31 July 2002
National Inquiry
into Children in Immigration Detention
Brisbane Public Hearings - 5th August 2002
When: Monday 5th
August 8.30 am to 3.30pm
Where: Conference Room,
Parliamentary Annexe
Level 5, Alice Street, Brisbane.
Timetable: Monday 5 August
8.30am - Jane Delaney-John, Diversity in Child Care Queensland Access Program
9.00am - Rohan Vora, Gaby Heuft, Margot Salom, Brisbane Refugee Health Network
9.30am - Mark Huxstep, Former nurse at Woomera Immigration Detention Centre
10.30am - Morning tea
11.00am - Ms Rasheeda Joseph, Ms Frederika Steen, Sr De Lourdes Jarrat, Alec Shabanz, Romera Centre
11.30am - Ms Camilla Cowley, Tiger 11 Soccer Team
12.00pm - Kirsten Hagon (accompanied by four Australian high school students), Amnesty Schools Network
12.30pm - Lunch
2.00pm - Ms Ally Wakefield, Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors of Torture and Trauma & David Batholomew, Youth Advocacy Centre
2.30pm - Ms Adele Rice, Milpera State High School
3.00pm - Hassan Ghulam, Hazara Ethnic Society
Media representatives are invited to attend.
However, some evidence
may be given in camera and the Commission has powers to suppress information
that may identify certain individuals. For information on confidentiality
please see:
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/children_detention/privacy.html
Available submissions
from the witnesses will be placed on the Commission's website at:
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/children_detention/submissions/index.html
Media contacts: James
Deefholts: (02) 9284 9618
