Appendix 4 – Schedule of public hearings and witness list
View the schedule of public hearings and list of 41 witnesses who gave evidence to the Inquiry.
Human rights
Appendix
February, 2015
Summary
Five public hearings were convened by the Inquiry with a total of 41 witnesses giving evidence. The following is a list of all witnesses who appeared before the Inquiry.
Five public hearings were convened by the Inquiry with a total of 41 witnesses giving evidence. The following is a list of all witnesses who appeared before the Inquiry.
| Date | Location | Witness list |
|---|---|---|
| 4 April 2014 | Sydney Australian Human Rights Commission | Ms Rim Jezan (Former child detainee) Department of Immigration and Border Protection (Mr Mark Cormack – Deputy Secretary, Immigration Status Resolution Group; Mr Christopher Callanan – First Assistant Secretary, Status Resolution Services Division; Mr John Cahill – First Assistant Secretary, Detention Infrastructure and Services Division; Ms Kate Pope PSM – First Assistant Secretary, Community Programmes and Children Division; Mr Paul Windsor – Assistance Secretary Detention Health Services Branch; and Ms Katie Constantinou – Assistant Secretary, Inquiry Taskforce.) Conjoint Associate Professor Karen Zwi (Paediatrician and Child Development expert and Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) representative to the Inquiry) Mr Mat Tinkler (Director of Policy and Public Affairs, Save The Children) Dr Sarah Mares (Consultant Child and Family Psychiatrist and Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) representative to the Inquiry) Mr Bashir Yousufi (Former child detainee) Refugee Council Australia (Mr Phil Glendenning – President; Ms Lucy Morgan – Information Policy Co-ordinator.) Mrs Dorothy Hoddinott (Principal, Holroyd High School) Professor Mary Crock (Legal academic, University of Sydney) |
| 2 July 2014 | Melbourne Fitzroy Town Hall | Professor Jon Jureidini (Child Psychiatrist) Mr Kon Karapanagiotidis and Ms Pamela Curr (Asylum Seeker Resource Centre); Sr Brigid Arthur (Brigidine Asylum Seekers Project) International Health and Medical Services (Dr Mark Parrish; Mr Ian Gilbert; Dr Ray Gadd; and Ms Melissa Lysaght.) Department of Immigration and Border Protection (Mr Mark Cormack – Deputy Secretary, Immigration Status Resolution Group; Mr John Cahill – First Assistant Secretary, Detention Infrastructure and Services Division; and Ms Katie Constantinou – Assistant Secretary, Inquiry Taskforce.) Professor Louise Newman (Child Psychiatrist); Dr Choong-Siew Yong (Child Psychiatrist, Representative of the Australian Medical Association) Professor Susan Sawyer (Paediatrician, Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children's Hospital) Ms Sophie Peer (ChilOut); Professor Caroline de Costa (Obstetrician and Gynaecologist) |
| 14 July 2014 | Sydney Australian Human Rights Commission | Dr Peter Young (Psychiatrist; Former International Health and Medical Services Medical Director of Mental Health Services) Dr Grant Ferguson and Dr John-Paul Sanggaran (Doctors at Christmas Island Detention Centre 2013) Professor Elizabeth Elliott (Australian Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health; Consultant Paediatrician) Ms Kirsty Diallo (Former employee of Save the Children Nauru; Social Worker; Case Manager 2013 – 2014) Department of Immigration and Border Protection (Mr Martin Bowles – Department Secretary; Mr Mark Cormack – Deputy Secretary, Immigration Status Resolution Group; and Ms Katie Constantinou – Assistant Secretary, Inquiry Taskforce.) Dr Ai-Lene Chan (Doctor at Nauru Detention Centre and Christmas Island Detention Centres 2013 – 2014) Mr Gregory Lake (Former Director Offshore Processing and Transfers, Department of Immigration and Border Protection) |
| 22 August 2014 | Canberra, Parliament House | The Hon Scott Morrison MP (Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) and Mr Martin Bowles (Secretary – Department of Immigration and Border Protection) Minister's Council on Asylum Seekers and Detention (Mr Paris Aristotle – Chair; and Professor Nicholas Procter – Member) Ms Deborah Homewood (Managing Director, MAXimus Solutions) |
| 9 September 2014 | Sydney Australian Human Rights Commission | The Hon Chris Bowen MP (Former Minister for Immigration and Citizenship) |
- Ms Rim Jezan (Former child detainee)
- Department of Immigration and Border Protection (Mr Mark Cormack – Deputy Secretary, Immigration Status Resolution Group; Mr Christopher Callanan – First Assistant Secretary, Status Resolution Services Division; Mr John Cahill – First Assistant Secretary, Detention Infrastructure and Services Division; Ms Kate Pope PSM – First Assistant Secretary, Community Programmes and Children Division; Mr Paul Windsor – Assistance Secretary Detention Health Services Branch; and Ms Katie Constantinou – Assistant Secretary, Inquiry Taskforce.)
