Tuesday 12 February 2008 Jubilee Room 9:00am – 5:30pm
Inquiry
Website: Public
Hearing Link to Transcript
12 February 2008 (562 KB PDF)
9:00 am – Department of Aboriginal Affairs
- JODY BROUN, Director General, Department of
Aboriginal Affairs - KERRY PEARSE, Executive Director—Community and
Programs, Department of Aboriginal Affairs
10:45 am – NSW Health
- Professor DEBORA MARGARET PICONE, Director
General, NSW Health - Dr RICHARD JOHN MATTHEWS, Deputy Director
General, NSW Health - Dr DENISE ROBINSON, Chief Health Officer and
Deputy Director General Population Health, NSW Health
12:00 pm – NSW Housing
and Department of Ageing, Disability and
Home Care
- DEBORAH BRILL, Manager Commonwealth
Relations, NSW Housing, - IVAN ALEXANDER SIMON, Director Aboriginal
Service Improvement, NSW Housing, - MICHAEL ALLEN, Director General, NSW Housing,
- BRENDAN O’REILLY, Director General, Department
of Ageing, Disability and Home Care - YVONNE PAULINE WELDON, Manager Aboriginal
Policy, Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care - CAROL MILLS, Deputy Director General, Department
of Ageing, Disability and Home Care
2:15 pm – Department of Juvenile Justice, Attorney General’s
Department and Department of
Corrective Services
- JENNIFER MASON, Director General, Department of
Juvenile Justice - PETER JAMES MUIR, Deputy Director General
(Operations), Department of Juvenile Justice, - JOE HEDGER, Manager, Aboriginal Services,
Department of Juvenile Justice - BRENDAN THOMAS, Assistant Director General,
Attorney General’s Department - PAUL NEWMAN, Director, Aboriginal Support and
Planning, Department of Corrective Services - LUKE GRANT, Assistant Commissioner, Department
of Corrective Services
3:45 pm – New South Wales Police Force
- ANDREW SCIPIONE, Commissioner, New South Wales Police Force
- RODNEY SMITH, Commander, Policy and Programs, New South Wales
Police Force - STEPHEN BRADSHAW, Assistant Commissioner, New South Wales
Police Force - PETER LALOR, Manager, Aboriginal Coordination
Team, New South Wales
Police Force
4:30 pm – Department of Community Services and Department of
Education and Training
- CARMEN PARTER, Director Aboriginal Services,
Department of Community Services - MICHAEL COUTTS-TROTTER, Director General,
Department of Education and Training - ROBYN McKERIHAN, General Manager Access and
Equity, Department of Education and Training - ELIZABETH McGREGOR, Institute Director, TAFE NSW
North Coast Institute - JOSÉE GRISARD, Deputy Director General Corporate
Services, Department of Community Services - ANNE-MAREE SABELLICO, Acting Executive Director
Operations Development, Department of Community Services - MICHELE HALL, Relieving Director Aboriginal
Education and Training, Department of Education and Training
Wednesday 13 February 2008 Jubilee Room from 9:00 am
Inquiry
Website: Public
Hearing Link to Transcript
13 February 2008 (379 KB PDF)
11:15 – National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)
- DR SOPHIE COUZOS, Public Health Officer,
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)
12:15 – Aboriginal Legal Services and Aboriginal
Justice Advisory Council
- TREVOR CHARLES CHRISTIAN, Chief Executive
Officer, Aboriginal Legal Services ACT/NSW - JOHN McKENZIE, Aboriginal Legal Service
- TERRY CHENERY, Executive Officer, Aboriginal
Justice Advisory Council
14:15 – Tranby Aboriginal College and Aboriginal Education Consultative Group
- MAURICE SHIPP, Director of Operations, Tranby Aboriginal College
- CINDY BERWICK, Vice-President, Aboriginal
Education Consultative Group - LINDON PAUL COOMBES, Executive Director, Tranby Aboriginal College
- CARLO SVAGELLI, President, Aboriginal Education
