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QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
Consumer Representatives
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Senate Hansard
- Date
26-05-1997
- Source
Senate
- Parl No.
38
- Electorate
NSW
- Interjector
- Page
3626
- Party
ALP
- Presenter
- Status
Final
- Question No.
557
- Questioner
Senator Neal
- Responder
Senator Parer
- Speaker
- Stage
- Type
- Context
- System Id
chamber/hansards/1997-05-26/0215
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Youth Unemployment
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Mr David Oldfield
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Media Ownership
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INTERNATIONAL TAX AGREEMENTS AMENDMENT BILL (No. 1) 1997
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HEARING SERVICES ADMINISTRATION BILL 1997
HEARING SERVICES AND AGHS REFORM BILL 1997- Second Reading
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In Committee
- Senator FORSHAW
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- Senator ELLISON
- Senator ALLISON
- Senator ELLISON
- Senator ALLISON
- Senator ELLISON
- Senator NEAL
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- Senator NEAL
- Senator ELLISON
- Senator NEAL
- Senator ELLISON
- Senator NEAL
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- Senator NEAL
- Senator ELLISON
- Senator ALLISON
- Senator ELLISON
- Senator ALLISON
- Senator ELLISON
- Senator FORSHAW
- Senator ELLISON
- Senator ALLISON
- ADJOURNMENT
- Adjournment
- DOCUMENTS
- QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
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Monday, 26 May 1997
Page: 3626
Page: 3626
(Question No. 557)
Senator Neal
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Small Business and Consumer Affairs, upon notice, on 24 April 1997:
(1) What are the names of the organisations to which the Minister has appointed consumer representatives.
(2) What are the names and backgrounds of the consumer representatives.
Senator Parer
—The Minister for Small Business and Consumer Affairs has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:
(1) As at 24 April 1997, I have appointed consumer representative to the:
| Body | Acronym |
| Complaints Resolution Scheme of the Financial Planning Association of Australia Ltd—Council | CRS Council |
| General Insurance Claims Review Panel | GICR Panel |
| Insurance Enquiries and Complaints Ltd—Board | IEC Board |
| Life Insurance Complaints Service Ltd—Board | LICS Board |
| Life Insurance Complaints Service Ltd—Panel | LICS Panel |
I have also confirmed the appointment of consumer representatives to the:
| Australasian Furnishing Research and Development Institute Ltd—Exclusive Board | AFRDI Board |
| Insurance Brokers Dispute Facility—Insurance Brokers Compliance Council | IBDF-IBCC |
(2) The names and backgrounds of the consumer representatives who have been appointed are:
| Representative | Background | Body | |
| Robert Drake | Consumer/community policy officer with a community welfare sector organisation, now working for the NSW government | CRS Council | |
| Peter Kell | Economist—works for a consumer organisation | CRS Council | |
| Jon Faine | Lawyer, media presenter | GICR Panel | |
| Brendan Pentony | Lawyer, academic | GICR Panel | |
| Gregory Kirk | Lawyer with an independent legal/policy centre | GICR Panel | |
| Paul O'Shea | Lawyer with a financial counselling service | GICR Panel | |
| Geoff Crick | Farmer | IEC Board | |
| Adrian Evans | Lawyer | IEC Board | |
| Gordon Renous | Coordinator/principal solicitor for a community legal service | LICS Board | |
| Neil Brown | Lawyer | LICS Board | |
| John Berrill | Lawyer in private practice | LICS Board |
The names and backgrounds of the consumer representatives whose appointments have been confirmed are:
| Ian Scott | Research/policy manager with a non government organisation directed at reducing injury children | AFRDI Board |
| Kate Hamond | Self employed community consultant | IBDF-IBCC |