Appendix C – List of Public Hearings & Witnesses
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C Appendix C – List of public hearings & witnesses WEDNESDAY 16 OCTOBER 2002, CANBERRA Office of the Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations Mr Peter Armstrong, Director, Regulation Ms Laura Beacroft, Registrar Mr Garry Fisk, Director, Corporate Relations Ms Toni Matulick, Special Projects Adviser WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER 2002, CANBERRA Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University Professor Jon Charles Altman, Director Dr William Garrison Sanders, Fellow Ms Diane Evelyn Smith, Fellow (Anthropology) TUESDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2002, THURSDAY ISLAND Island Coordinating Council Mr Henry Garnier, Chair 280 Torres Strait Regional Authority Mr Michael Fordham, General Manager Mr Terry Waia, Chairperson TUESDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2002, PORUMA (COCONUT ISLAND) Poruma Island Council Mr Raymen Flauid, Councillor Mr Francis Pearson, Chairperson Mrs Ida Mai Pearson, Councillor Torres Strait Regional Authority Mr Michael Fordham, General Manager WEDNESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2002, MOA ISLAND (St Pauls) St Pauls Island Council Mrs Suzanne Hodgson, Financial and Training Consultant Mr John Toshie Kris, Chairperson Mr John David Paiwan, Chief Executive Officer Mr Wilhelm Pedro, Deputy Chairman Mr Donald Van Rysinge, Councillor Torres Strait Regional Authority Mr Michael Fordham, General Manager WEDNESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2002, MOA ISLAND (Kubin) Kubin Community Mr Billy Missi Kubin Community Council Mr Roy Gewai, Deputy Chairman APPENDIX C – LIST OF PUBLIC HEARINGS & WITNESSES 281 Ms Matilda Neilman, Chief Executive Officer Mr Saila Savage, Chairman Mr Lama Trinkoon, Housing Officer Torres Strait Regional Authority Mr Michael Fordham, General Manager MONDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2002, MANINGRIDA Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation Mr Peter Danaja, Liaison Officer Ms Felicity Jane Douglas, Human Services Coordinator Mr James Lamerton, Chief Executive Officer, Malabam Health Board Mr Gordon Machbirrbirr, President Mr Ian Ross Munro, General Manager Ms Helen Williams, Worker, Women’s Centre Mrs Kimberlee Marjorie Short, Coordinator, Women’s Community Development Employment Program Danila Dilba Aboriginal Health Service Mr Cyril Benjamin Oliver, Project Officer Djelk Rangers Mr Dean Yibarbuk, Coordinator, Indigenous Senior Ranger Malabam Health Board Mr Norman Winter Nardika, Treasurer Maningrida Mr Willie Neimugini, Traditional Elder Maningrida Arts and Culture Mrs Apolline Kohen, Arts Director 282 Maningrida Council Mr David Bond, Chief Executive Officer Mr Morris Geinbaraba, President Mr Dene Hereen, Member Mr John Horgan, Council Clerk Maningrida Health Board Mr Gordon Machbirrbirr, Executive Member Maningrida Jobs Education and Training Aboriginal Corporation Mr Scott McCall, Executive Officer TUESDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2002, WADEYE Kardu Numida Incorporated, Wadeye Mr Terry Bullemor, Town Clerk Mr Felix Bunduck, President Mr Francis Bunduck Mr Kieran Bunduck Mr Joseph Chula Mr Gilbert Karui, Member Mr Lawrence Koolumboort, Member Mr Les Kundjil, Member Mrs Theadora Narndu, Council Vice-President Mr Dale Seaniger, Deputy Town Clerk Northern Territory Department of Community Development, Sport and Cultural Affairs Mr Bill Ivory, Senior Development Officer Palngun Wurnangat Association, Wadeye Mrs Mary Bunduck, Member APPENDIX C – LIST OF PUBLIC HEARINGS & WITNESSES 283 Thamarrurr Council, Port Keats Mr Leon Melpi, Member WEDNESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2002, DARWIN Appearing in a private capacity The Hon. Bob Collins Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) Mr Kim Hill, Commissioner, North Zone Aboriginal Health and Hospital Services Ms Jennifer Cleary, Assistant Secretary, Community Health Aboriginal Resource and Development Services Inc Mr Stuart John McMillan, Administration Manager, Educator Mr Richard Ian Trudgen, Business Manager, Public Officer ADrail Mr Duncan Robert Beggs, Community Relations Manager Australian Football League, Northern Territory Pty Ltd Mr Peter Colin Atkinson, Manager, Game Development Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education Ms Veronica May Arbon, Director Mrs Rosalie Lynette Kunoth-Monks, Deputy Chairperson Department of Community Development, Sport and Cultural Affairs Mr Michael Campion Dillon, Chief Executive Department of the Chief Minister Mr Neil Westbury, Director, Office of Indigenous Policy 284 Flinders University Dr Don Edwin Fuller, Head, School of Business Economics Local Government and Regional Development Mr David Coles, Executive Director Local Government Association of the Northern Territory Mr Tony Francis Tapsell, Chief Executive Officer Northern Territory Library and Information Services Ms Phillipa Jane Webb, Assistant Director, Client Services Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services