Consultative Group
15:30 – New South Wales Aboriginal Housing Office (see also 14th Feb 10:30)
- RUSSELL TAYLOR, Chief Executive Officer,
New South Wales Aboriginal
Housing Office - DAVID LEE, Board and Ministerial Liaison
Officer, New South Wales
Aboriginal Housing Office
16:30 – Aboriginal Employment Strategy
- RICHARD LUCAS ESTENS, Chairman, Aboriginal
Employment Strategy - DANIEL JOHN LESTER, Chief Executive Officer,
Aboriginal Employment Strategy
Thursday 14 February 2008 Jubilee Room from 9:00 am
Inquiry
Website: Public
Hearing Link to Transcript
14 February Morning 2008 (189 KB
PDF)
09:00 – New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
- DONALD JAMES WEATHERBURN, Director, New South Wales
Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
09:45 – Australian Bureau of Statistics
- PETER DAMCEVSKI, Director, Statistical
Coordination, Australian Bureau of Statistics - CHARMAINE SMITH, Indigenous Engagement Manager,
Australian Bureau of Statistics
10:30 – Aboriginal Housing Office (see also 13th Feb 15:30)
- DAVID LEE, Board and Ministerial Liaison
Officer, New South Wales
Aboriginal Housing Office - REVEREND THOMAS SLOCKEE, Chairman, New South Wales
Aboriginal Housing Office
Thursday 14 February 2008 Bidwill Uniting from 1:30
Inquiry
Website: Public
Hearing Link to Transcript
14 February 2008 Afternoon & Public Forum (324 KB PDF)
13:30 – Housing Communities Assistance Program
- MICHAEL STEPHEN MAXWELL, Housing Communities
Assistance Program, Mount Druitt Community Ministry, Parramatta-Nepean
Presbytery of the Uniting Church in Australia
14:15 – Chain Reaction Foundation & Mt Druitt
Learning Ground
- Ms Winsome Matthews Project Manager Mt Druitt
Learning Ground - MARGARET BELL, President and Chief Executive
Officer, Chain Reaction Foundation - WINSOME MATTHEWS, Mount Druitt Learning Ground
15:15 – The Men’s Shed,
Mount Druitt, Aboriginal Justice Group
and Circle Sentencing Program
- TEDDY HART, Representative, The Men’s Shed, Mount Druitt
- RAY LESLIE, Chairperson, Aboriginal Justice
Group - JASMINE FRANKLIN,
Project Coordinator, Circle Sentencing Program, Attorney General’s Department
16:00 – New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council
- GEOFF SCOTT, Chief Executive Officer, New South Wales Aboriginal Land
Council, - BEV MANTON, Chairperson, New South Wales Aboriginal
Land Council - ROY AH-SEE, Councillor, New South Wales Aboriginal
Land Council
17:30-19:00 PUBLIC FORUM – Bidwill Uniting
Church Community Centre Bidwill
- Ms Avis EGAN
- Mr David NICHOLLS
- Ms Rita TOBIN
- Aunty GLORIA
- Fr MULLINS
- Mr Rick MANTON
- Mr Brett MANTON
- Ms Kayleen MANTON
- Ms MATTHEWS
- Ms Judy PARRY
Tuesday 11 March 2008 Kempsey Macleay
RSL Club 1 York Lane,
Kempsey
Inquiry Website: Public
Meeting Link to Transcript
11/03/2008 (284 KB PDF)
8:45 Aboriginal Land
Councils:
- THOMAS BRIGGS, Deputy Chair and
Northern Region Representative, New
South Wales Aboriginal
Land Council - PATRICIA LAURIE, North Coast
Region Representative, New
South Wales Aboriginal
Land Council - LEWIS WILLIAM KELLY, Board
Member, Kempsey
Local Aboriginal
Land Council - ROBERT ALLAN MUMBLER, Board
Member, Kempsey
Local Aboriginal
Land Council - ANDREW JOHN RILEY, Director,
Northern Zone Office, New
South Wales Aboriginal
Land Council,
9:45 NSW Department of Corrective
Services:
- CLARRIE DRIES, General Manager,
Wellington
Correctional Centre - DONALD ERIC WADE, Community
Service Supervisor, Probation and Parole Service - MARK RUTHERFORD, Aboriginal
Client Service Officer, Probation and Parole Service - MOIRA MAGRATH, Director,
Community Offender Services, Probation and Parole Service
