HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
STANDING COMMITTEE ON FAMILY AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS Indigenous health DARWIN
Monday, 17 August 1998 Present Mr Forrest (Chair) Mr Jenkins Mr Quick Mr Allan Morris Committee met at 8.31 a.m. Mr Forrest took the chair.
Date: 17/08/1998 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/commrep/s0000525.sgm/0001 - Source: House of Reps
CHAIR —I am the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs, and I am pleased to open this 12th day of public hearings of the committee's inquiry into indigenous health as referred by the Minister for Health and Family Services, the Hon. Dr Michael Wooldridge, with the
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ANGUS , Ms Patricia Gweneth, Assistant Secretary, Aboriginal and Community Health Policy, Territory Health Services, 87 Mitchell Street, Darwin, Northern Territory 0800 HEMPEL , Mr Raymond John, Assistant Director, Office of Aboriginal Development, GPO Box 4450, Darwin, Northern Territory 0801 PRINCE , Mrs Jennifer Gail, Deputy Under Treasurer, Northern Territory
Date: 17/08/1998 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/commrep/s0000525.sgm/0003 - Source: House of Reps
CHAIR —I welcome witnesses from the Northern Territory government. Before proceeding, I need to point out that, whilst this committee does not swear its witnesses, the proceedings today are legal proceedings of the parliament and warrant the same respect as proceedings of the House of Representatives. Any deliberate misleading of
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CHAIR —Welcome. This committee does not formally swear its witnesses, but you need to know that the proceedings today are legal proceedings of the parliament and warrant the same respect as proceedings of the House of Representatives itself. Any deliberate misleading is therefore considered as a contempt of the parliament.
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CHAIR —Welcome, Professor Walker. Could you please tell the committee in what capacity you appear to give evidence? Prof. Walker —I appear as a private individual. I am a recently retired paediatrician who spent 31 years in the Northern Territory and was also Dean of the Clinical School for two
Date: 17/08/1998 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/commrep/s0000525.sgm/0008 - Source: House of Reps
CHAIR —Welcome. In what capacity are you appearing before the committee? Prof. Mathews —I appear before you in both a personal capacity and in a professional capacity on behalf of the Menzies School of Health Research. Anything I say that is a bit outrageous you can say is personal rather
Date: 17/08/1998 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/commrep/s0000525.sgm/0010 - Source: House of Reps
CHAIR —We have a submission from you. I notice it is dated August last year and came with a handwritten note on the bottom which reflected some frustration which has perhaps abated since August. Part of what we are discovering in our inquiry is the frustration amongst the people who
Date: 17/08/1998 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/commrep/s0000525.sgm/0012 - Source: House of Reps
CHAIR —Welcome. Do you have anything to say with regard to the capacity in which you appear? Dr Glasby —Although the submission was written on behalf of the Top End Primary Health Care Network, that project as such has ceased to exist under the auspices of the Top End Division
Date: 17/08/1998 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/commrep/s0000525.sgm/0014 - Source: House of Reps