Appendix 3 – List of public submissions
A total of 239 submissions were received by the Inquiry. Of these:
- 105 were public submissions;
- 69 were public submissions with name withheld; and
- 65 were confidential and were not published.
The following are all public submissions received by the Inquiry. These submissions have been made available on the Commission website.
| Submission | Submission No. |
|---|---|
| 11 year old detained in Nauru OPC | 64 |
| 12 year old detained in Nauru OPC | 142 |
| 15 year old detained in Nauru OPC | 148 |
| 15 year old detained in Nauru OPC | 193 |
| 16 year old detained in Nauru OPC | 91 |
| 17 year old asylum seeker | 20 |
| 17 year old detained in Nauru OPC | 97 |
| Adult detained on Christmas Island | 234 |
| Adult detained on Christmas Island | 237 |
| Adult living in immigration detention | 72 |
| Amnesty International | 157 |
| Association for Services to Torture and Trauma Survivors | 165 |
| Association for the Wellbeing of Children in Healthcare | 188 |
| Asylum Seeker (Same author as Sub 21A and 21B) | 15 |
| Asylum Seeker Resource Centre | 104 |
| Australian Children’s Commissioners and Guardians | 204 |
| Australian Anthropological Society | 85 |
| Australian Association of Social Workers | 90 |
| Australian Catholic Bishops Conference | 159 |
| Australian College of Children and Young People’s Nurses | 187 |
| Australian College of Nursing and Maternal, Child and Family Health Nurses Australia | 136 |
| Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce | 189 |
| Australian Education Union | 49 |
| Australian Federation of Graduate Women | 229 |
| Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association | 47 |
| Australian Medical Students’ Association | 166 |
| Australian Psychological Society | 208 |
| Baptist Care Australia | 57 |
| Barnardos Australia | 160 |
| Boevink, Karen | 16 |
| Boy currently in immigration detention | 215 |
| Briskman, Linda | 205 |
| Castan Centre for Human Rights Law | 32 |
| Catholic Social Services Australia | 126 |
| Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University | 200 |
| Child Wise | 155 |
| Child detained in Nauru | 228 |
| Child detained in Nauru OPC | 59 |
| Child detained in Nauru OPC | 60 |
| Child detained in Nauru OPC | 61 |
| Child detained in Nauru OPC | 62 |
| Child detained in Nauru OPC | 63 |
| Child detained in Nauru OPC | 96 |
| Child detained in Nauru OPC | 98 |
| Child detained in Nauru OPC | 132 |
| Child detained in Nauru OPC | 144 |
| Child detained in Nauru OPC | 149 |
| Child detained in Nauru OPC | 150 |
| Child detained in Nauru OPC | 151 |
| Child detained in Nauru OPC | 191 |
| Child detained in Nauru OPC | 192 |
| Child detained in Nauru OPC | 194 |
| Child detained in Nauru OPC | 195 |
| Child protection and support worker in Nauru | 134 |
| Child who lived in immigration detention previously | 42 |
| Child who lived in immigration detention previously | 184 |
| ChilOut | 168 |
| Children’s Hospital at Westmead Refugee Clinic | 1 |
| Christmas Island and Darwin Volunteer 2010 | 114 |
| Cheema, Zainib | 58 |
| Coffey, Guy | 213 |
| Cole, Catherine | 118 |
| Commissioner for Children and Young People WA | 65 |
| Connor, Madeleine | 17 |
| Creative arts therapist | 199 |
| Crock, Mary (Prof) | 219 |
| Darwin Asylum Seeker Support and Advocacy Network | 222 |
| Dempsey, Yvette | 196 |
| Department of Immigration and Border Protection | 45 |
| Due, Clemence (Dr) | 101 |
| Early Childhood Australia | 198 |
| Employees of Save the Children Australia in Nauru | 183 |
| ESL Education | 3 |
| Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria | 52 |
| Father detained with baby in Nauru OPC | 224 |
| Father detained with children on Christmas Island | 233 |
| Father detained with children on Christmas Island | 236 |
| Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia | 154 |