11:00 Dunghutti Elders Council:
- MARGARET RUTH CAMPBELL MARUCA,
Chairperson, Dunghutti Elders Council - COLLEEN TERESA CAMPBELL, Member
and Dunghutti Language Teacher, Dunghutti Elders Council
11:45 Booroongen-Djugun College:
- FAITH CHARLENE MARCH, Deputy
Director of Training, Booroongen-Djugun
College - GARY IAN MORRIS, Chairman,
Booroongen-Djugun Aboriginal Corporation
12:30 Circle Sentencing Court:
- MAVIS DAVIS, Kempsey Elder and
Circle Sentencing Panel Member - VICTOR DARCY, Coordinator,
Circle Sentencing Project Officer, New South Wales Attorney General’s
Department - WAYNE HENRY EVANS, Local Court
Magistrate
Wednesday 12 March 2008 Oxley Room,
Dubbo Civic Centre Darling Street,
Dubbo
Inquiry Website: Public
Meeting Link to Transcript
12/03/2008 (271 KB PDF)
8:45 Aboriginal Land
Councils:
- TONY SUTHERLAND, Director, Western Zone, New
South Wales Aboriginal Land Council, - STEPHEN JOHN RYAN, Councillor,
Central Region, New South
Wales Aboriginal
Land Council,
9:30 Binaal Billa Regional CDEP
- CRAIG TOOLE, Operations
Manager, Strategic Operations, Birrang Enterprise Development Company
10:30 COAG Trial Action Team members
(Murdi Paaki trial):
- ANJALI PALMER, Regional
Manager, Department of Aboriginal Affairs - MARK DE WEERD, Director,
Department of Education and Workplace Relations - LOUISE BYE, Coordinator, School
Community Partnerships, New South Wales Department of Education and
Training,
11:30 COAG Regional Assembly &
Community Working Party representatives:
- ALISTER FERGUSON, Chairperson, Bourke Aboriginal
Community Working Party - RICHARD WESTON, Delegate,
Broken Hill Community Working Party, - JEANETTE BARKER, Chairperson,
Ngemba Community Working Party - WILLIAM JEFFRIES, Chairperson,
Murdi Paaki Regional Assembly
12:30 Dubbo Aboriginal Community
Working Party
- DARREN JOHN TOOMEY, Chair,
Dubbo Aboriginal Community Working Party
Thursday 13 March 2008 Meeting Room, Shoalhaven City Arts Centre 12 Berry Street, Nowra
Inquiry Website: Public
Meeting Link to Transcript
13/03/2008 (284 KB PDF)
8:35 MERIT Program:
- JAIME KEYS, Aboriginal Drug
& Alcohol Counsellor, MERIT Program - GREG COLLINS, Service Manager,
MERIT Program:
9:15 Nowra Police Department:
- GINA WOOD, Constable of Police,
New South Wales Police Force, Youth Liaison Officer, Shoalhaven, - BARRY LENIHAN, Aboriginal
Community Liaison Officer, and - KYLE STEWART, Commander, New South Wales
Police Force, Shoalhaven Local Area Command
10:00 Aunty Jean’s Good Health
Program:
- NORMA JEAN TURNER, Program
Coordinator, Aunty Jean’s Good Health Program, - NOLA ROBERTS, Participant,
Aunty Jean’s Good Health Program
10:55 Aboriginal Land
Councils
- SONNY SIMMS, Chief Executive
Officer, Nowra
Local Aboriginal
Land Council - SHANE CARRIAGE, Chief Executive
Officer, Ulladulla
Local Aboriginal
Land Council - JACK HAMPTON, Council, South Coast
Region, New South Wales Aboriginal Land
Council and Member, Nowra
Local Aboriginal
Land Council
11:35 Nowra TAFE:
- DIANE MURRAY, Institute
Director, Nowra TAFE, and - IRIS WHITE, Aboriginal
Development Manager, Nowra TAFE
12:15 South Coast Women’s Health and
Welfare Aboriginal Corporation
- FAYE WORNER, Chief Executive
Officer, Waminda
South Coast
Women’s Health and Welfare Aboriginal Corporation
Tuesday 29 April 2008 – Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Inquiry Website: Public
Hearing 29/04/2008 Link to Transcript
29/04/2008 (495 KB PDF)
08:00 – 09:00 Department
of Premier and Cabinet
- Robyn Kruk Director General, Department of Premier and
Cabinet - Vicki D’Adam, Assistant Director General, Policy, Department
of Premier and Cabinet
9:00 –10:30 COAG
