PUBLIC HEARINGS

Public hearings for the Conduct of the 2006 Victorian State Election inquiry.

Day/Date	Location	Time	Witnesses
Tuesday, 28 August 2007	K Room, Parliament House, Melbourne	9.00–10.00am	Dr Ken Coghill (Co-Director) Governance Research Unit, Monash University
		10.00–10.30am (Teleconference)	Antony Green Political Commentator with ABC
		10.30–10.45am	BREAK
		10.45–11.15am	Geoffrey Goode (President) Proportional Representation Society of Australia (Victoria-Tasmania)
		11.15–11.45am	Greta Clarke (Research Officer) Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service Co-operative Limited
		11.45am–12.30pm	Questions from the floor
		12.30–1.30pm	BREAK
		1.30–2.00pm	Anne Jones (Chief Executive Officer) ASH – Action on Smoking and Health
		2.00–2.30pm (Teleconference)	Associate Prof. Malcolm Mackerras AO Psephologist and Political Commentator
		2.30–3.00pm	John Mulholland (Secretary & Registered Officer) Democratic Labor Party
		3.00–3.15pm	BREAK
		3.15–3.45pm	Alice Bleby (President) United Nations Youth Association of Australia (Vic)
		3.45–4.15pm (Teleconference)	Dr Amy McGrath OAM (Life Member & Former President) HS Chapman Society
		4.15–4.45pm	Julie Nelson Council on the Ageing (Victoria)
Wednesday, 29 August 2007	K Room, Parliament House, Melbourne	9.00–9.30am (Teleconference)	Anthony van der Craats
		9.30–10.00am	Tony Keenan (Chief Executive Officer) Dr Andrew Hollows (R&D Manager) Hanover Welfare Services
		10.00–10.30am	Luke O’Sullivan (State Director) The Nationals
		10.30–11.00am	BREAK
		11.00–11.30am	Licia Kokocinski (Executive Director) Action on Disabilities within Ethnic Communities
		11.30am–12.00noon	Tony Clark (Manager of Technology, Training & Employment) Vision Australia
		12.00noon– 2.30pm	Alison Clarke (Party Coordinator) Australian Greens (Victoria)
		12.30–1.30pm	BREAK
		1.30–2.00pm	Senator Lyn Allison (Leader, Victorian Senator) Australian Democrats
		2.00–2.30pm	Phong Nguyen (Chairperson) Peter van Vliet (Executive Officer) Jieh-Yung Lo (Policy/Project Officer) Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria
		2.30–3.00pm	Cathy Basterfield (Speech Pathology Consultant) Communication Resource Centre, Scope Victoria Ltd
		3.00–3.15pm	BREAK
		3.15–4.30pm	Steve Tully (Electoral Commissioner) Liz Williams (Deputy Electoral Commissioner) Victorian Electoral Commission

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