National Workers' Compensation and Occupational Health and Safety Frameworks
Public hearings
The following public hearings were held following the release of the issues paper on 30 April 2003.
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Hobart, 10 June 2003 (PDF 153.0 KB)
Hobart, 10 June 2003 (RTF 156.2 KB)| Participants | Pages |
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| Safety Institute of Australia (David Skegg) | 2-19 |
| Merse Fitzgerald and Nichols (Anne Fitzgerald) | 20-30 |
| Robert Pearce | 31-40 |
| Sharon Hyland | 41-48 |
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| Participants | Pages |
|---|---|
| Congress of Occupational Safety and Health Association Presidents (Dino Pisaniello, Richie Townsend Gun) | 50-63 |
| Self Insurers Association (Darryl Lewis Turner) | 64-88 |
| Rehabilitation Providers Association - SA (George Hallwood, Andrew Beckmann) | 89-109 |
| Kevin Purse | 110-137 |
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| Participants | Pages |
|---|---|
| Neil Robert Winzer | 139-147 |
| Robert Guthrie | 148-172 |
| Mining and Resources Contractors Safety and Training Association (Patrick Bernard Gilroy) | 173-183 |
| David Massey | 184-187 |
| Les Reid | 188-191 |
| Group Training Australia (WA) (Linda Deval) | 192-193 |
| Chamber of Commerce and Industry Western Australia (Annette Ellen Bellamy) | 194-210 |
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| Participants | Pages |
|---|---|
| NT Worksafe (Mark Crossin, Geoff Anstess) | 212-231 |
| Law Society of the Northern Territory (Barbara Bradshaw) | 232-236 |
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| Participants | Pages |
|---|---|
| Terri Henderson, Graham Rodda | 238-250 |
| Geraldine Spencer, Terri Henderson | 251-255 |
| RSI and Overuse Injury Association of the Act (Ann Thompson) | 256-272 |
| Trevor Oddy, Maree Oddy | 273-286 |
| Terri Henderson | 287-288 |
| Optus (Peter Brents, David Mcculloch, Judy Anderson, Elizabeth Witherspoon) | 287-305 |
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| Participants | Pages |
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| Queensland Council of Unions (Pamela Grassick, Trevor Surplice) | 307-320 |
| Queensland Law Society (Gerry Murphy, Bernie O'Donnell, Scott Carter) | 321-332 |
| National Meat Association (Garry Johnston, Ross Wotherspoon) | 333-354 |
| Jed Millen | 355-366 |
| Workers Compensation Support Network (Muriel Dekker) | 367-373 |
| Housing Industry Association (John Futer, Glenn Simpson) | 374-393 |
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| Participants | Pages |
|---|---|
| Australian Industry Group (Mark Goodsell, David Russell) | 395-418 |
| Law Council of Australia (Charles Alexander Vandervord) | 419-431 |
| National Meat Association of Australia and New South Wales (Garry Johnston, Ken Mckell) | 432-448 |
| Injuries Australia (George Cooper, Robert Taylor) | 449-461 |
| QBE Insurance (Colin Fagan, Bert Driessen) | 462-481 |
| Westpac Banking Corporation (Phillip O'Reilly, Angela Geest, Alexandra Crompton) | 482-491 |
| Risknet Group (Richard Gilley) | 492-513 |
| Employers First (Garry Brack, Jill Allen) | 514-528 |
| New South Wales Self-Insurers Association (Gem Riegels, Ken Young) | 529-543 |
| Woolworths Ltd (Gary Reid, Rhonda Pashen, David Dipetro) | 544-557 |
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| Participants | Pages |
|---|---|
| LMR Roofing Pty Ltd (Michael Martin) | 559-574 |
| National Insurance Brokers Association of Australia (John Hanks, Brian Wilson) | 575-592 |
| Insurance Australia Group (Gary Moore, Douglas Pearce, Peter Swan) | 593-618 |
| Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (Lynn Gailey) | 619-627 |
| United Group (Lisa Biglin, John Schofield, Graeme Sharpe) | 628-644 |
| Group Training Australia (Jim Barron, Jeff Priday) | 645-652 |
| Insurance Council of Australia (Dallas Booth) | 653-671 |
| CSR Ltd (David Ryerson, Debbie Schroder) | 672-684 |
| Australian Business Ltd (Paul Orton, Greg Patterson) | 685-698 |
