Elder abuse in New South Wales

This inquiry was established on 1 September 2015 to inquire into and report on elder abuse in New South Wales. The Committee has tabled its report on 24 June 2016.

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Terms of Reference - Inquiry into elder abuse in NSW

Date	Milestone
01 Sep 2015	Referred
20 Nov 2015	Hearing - Macquarie room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
12 Feb 2016	Submissions closed
22 Feb 2016	Hearing - New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
07 Mar 2016	Hearing - New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
18 Mar 2016	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
18 Mar 2016	Hearing - Jubilee Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
24 Jun 2016	Final Report
09 Jan 2017	Government Response to Final Report

No. 2 Seniors Rights Victoria
No. 3 Office of the Public Advocate
No. 4 Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health
No. 5 Name suppressed
No. 6 Cooma Monaro Legal Services
No. 7a Confidential
No. 8 Name suppressed
No. 9 Name suppressed
No. 10 NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association
No. 10a NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association
No. 11 Mr Richard McCullagh
No. 11a Mr Richard McCullagh
No. 11b Mr Richard McCullagh
No. 11c Mr Richard McCullagh
No. 12 Ministerial Advisory Committee on Ageing
No. 13 Prof. Nicole Aquith
No. 15 Ms Carolyn O'Callaghan
No. 18 Name suppressed
No. 19 Justice Connect Seniors Law
No. 20 Name suppressed
No. 21 Ms Lise Barry, Macquarie Law School
No. 22 Aged and Community Services NSW and ACT
No. 23 Australian Association of Gerontology
No. 24 Northern NSW Abuse of Older People Collaborative
No. 25 Seniors Rights Service (The Aged-care Rights Service Inc)
No. 26 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine
No. 27 Catholic Women’s League Australia – New South Wales Inc
No. 28 Australian Indian Aged Care Support Holistic Association
No. 29 Mental Health Carers ARAFMI NSW Inc
No. 30 Leading Age Services Australia NSW-ACT
No. 31 United Voice
No. 32 Eastern Community Legal Centre (VIC)
No. 33 NSW Elder Abuse Helpline and Resource Unit
No. 34 Protecting Seniors Wealth
No. 35 Alzheimers Australia NSW
No. 36 Mid North Coast Community Legal Centre
No. 37 Prof. Susan Kurrle
No. 38 Council on the Ageing NSW (COTA)
No. 39 Tenants Union of New South Wales
No. 40 Financial Legal Rights Centre
No. 41 Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association of NSW Inc (CPSA)
No. 42 Health Services Union
No. 43 The Gender Centre
No. 44 Womens Legal Services NSW
No. 45 National Seniors Australia
No. 46 Name suppressed
No. 47 Name suppressed
No. 48 Ms Basima Rabie
No. 48a Ms Basima Rabie
No. 48b Ms Basima Rabie
No. 48c Ms Basima Rabie
No. 49 Legal Aid New South Wales
No. 50 Ms Sue Field, School of Law, Western Sydney University and Ms Mary-Ann de Mestre, Solicitor of NSW
No. 51 Name suppressed
No. 52 Mr Seppy Pour
No. 53 Hastings Elder Abuse Protection Network
No. 54 Name suppressed
No. 55 Women’s Electoral Lobby NSW and Older Women’s Network NSW
No. 56 J Walker
No. 57 Name suppressed
No. 58 Name suppressed
No. 59 Mr Rodney Lewis
No. 60 Name suppressed
No. 61 Name suppressed
No. 62 Name suppressed
No. 63 Ms Myra Demetriou and Mr John Dunn
No. 64 Friends of Millers Point
No. 65 Redfern Legal Centre
No. 66 Australian Services Union
No. 67 Quality Aged Care Action Group Incorporated (QACAG Inc)
No. 68 Ms June Neilson
No. 69 Name suppressed
No. 71 Name suppressed
No. 71a Name suppressed
No. 72 School of Nursing, Midwifery & Indigenous Health, ;Charles Sturt University
No. 73 Australian Medical Association
No. 73a Australian Medical Association
No. 74 Name suppressed
No. 75 NSW Government
No. 76 Australian College of Nursing
No. 77 Name suppressed
No. 78 Carers NSW
No. 80 Mr Des Hartree
No. 81 Capacity Australia
No. 81a Capacity Australia
No. 82 Name suppressed
No. 83 Mr Brian Maher OAM
No. 84 Mr David and Mrs Valarie Williams
No. 86 Ms Linda White
No. 87 Name suppressed
No. 88 Name suppressed
No. 89 Name suppressed
No. 90 Name suppressed
No. 91 Name suppressed
No. 92 Name suppressed
No. 93 Australian Lawyers Alliance
No. 94 Name suppressed
No. 96 Name suppressed
No. 97 Name suppressed
No. 98 Name suppressed
No. 99 Mr Philip Johnson
No. 100 University of Newcastle Legal Centre
No. 101 Anti-Discrimination Board of NSW
No. 102 Ms Trish Doyle
No. 103 Blue Mountains Coalition Against Violence and Abuse
No. 104 People with Disability Australia
No. 105 Name suppressed
No. 106 Name suppressed
No. 107 The Law Society of New South Wales
No. 109 Immigrant Women's Speakout Association (IWSA)
No. 110 Aged Care Crisis
No. 110a Aged Care Crisis
No. 111 NSW Trustee and Guardian
No. 112 School of Law, University of South Australia
No. 113 Australian Bankers Association
No. 114 Name suppressed
No. 115 Ms Alix Goodwin
No. 116 Mr Reuben and Mrs Gwendoline Brown
No. 116a Mr Reuben Brown
No. 117 Ms Judith Nicholas
No. 120 Ms Susan Henderson
No. 122 NSW Ombudsman - Attachment 1
No. 122 NSW Ombudsman - Attachment 2
No. 122 NSW Ombudsman - attachment 5
No. 122 NSW Ombudsman - Attachment 3
No. 122 NSW Ombudsman
No. 122 NSW Ombudsman - Attachment 4
No. 122 NSW Ombudsman - Attachment 6