Trial Steering Committee
- James McCormack, Manager, Dubbo Indigenous Coordination
Centre, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous
Affairs - Susan Finnigan, New
South Wales State
Manager, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous
Affairs - Trevor Alan Fletcher, Deputy Director General—Schools,
Department of Education and Training - Anthony John
Greet, Group Manager—Indigenous Education Group, Department of Education,
Employment and Workplace Relations
10:45 – 11:30
Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation
- Sally Ann Fitzpatrick, Vice President, Australians for
Native Title and Reconciliation - Gary
John
Highland, National
Director, Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation - Ian Ring, Professorial Fellow, Centre for Health Service
Development, University
of Wollongong
12:15 – 1:00 Evidence
in Camera
1:45 – 2:30 Alexandria Park Community
School
- Ms Anne-Marie, Vine, Alexandria Park Community School, Park
Road, Alexandria - Paul Parks, School
Education Director, Sydney Region, Department of Education and Training
2:30 – 3:15 Redfern-Waterloo
Authority
- Julie Parsons,
Acting Manager Community Relations, Redfern-Waterloo Authority - Beryl Van-Oploo,
Manager/Teacher, Redfern-Waterloo
Authority Hospitality
Training School - Robert Peter Domm, Chief Executive Officer, Redfern-Waterloo
Authority - Denny Hall, Principal
Project Manager, Training, Enterprise
and Employment, Redfern-Waterloo Authority
3:30 – 4:15 ANZ
- Mr Head of Indigenous Employment and Training
- Bruce Douglas McQualter, Head of Indigenous Employment and
Training, ANZ - Cathy Joyce
Duncan, Indigenous Cultural Capability Manager, ANZ
4:15 – 5:00 Country
Energy
- Brian Thomas Mclean,
Group Manager, Meter Reader, Country Energy - Amanda Lee McCarthy, Indigenous Program Coordinator, Country
Energy - Terri Anne Benson, Group General Manager, Corporate
Services, Country Energy
Wednesday 30 April 2008 Jubilee Room, Parliament House
Inquiry Website: Public
Hearing 30/04/2008 Link to Transcript
30/04/2008 1 (196 KB PDF)
9:00-9:45 Charles Sturt University
- Wayne Rigby, Director, Djirruwang Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health
9:45-10:45 Mission Australia
- Roger Joseph
Kennedy National Program Manager, Mission Australia
11:00-11:45 University of Sydney
- Joseph Canalese Associate
Professor, School of Rural Health, University
of Sydney
Wednesday 30 April 2008 Redfern Community Centre, Sydney
Inquiry Website: Public
Hearing 30/04/2008 Link to Transcript
30/04/2008 2 ( 297 KB PDF)
1:00-2:00 Aboriginal
Housing Company & Fell House Project
- Michael
Mundine Chief Executive Officer Aboriginal Housing Company - Peter Valilis Project
Director, Aboriginal Housing Company - Ms Angela Pitts,
Community Social Planner, Aboriginal Housing Company, - Mr Colin James Fell Housing Research Centre, Faculty of
Architecture, University of Sydney, and Adviser, Aboriginal Housing Company
2:00-2:45 NSW Health
- Dr Denise Robinson Chief Health Officer, NSW Health
- Kim Stewart Acting Director, Centre for Aboriginal Health,
NSW Health
3:00-4:00 Aboriginal
Medical Service
- Sol Bellear,
Chairman, Aboriginal Medical Service, Redfern
4:00 – 4:45 Babana
Cultural Centre
- Mark Spinks
Chairman Babana Cultural Centre - John Williams,
Pro Bono Adviser, Babana Cultural Centre - Ray Minniecon,
Member, Babana Cultural Centre - Jack Dunn, Member, Babana Cultural Centre
4:45-5:30 The Settlement Neighbourhood Centre
- Mr Michael Gravener,
Executive Officer, The Settlement
Neighbourhood Centre
Future Hearings
No dates have been set for future hearings as the committee is preparing its interim report.