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APPENDIX C: Hearing Program Monday, 13 February 2012 Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane, Qld Panel Brian Howe (chair), Paul Munro, Sara Charlesworth, Jill Biddington Witnesses ›› Ron Monaghan – Secretary, Queensland Council of Unions ›› Scott Connolly – Assistant National Secretary, Transport Workers Union; Grant Mitchell – Qantas employee/ Transport Workers Union member ›› Margaret Lee – National Tertiary Education Union; Marianne Treuen – Academic at University of Queensland / National Tertiary Education Union member ›› Kerriann Dear – Queensland Working Women’s Service ›› Kim Sunajana, Peggy Mager – Together members ›› Lisa Treston – Synapse Brain Injury Association ›› Robert McDonald – National Union of Workers member ›› Nick Holiday – Queensland Independent Education Union organiser; Arun Warsawski, Judith White – Queensland Independent Education Union members Tuesday, 14 February 2012 Mackay Regional Council Reception Room, Mackay, Qld Panel Paul Munro (chair), Jill Biddington Witnesses ›› John Battams – President, Queensland Council of Unions ›› Serah-Jane Morgan – Together member ›› Jim Pearce – Mining Communities advocate ›› Nicola Hinder – Queensland Teachers Union member ›› Loris Gaffney – Regional Organiser, United Voice ›› Mandy Fisher – Together member ›› Wilma Grant – United Voice member Wednesday, 15 February 2012 Rydges Southbank, Townsville, Qld Panel Paul Munro (chair), Jill Biddington Witnesses ›› Les Moffit – President, QCU Townsville ›› Lesley Henderson – United Voice ›› Mark Harrison – Electrical Trades Union ›› Peter Walley – Thompson, James Cook University branch organiser, National Tertiary Education Union ›› Jill O’Sullivan – National Tertiary Education Union member ›› Peter Hindle – Sub-Branch President, CFMEU (Construction & General) ›› Meagan Richardson – United Voice member
Monday, 20 February 2012 Erina Trust Community Hall, Gosford, NSW
Tuesday, 21 February 2012 Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle, NSW
Panel Brian Howe (Chair) and Jill Biddington Witnesses ›› Deb Westacott – Secretary, Central Coast Unions and organiser NSW Teachers Federation National Tertiary Education Union four casual academics University Newcastle ›› United Voice NSW member and partner – school canteen worker ›› Laurie Maher – Mayor of Gosford and CEO of Coast Shelter, emergency accommodation centre ›› Joe Saez – Electrical linesman Ausgrid, ETU delegate and Steve Butler – ETU NSW branch official ›› Rob Long and Sharryn Usher – NSW Teacher’s Federation TAFE organisers, and Terry Quinlan – TAFE teacher, NSW Teacher’s Federation member ›› Health Services Union East member, local hospital ›› Scott Rickard – organiser Finance Sector Union NSW Branch and banking sector member ›› Shane Silver – Operations Manager Shelta Central Coast
Panel Brian Howe (chair), Jill Biddington Witnesses ›› Gary Kennedy – Secretary, Newcastle Trades Hall Council ›› National Tertiary Education Union two casual and one permanent academic – University Newcastle ›› Tony Callinan – Australian Workers Union, President Newcastle & Northen Regions Branch; three AWU members – labour hire traffic controllers ›› Harry Williams – university student and AMWU member ›› Dennis Outram – Deputy Secretary Maritime Union of Australia, Northern NSW Branch; Phil Crosbie – MUA member and stevedore labour hire worker ›› Rob Long and Sharryn Usher – NSW Teacher’s Federation TAFE organisers, and two casual TAFE teachers – NSW Teacher’s Federation members ›› Barbara Nebart – Secretary Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association Newcastle and Northern Branch and retail sector worker ›› Jim O’Neill – Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Newcastle official ›› two AMWU members – boilermaker and labour hire workers ›› Ron Hunter – Community and Public Sector Union (SPSF Group) organiser and University of Newcastle admin worker ›› Mid-wife – NSW Nurses Association member
Monday, 20 February 2012 State Library of Western Australia, Perth, WA Panel Sara Charlesworth Witnesses ›› Simone McGurk – Secretary, Unions WA ›› Pat Branson – Assistant Secretary, Australian Services Union (WA Branch) ›› Toni Walkington – Secretary, Community and Public Sector Union/Civil Service Association; CSA members ›› Youth Affairs Council of WA ›› John O’Donnell – President, Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union (Communications Workers Union Division); CEPU members ›› Irina Cattalini – CEO, WA Council of Social Services; Chris Twomey, Director of Social Policy, WACOSS ›› Alex Falconer – National Union of Workers; NUW members ›› Sara Kane – Manager, Employment Law Centre of WA; Jessica Smith – Acting Principal Solicitor; Employment Law Centre Client Tuesday, 21 February 2012 State Library of Western Australia, Perth, WA Panel Sara Charlesworth Witnesses ›› Simone McGurk, Tim Dymond – Unions WA ›› Carolyn Smith – Assistant Secretary, United Voice; United Voice members ›› Natalie Jaques – State School Teachers Association ›› Terry Oleson – Doctoral Candidate, Edith Cowan University
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 Port Macquarie Library, Port Macquarie, NSW Panel Jill Biddington Witnesses ›› Jim Hutcheon – Unions Mid-North Coast President, CFMEU (C&G) Northern NSW Organiser ›› Mark Hughes – Australian Workers Union, Newcastle & Northen Regions Branch Organiser; AWU member – labour hire traffic control ›› Narelle Rich – United Services Union Organiser ›› Kathy Nicholson – NSW Teachers Federation TAFE Organiser; two casual TAFE lecturers ›› Rev. Elizabeth Raine and Rev. John Squires – Uniting Church Australia, NSW Synod, The Mid-North Coast Presbytery, Wauchope & District Congregation ›› Michael Jones – small business owner representing wife and daughter health care workers ›› Lynda Binskin – Registered Nurse public health system, NSW Nurses Association representative ›› Lance Thompson – local employer brush factory owner ›› Retail and hospitality casual worker – local club