Mr Douglas Alan Smith, Assistant Commissioner Operations Command Northern Territory University Ms Sonia Ann Smallacombe, Associate Dean, School of General Studies, Faculty of Indigenous Research and Education, Centre for Indigenous Natural and Cultural Resource Management Dr Peter Whitehead, Director, Australian Research Council Key Centre for Tropical Wildlife Management Perron Island Enterprise Aboriginal Corporation Mr Timothy Burr Burr, Member Mr Victor Andrew Moffatt, Chairperson Mr William Nikolakis, Economic Consultant Tiwi Health Board Trust Mr Rollo Manning THURSDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2002, DARWIN Itinerants Project, Darwin and Palmerston Mr Leon Barry Morris, Acting Coordinator APPENDIX C – LIST OF PUBLIC HEARINGS & WITNESSES 285 Land Care Community Development Program Mr Joe Raymond, Supervisor Larrakia Development Corporation Mr Gregory John Constantine, Executive Director Larrakia Nation Ms Pauline Baban, Aged Care Worker, Larrakia Aged Care Mrs Lorna Brunton, Aged Care Coordinator, Larrakia Aged Care Mr Colin Holtze, Carer, Larrakia Aged Care Ms Roxy Irene Musk, Research Officer, Larrakia Referral Centre Ms Rosemary Parfitt, Community Member Ms Gail Edwina Williams, Member Ms Tanya Williams, Carer, Aged Care Service Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation Mr Cecil Thomas Lewis, Acting Coordinator Mr Les Loy, Board Member WEDNESDAY 4 DECEMBER 2002, CANBERRA Indigenous Business Australia Mr Joseph Benjamin Elu, Chairman Mr Ronald Arthur Morony, General Manager Mr Ian Allen Myers, Deputy General Manager WEDNESDAY 11 DECEMBER 2002, CANBERRA Appearing in a private capacity Mr John Gregor McDonald 286 WEDNESDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2003, CANBERRA Environment Australia Mr Peter Cochrane, Director of National Parks Mr Bruce Rose, Assistant Director, Indigenous Policy Coordination Section MONDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2003, MOOROOPNA Common Fate Endorsed Program Mr Paul Briggs, Committee Member First Nations Australian Credit Union Mr Paul Briggs, Chairman Goulburn Valley Community Development Employment Program Mr John William Martin, Chief Executive Officer Koori Economic Employment Training Agency Mr Adrian John Appo, Chairperson Koorie Employment Enterprises Mr John William Martin, Chief Executive Officer Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative Mr John William Martin, Board Member Mr Justin Mohamed, Chief Executive Officer Ms Lena Morris, Manager, Aged Care Rumbalara Football/Netball Club Mr Paul Briggs, President Shepparton Magistrate’s Court Mr Daniel Briggs, Koori Justice Officer, Koori Court Division Mr John Martin Murphy, Magistrate APPENDIX C – LIST OF PUBLIC HEARINGS & WITNESSES 287 Victorian Magistrate’s Court Dr Kathryn Helen Auty, Senior Magistrate TUESDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2003, WARRNAMBOOL Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) Tumbukka Mr Tim Chatfield, Chairperson Centrelink Mr Murray Wayne Eccles Community Connections (Victoria) Ltd Ms Cheryl Kathleen Umbers, Financial Counsellor and Consumer Advocate Ms Lyneve Whiting, Program Leader (South-West Region), Sustainable Futures, Department of Primary Industries; and President/Board Member Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development Ms Esmai Manahan, Manager, Koori Business Network Mrs Jodie Lee Ryan, Aboriginal Business Development Officer, Koori Business Network Department of Primary Industries Mr Jeremy Paul Moloney, Community Consultation Officer Essendon Football and Community Sporting Club Mr Alan Gordon Burton, General Manager Mr Frank Scerri, Community Development Employment Program Employee Friends of Tower Hill Mr John Robert Sutherland, Convenor Greater Green Triangle Area Consultative Committee Ms Toni Hancock, Facilitator 288 Parks Victoria Mr John Gerard McInerney, Ranger in Charge, Shipwreck Coast South West Institute of Technical and Further Education Ms Linda Christine Haynes, Koori Liaison Officer State Friends Network Committee Mr Bernard Fox, Convenor Warrnambool City Council Ms Sara Kirstin Esposito, Economic Development Officer Councillor James Gilbert Nicol, Mayor Western Regional Drug and Alcohol Service Mrs Sharyn Amos, Drug and Alcohol Clinical Specialist/Drug and Alcohol Acquired Brain Injury Clinician Westvic Work Force Mr Miles Coverdale, Manager Worn Gundidj Aboriginal Cooperative Mr Ronald George Bates, Community Development Employment Program Employee, Textiles Design Artist/Director Mr John Ronald Collyer, Chairman Mr Maxwell Robin Hall, Community Development Employment Program Employee Mr Bradley Joseph Harrison, Community Development Employment Program Employee Mr Kane Horvath Mr Robert James Lowe, Director/Koori Educator Mrs Jennifer Lowe, Community Development Employment Program Employee/Finance Officer Mr Daniel Charles Mackley, Community Development Employment Program Employee APPENDIX C – LIST OF PUBLIC HEARINGS & WITNESSES 289 WEDNESDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2003, MELBOURNE Appearing in a private capacity