| Dr S Kamalaharan, Therese Daubras, Graeme Osbourne | 699-715 |
| Forest Product Association (Mr Morton) | 716-718 |
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| Participants | Pages |
|---|---|
| Self Insurers Association of Victoria (Peter Harris, Nerida Wallace) | 720-739 |
| Australasian Faculty of Occupational Medicine (David Fish) | 740-750 |
| Eric Wigglesworth | 751-761 |
| OT Australia, Victoria (Louise Johnson, Bo Lin, Bronwyn Farquar) | 762-774 |
| Michael Spooner | 775-789 |
| Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Peter Anderson, David Shaw) | 790-811 |
| MS Society of Victoria (Alan Blackwood) | 812-819 |
| Australian Psychological Society (Arthur Crook, David Stokes) | 820-836 |
| Meat Industry Employees Union (Gwyneth Evans) | 837-851 |
| Working Armour (Julie Armour) | 852-864 |
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| Participants | Pages |
|---|---|
| National Farmers Federation (Denita Harris, Duncan Fraser | 866-882 |
| Institute of Actuaries (Bob Buchanan, Clive Amery, Daniel Smith) | 883-914 |
| Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (Margaret Buchanan, Deborah Valance) | 915-929 |
| Transformation Management Services (Nerida Wallace, Michael Hall) | 930-946 |
| Recruitment and Consulting Services Association (Andrew Cameron, Peter Johnstone) | 947-965 |
The following public hearings were held following the release of the interim report on 21 October 2003.
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| Participants | Pages |
|---|---|
| Philip Clark | 967-979 |
| Evelyn Field | 980-991 |
| Australian Council of Trade Unions (Richard Marles) Queensland Council of Unions (Grace Grace) Unions Tasmania (Lyn Fitzgerald) National Union of Workers, Victoria Branch (Nina McCarthy) | 992-1027 |
| Skilled Engineering Ltd (Ken Bieg, Kevin Bassett, Susan Frost) | 1028-1038 |
| Australian Faculty of Occupational Medicine (Mary Wyatt) | 1039-1047 |
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| Participants | Pages |
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| Australian Industry Group (David Russell, Mark Goodsell) | 1049-1068 |
| Accident Compensation Committee of the Queensland Law Society (Gerald Anthony Murphy, Scott Carter) | 1069-1083 |
| Paul Niall | 1084-1094 |
| Maurie Stack, David Scarlett, James Greentree-White | 1095-1113 |
| Australian Plaintiff Lawyers Association (Simon Morrison) | 1114-1133 |
| Peter Sandilands | 1134-1138 |
| Kerry Michael Splatt | 1139-1151 |
| Geoff McDonald and Associates (Geoffrey Lloyd McDonald) | 1152-1161 |
| New South Wales Minerals (John Tucker, Kieren Turner) | 1162-1171 |
| Direct Selling Association of Australia (Les Dell) | 1172-1178 |
| LMR Roofing (Michael Martin) | 1179-1193 |
| Association for Payroll Specialists (Maureen Martin) | 1194-1197 |
| Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (Margaret Buchanan, Deborah Valance) | 1198-1211 |
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| Participants | Pages |
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| Housing Industry Association (Glenn Simpson, Ferdie Kroon, Marie Brown) | 1213-1230 |
| Crane Group (Grace Westdorp, Joanne Patterson | 1231-1240 |
| Injuries Australia (Robert Taylor) | 1241-1252 |
| Carol O'Donnell | 1253-1260 |
| Insurance Council of Australia (Dallas Booth) | 1261-1285 |
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| Participants | Pages |
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| Office of Industrial Relations, ACT Chief Minister's Department (Penny Shakespeare, Craig Simmons) | 1287-1305 |
| Geraldine Spencer, Terri Henderson | 1306-1310 |
| Australian Rehabilitation Providers Association (Robert Gordon, George Hallwood, Ros Crowley) | 1311-1322 |
| Terri Henderson | 1323-1330 |
| Australian Nursing Federation (Gerardine Cowin, Victoria Gilmore) | 1331-1343 |
| Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Peter Anderson, David Shaw) | 1344-1362 |
| Minerals Council of Australia (Mitchell Hooke, Rob Rawson) | 1363-1375 |
| Australian Physiotherapy Association (Margaret Grant) | 1376-1382 |
