Appendix 4 Hearings and visits
An age of uncertainty
Inquiry into the treatment of individuals suspected of people smuggling offences who say that they are children
Appendix 4: Hearings and visits
1 Hearings
The Inquiry held two public hearings; the first for medical experts and the second for Commonwealth agencies.
The following is a list of witnesses who appeared at each of the hearings.
Public hearing for key medical experts – Sydney, 9 March 2012
- Professor Tim Cole (Professor of Medical Statistics)
- Dr Anthony Hill (President of the Australian Society of Forensic Odontology)
- Dr Paul Hofman (President of the Australasian Paediatric Endocrine Group)
- Dr Vincent Low (Consultant Radiologist)
- Dr Ella Onikul (Paediatric Radiologist)
Public hearing for Commonwealth agencies – Canberra, 19-20 April 2012
- Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions and senior staff from his office
- Deputy Commissioner Operations of the Australian Federal Police and one other AFP officer
- First Assistant Secretary, Criminal Justice Division of the Attorney-General’s Department and two other AGD officers
- First Assistant Secretary, Department of Immigration and Citizenship and two other DIAC officers
2 Visits
On 26 and 27 April 2012, two members of the staff of the Australian Human Rights Commission visited Albany Regional Prison and Pardelup Prison Farm for the purposes of this Inquiry.
The Commission staff undertook four interviews at Albany Regional Prison and three interviews at Pardelup Prison Farm with individuals who had said that they were children at the time of the offence of which they were charged.
