Appendix B: List of public hearings and inspections

 

Tuesday, 22 April 2008 — Sydney

 Site inspection of Villawood Immigration Detention Facility and immigration residential housing

 

Wednesday, 7 May 2008 — Sydney

Individuals

              Ms Linda Jaivin

              Mr Morteza Poorvadi

A Just Australia

              Ms Kate Gauthier, National Coordinator

Amnesty International Australia

              Dr Graham Thom

Asylum Seekers Centre

              Ms Tamara Domicelj, Director

Australian Red Cross

              Mr Noel Clement, General Manager, Domestic Operations

              Ms Annie Harvey, Manager, ITRASS

Balmain for Refugees

              Mrs Deborah Nicholls

House of Welcome

              Father James Carty, Coordinator

Mercy Refugee Service

              Sister Lorraine Phelan, On-Shore Programmes Manager, Mercy Works Inc

 

Monday, 7 July 2008 — Darwin

Visit to Headquarters Northern Command, Larrakeyah Barracks

Site inspection of hotel facilities

Site inspection of the Northern Immigration Detention Centre, Defence Establishment Berrimah

 

Tuesday, 8 July 2008 — Christmas Island

Site inspection of the Phosphate Hill immigration detention facility and adjacent construction camp

Site inspection of the Christmas Island Immigration Detention and Reception Centre, North-West Point

           

Wednesday, 3 September 2008 — Canberra

Immigration Detention Advisory Group

              Air Marshal Ray Funnell AC (Rtd), Member

              Hon John Hodges, Chair

 

Wednesday, 10 September 2008 — Melbourne

Site inspection of Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre

Site inspection of Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation

Visit to the Asylum Seekers Resource Centre, West Melbourne

 

Thursday, 11 September 2008 — Melbourne

Individuals

              Mr Guy Coffey

Australian Red Cross

              Mr Noel Clement, General Manager, Domestic Operations

Brotherhood of St Laurence

              Ms Serena Lillywhite, Manager, Sustainable Business

Castan Centre for Human Rights Law

              Dr Susan Kneebone, Deputy Director

Detention Health Advisory Group

              Assoc Professor Harry Minas, Chair

Dr Tim Lightfoot, Member

              Dr Gillian Singleton, Member

Hotham Mission Asylum Seeker Project

              Ms Caz Coleman, Project Director

              Ms Stephanie Mendis, Casework Team Leader

Law Institute of Victoria

              Ms Joanne Knight, Chairperson, Refugee Law Reform Committee

              Ms Jessie Taylor, Convenor - Immigration Detention Working Group, The Justice Project and Liberty Victoria

Liberty Victoria

              Mr Julian Burnside QC, President

Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre Inc

              Mr David Manne, Coordinator/Principal Solicitor

The Justice Project Inc

              Mr Kurt Esser, Chair

 

Wednesday, 17 September 2008 — Canberra

Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman

              Prof John McMillan, Commonwealth Ombudsman

              Mrs Helen Fleming , Senior Assistant Ombudsman

              Mr George Masri, Senior Assistant Ombudsman

              Dr Vivienne Thom, Deputy Ombudsman

             

Wednesday, 24 September 2008 — Canberra

Department of Immigration and Citizenship

              Mr Dermot Casey, Ag First Assistant Secretary

              Mr Bob Correll, Deputy Secretary

              Ms Arja Keski-Nummi, First Assistant Secretary, Refugee Humanitarian and International Division

              Mr Andrew Metcalfe, Secretary

              Ms Lyn O'Connell, First Assistant Secretary

 

Wednesday, 8 October 2008 - Perth

Site inspection of Perth Immigration Detention Centre and immigration residential housing

Meeting with Ms G, community detention client

 

Thursday, 9 October 2008 — Perth

Individuals

              Mr Stephen Khan

              Dr Anne Pedersen

Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University of Technology

              Professor Linda Briskman

Centrecare Inc

              Mr Nigel Calver, Executive Manager

              Mr Anthony Pietropiccolo, Director

Project SafeCom Inc

              Mr Jack Smit, Executive Director / Project Coordinator

Southern Community Advocacy Legal and Educational Services

Community Legal Centre

              Ms Anna Copeland, Acting Director (Southern Community Advocacy Legal and Educational Services)

              Ms Mary Anne Kenny, Solicitor/ Migration agent

              Mrs Vanessa Moss, Solicitor/ Migration agent

The Uniting Church in Australia

              Ms Rosemary Hudson Miller, Associate General Secretary, Justice and Mission

Uniting Church in Australia - Western Australia

              Mr Mark Cox, Solicitor

 

Wednesday, 15 October 2008 — Canberra

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

              Mr Paul O'Sullivan, Director-General

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

              Mr Richard Towle, Regional Representative

 

Friday, 24 October 2008 — Sydney

Individuals

              Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM

A Just Australia

              Ms Kate Gauthier, National Coordinator

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre

              Mr Kon Karapanagiotidis, Chief Executive Officer

              Ms Pamela Curr, Campaign Coordinator

              Ms Maria Psihogios-Billington, Principal Solicitor

Asylum Seekers Centre

              Ms Tamara Domicelj, Director

Australian Human Rights Commission

              Mr Graeme Innes, Human Rights Commissioner and Disability Discrimination Commissioner

              Ms Catherine Maywald, Policy Officer, Human Rights Unit

Balmain for Refugees

              Ms Frances Milne

              Mr Shane Prince, Counsel

Get Up!

              Mr Edward Coper, Campaigns Director

              Ms Anna Saulwick, Rights, Justice and Democracy Campaigner

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

              Ms Susan Newell, Acting Director, Human Rights Unit

Legal Aid NSW

              Ms Elizabeth Biok, Solicitor

              Mr Bill Georgiannis, Solicitor

Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS)

              Ms Deborah Gould, Clinical Psychologist

              Ms Gordana Hol-Radicic,  Clinical Psychologist, Acting Clinical Services and Research Coordinator

Participants in roundtable of community detention clients

              Ms K

              Mr U

              Mrs Z

              Mr W

              Ms L

              Mr K

              Miss Z