Department
of Health and Ageing
Mr Andrew Stuart, First
Assistant Secretary, Ageing and Aged Care Division
Mr Keith Tracey-Patte,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Community Care Branch
Department
of Veterans' Affairs
Mr Wayne Penniall,
National Manager, Aged and Community Care
Wednesday, 3 December 2008 - Canberra
Winnunga Nimmityjah - Aboriginal Health Service ACT
Ms Julie Tongs, Chief
Executive Officer
Wednesday, 25 February 2009 – Canberra
Yooralla (People Helping People Achieve)
Mr Bruce Bonyhady,
Chairman