ࡱ> WUX#` bjbj\.\. .8>>!!!82"4"<5.""""""###+5-5-5-5-5-5-5$6hB9Q5vs+##s+s+Q5vv""f5333s+Pv"v"+53s++533vv3"" e[!-35|50539.939v3#D&3'L(###Q5Q53X###5s+s+s+s+$$D vvvvvv Appendix 4: Public hearings The Inquiry held seven formal public hearings around Australia between 26 July 2006 and 20 October 2006. Overall, 32 organisations and 44 individuals appeared at the public hearings. Audio and written notes from the hearings are available on the Inquiry website at  HYPERLINK "http://www.humanrights.gov.au/samesex/hearings.html" http://www.humanrights.gov.au/samesex/hearings.html. For further information about the hearings see Chapter 2 on Methodology. The following is a list of witnesses who appeared at each of the hearings, in the order of appearance. Sydney 26 July 2006 ACON, Stevie Clayton, Chief Executive Officer; Anna Bacik, Senior Policy Advisor; Geoff Honnor, President and Adrian Lovney, Board Member Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations, Abigail Groves, Policy Analyst and Bridget Haire, Media Officer Jim Woulfe Susan Everingham Michael Burge Lynne Martin Jiro Takamisawa Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (NSW), David Scamell and Vicki Harding, Co-Conveners. NSW Law Reform Commission, Professor Michael Tilbury, Commissioner and Peter Hennessy, Executive Director Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, Dr Michaela Anderson, Director of Policy and Research Inner City Legal Centre, Natalie Ross, Principal Solicitor Australian Services Union, Jo Justo, National Industrial Officer Community and Public Sector Union, Lisa Newman, Deputy National President and Peter Feltham, Project Officer Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Dr Andrew Lynch Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Vijaya Raman, Policy Officer and Jo Schulman, Equality Solicitor NSW Anti-Discrimination Board, Fiona Kerr, Legal Officer Perth 9 August 2006 Brian Greig, Former Federal MP The Hon Giz Watson MLC Kelly and Samantha Pilgrim-Byrne Gay and Lesbian Equality WA, Rod Swift, Convener Australian Coalition for Equality, Rod Swift, Secretary University of Western Australia, Beverley Hill, Manager Equity and Diversity Equal Opportunity Commission of Western Australia, Yvonne Henderson, Equal Opportunity Commissioner Women in Social and Economic Research, Dr Rob Guthrie, Head of School School of Business Law, Curtin University Adelaide 28 August 2006 The Hon Ian Hunter MLC Sue McNamara and Leanne Nearmy Barry Mortimer and Henry Tibb Lets Get Equal, Matthew Loader Dr Jo Harrison, Fellow of the Australian Association of Gerontology Margie Collins Equal Opportunity Commission of South Australia, Linda Matthews, Commissioner for Equal Opportunity Hobart 25 September 2006 Roger Lovell Jonathan Hodgkin David Samson and Kevin OLoghlin Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group, Martine Delaney, Jen Van Acherton and Rodney Croome Spokespersons Gay and Lesbian Community Centre, Richard Hale Melbourne 26 September 2006 Janet Jukes and Monica Ferrari Lee Matthews and Tony Wood Felicity Martin and Sarah Lowe Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby, Gerard Brody, Policy Working Group Convener and Aly M, Co-Convener Equal Opportunity Commission of Victoria, Ben Rice, Acting Manager Legal, Policy and Systemic Initiatives and Jamie Gardiner, Member of the Equal Opportunity Commission Victoria Law Institute of Victoria, Leigh Johns, Former Chair and current Executive Committee Member, Workplace RelationsSection and Joanne Kummrow, Solicitor, Administrative Law and Human Rights Section Womens Health Victoria, Kerrilie Rice, Policy and Research Officer Melbourne 27 September 2006 Eilis Hughes Doug Pollard Grant Goodwin ALSO Foundation, Nan McGregor, Board Member Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Peter Anderson, Director Workplace Policy Miranda Stewart, Senior Lecturer in Law Australian Council of Trade Unions, Cath Bowtell, Industrial Officer Human Rights Law Resource Centre, Philip Lynch, Director and Principal Solicitor Brisbane 11 October 2006 Kaz Heffernan, Male Queer Sexuality Officer, University of Queensland Union 2006 Parents and Friends of Lesbians And Gays (PFLAG) Brisbane, Shelley Argent OAM and Grainne Ridd Anti-Discrimination Commission of Queensland, Susan Booth, Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Action Reform Change Queensland and Queensland AIDS Council, Carman Parsons, Member Action Reform Change Queensland Canberra 20 October 2006 Gary Fan and Wayne Lodge John Curmi Penelope Morton Brian McKinlay and James Kim Tony Whelan Heidi Yates Good Process, Heidi Yates and Llewellyn Reynders Simon Corbell MLA, Attorney-General, Minister for Planning, Minister for Police and Emergency Services in the ACT and Renee Leon, Department of Justice and Community Safety Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, Amy Kilpatrick, ACT Convener and Andrew Thomas ACT Human Rights Office, Jenny Earle, Human Rights and Discrimination Law Policy Officer and Julie Whitmore, Senior Conciliator Superannuated Commonwealth Officers Association, John Coleman, Federal Secretary     Appendix 3 Public Hearings PAGE  PAGE 1  Jdop% ( ) j k l # + 7 8 V ] ^ j Ǽwsokgksk`\`h h%qhiShxChrhEhOhzDB*phhUhO0J>*B*ph$jhUhOB*UphhUhOB*phjhUhOB*UphhUhEB*phhE hEhE h1h,I hO\ hiS\h,IhjJ hhjJ hhT hh# U V k l c o  l  P xgdKxgdZxgdgdiSgdiSgdEgdGAj l p !    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