- Conjoint Associate Professor Karen Zwi (Paediatrician and Child Development expert and Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) representative to the Inquiry)
- Mr Mat Tinkler (Director of Policy and Public Affairs, Save The Children)
- Dr Sarah Mares (Consultant Child and Family Psychiatrist and Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) representative to the Inquiry)
- Mr Bashir Yousufi (Former child detainee)
- Refugee Council Australia (Mr Phil Glendenning – President; Ms Lucy Morgan – Information Policy Co-ordinator.)
- Mrs Dorothy Hoddinott (Principal, Holroyd High School)
- Professor Mary Crock (Legal academic, University of Sydney)
- Professor Jon Jureidini (Child Psychiatrist)
- Mr Kon Karapanagiotidis and Ms Pamela Curr (Asylum Seeker Resource Centre);
- Sr Brigid Arthur (Brigidine Asylum Seekers Project)
- International Health and Medical Services (Dr Mark Parrish; Mr Ian Gilbert; Dr Ray Gadd; and Ms Melissa Lysaght.)
- Department of Immigration and Border Protection (Mr Mark Cormack – Deputy Secretary, Immigration Status Resolution Group; Mr John Cahill – First Assistant Secretary, Detention Infrastructure and Services Division; and Ms Katie Constantinou – Assistant Secretary, Inquiry Taskforce.)
- Professor Louise Newman (Child Psychiatrist);
- Dr Choong-Siew Yong (Child Psychiatrist, Representative of the Australian Medical Association)
- Professor Susan Sawyer (Paediatrician, Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children's Hospital)
- Ms Sophie Peer (ChilOut);
- Professor Caroline de Costa (Obstetrician and Gynaecologist)
- Dr Peter Young (Psychiatrist; Former International Health and Medical Services Medical Director of Mental Health Services)
- Dr Grant Ferguson and Dr John-Paul Sanggaran (Doctors at Christmas Island Detention Centre 2013)
- Professor Elizabeth Elliott (Australian Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health; Consultant Paediatrician)
- Ms Kirsty Diallo (Former employee of Save the Children Nauru; Social Worker; Case Manager 2013 – 2014)
- Department of Immigration and Border Protection (Mr Martin Bowles – Department Secretary; Mr Mark Cormack – Deputy Secretary, Immigration Status Resolution Group; and Ms Katie Constantinou – Assistant Secretary, Inquiry Taskforce.)
- Dr Ai-Lene Chan (Doctor at Nauru Detention Centre and Christmas Island Detention Centres 2013 – 2014)
- Mr Gregory Lake (Former Director Offshore Processing and Transfers, Department of Immigration and Border Protection)
- The Hon Scott Morrison MP (Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) and Mr Martin Bowles (Secretary – Department of Immigration and Border Protection)
- Minister's Council on Asylum Seekers and Detention (Mr Paris Aristotle – Chair; and Professor Nicholas Procter – Member)
- Ms Deborah Homewood (Managing Director, MAXimus Solutions)
- The Hon Chris Bowen MP (Former Minister for Immigration and Citizenship)