| Former child in immigration detention | 34 |
| Former professional working in immigration detention | 8 |
| Former professional working in immigration detention | 28 |
| Former professional working in Nauru OPC | 67 |
| Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma | 210 |
| Fourer, Margarita and McConaghy, Ric | 163 |
| Gage, Scott | 138 |
| Glossop, Patricia and Mollison, Martha | 181 |
| Goddard, Chris (Prof) | 201 |
| Good Beginnings Australia | 172 |
| Goodstart Early Learning | 117 |
| Gouldthorpe, Leonor | 6 |
| Griffin, SJ | 185 |
| Hamonet, Nicholas | 131 |
| Health Professional | 10 |
| Humanitarian Research Partners | 239 |
| Human Rights Committee of Law Society of NSW | 174 |
| Human Rights Council of Australia | 116 |
| Hughes, Stephen Thomas | 29 |
| Hush, Julia (Dr) | 137 |
| Immigrant to Australia | 128 |
| International Detention Coalition | 164 |
| Jago, Jeff | 54 |
| Jesuit Social Services, Wesley Mission, CatholicCare Melbourne, MacKillop Family Services | 140 |
| Keay, Lindsay | 125 |
| Kingsley, Martin | 161 |
| Kennedy, Kathryn | 122 |
| Kensley, Samantha | 66 |
| Kettle, Daniel | 135 |
| Kommonground Inc, Pledger, Jenna | 190 |
| Kotzman, Anne | 4 |
| Law Council of Australia | 46 |
| Life Without Barriers | 167 |
| Lynch, Lesley (Dr), NSW Council for Civil Liberties | 139 |
| Macpherson, Ashley | 176 |
| Maguire, Amy | 178 |
| McGifford, Russell | 127 |
| Medical student | 171 |
| Micallef, Natalie | 180 |
| Mother with child detained in Nauru OPC | 221 |
| Mother detained with child on Christmas Island | 235 |
| Mother detained with son on Christmas Island | 226 |
| Murphy, Robyn Lynette | 123 |
| Nanda, Varun | 182 |
| National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect | 153 |
| Occupational Justice Special Interest Group | 74 |
| Parent detained with child on Christmas Island | 227 |
| Parker, Erica | 44 |
| Perkins, Di | 197 |
| Person detained on Christmas Island | 225 |
| Plan International Australia | 158 |
| Professional working in immigration detention | 84 |
| Professional working in immigration detention | 209 |
| Professional working in immigration detention | 232 |
| Primary teacher in Nauru | 40 |
| Psychologists for Humane Asylum Seeker Treatment | 119 |
| Queensland Law Society | 206 |
| Quonoey, Sheila | 39 |
| Ransome, Glen | 179 |
| Refugee Action Network | 186 |
| Refugee Advice and Casework Service | 217 |
| Refugee Council of Australia | 169 |
| Rezaee, Besmellah and Brizar, Marina | 177 |
| Rice AM, Adele | 56 |
| Royal Australasian College of Physicians | 103 |
| Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists | 48 |
| Royal Children’s Hospital | 162 |
| Sainsbury, Peter | 7 |
| Saul, Ben (Prof) | 33 |
| Save the Children Australia | 216 |
| School teacher | 71 |
| Secondary school teacher | 100 |
| Short, Jacki | 53 |
| Social Service Provider | 24 |
| St Vincent de Paul National Council | 152 |
| Sweet, Melissa, Croakey Blog | 121 |
| Teacher at ESL school for new arrivals | 19 |
| Teacher in Nauru | 156 |
| Terry, John William | 41 |
| Tobin, John (Prof) | 238 |
| Uniting Justice Australia | 212 |
| Unaccompanied child asylum seeker | 21(A) |
| Unaccompanied child asylum seeker (Same author as Sub 21A) | 21(B) |
| Unaccompanied child detained in Nauru OPC | 92 |
| Unaccompanied child detained in Nauru OPC | 93 |
| Unaccompanied child detained in Nauru OPC | 94 |
| Unaccompanied child detained in Nauru OPC | 141 |
| Unaccompanied child detained in Nauru OPC | 143 |
| Unaccompanied child detained in Nauru OPC | 145 |
| Unaccompanied child detained in Nauru OPC | 146 |
| Unaccompanied child detained in Nauru OPC | 147 |
| University of New South Wales | 207 |
| Van Oostende, Corina | 102 |
| Voice of Tamils Inc | 99 |
| Wismer, Esther Parijat | 5 |
| Zwi, Karen | 9 |