Date	Venue Details
20/11/2015	Macquarie room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
22/02/2016	New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
07/03/2016	New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
18/03/2016	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney		Transcript
18/03/2016	Jubilee Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript

DateSort	Report Name	Tabled Date	Government Response
	Government response - Report No 44 - General Purpose Standing Committee No 2 - Elder abuse in New South Wales	09/01/2017
	Report No 44 - General Purpose Standing Committee No 2 - Elder abuse in New South Wales	24/06/2016	09/01/2017

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2016-06-24	24/06/2016	Media Release	Report tabled
2016-06-24	24/06/2016	Other	Summary of recommendations
2016-05-09	09/05/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Law Society of NSW
2016-04-27	27/04/2016	Other	Answers to questions on notice and supplementary questions - Helen Rogers - Department of Family and Community Services
2016-04-26	26/04/2016	Other	Correspondence - Legal services commissioner to Greg Donnelly - regarding his submission - received 26 April 2016
2016-04-20	20/04/2016	Other	Answers to questions on notice and supplementary questions - Sarah Breusch - University of Newcastle Legal Centre
2016-04-20	20/04/2016	Other	Answers to questions on notice and supplementary questions - Meredith Lea - People with Disability Australia
2016-04-18	18/04/2016	Other	Answers to questions on notice and supplementary answers - Mr Nick ONeill - Director - Capacity Australia
2016-04-15	15/04/2016	Other	Answers to questions on notice and supplementary answers - Professor Carmelle Peisah
2016-04-15	15/04/2016	Other	Answers to questions on notice - Professor Carmelle Peisah - Capacity Australia - Beyond Blue
2016-04-15	15/04/2016	Other	Answers to questions on notice - Professor Carmelle Peisah - Capacity Australia - NSW Government Health Department
2016-04-15	15/04/2016	Other	Answers to questions on notice - Professor Carmelle Peisah - Capacity Australia - Department of Health Victoria
2016-04-15	15/04/2016	Other	Answers to question on notice - Professor Carmelle Peisah - Capacity Australia - The Senate report
2016-04-15	15/04/2016	Other	Answers to questions on notice - Associate Professor - Western Sydney University
2016-04-11	11/04/2016	Other	Answers to questions on notice and supplementary answers - Richard McCullagh - Retirement village lawyer
2016-04-05	05/04/2016	Other	Answers to Questions on notice and supplementary questions - Assistant Commissioner Denis Clifford - NSW Police Force
2016-04-05	05/04/2016	Other	Answers to questions on Notice - Aged and Community Services NSW and ACT
2016-04-05	05/04/2016	Other	Answers to questions on notice - Susan Kurrle - University of Sydney
2016-04-01	01/04/2016	Other	Answers to supplementary questions on notice - Imelda Dodds - Chief executive officer - NSW Trustee and Guardian
2016-03-30	30/03/2016	Other	Answers to supplementary questions on notice - Loula Koutrodimos - Acting CEO - Leading Aged Care Australia
2016-03-30	30/03/2016	Other	Answers to questions on notice - Loula Koutrodimos - Acting CEO - Leading Aged Care Australia
2016-03-21	21/03/2016	Other	Answers to questions on notice - Anthony Brown - Australian Association of Gerontology
2016-03-18	18/03/2016	Other	Answers to questions on notice and supplementary answers - Ms Lise Barry - Macquarie Law School
2016-03-18	18/03/2016	Other	Answers to questions on notice and supplementary Professor Wendy Lacey - University of South Australia
2016-03-17	17/03/2016	Other	Correspondence - Legal Services Commissioner - the role of the Office in dealing with complaints about lawyers
2016-03-10	10/03/2016	Other	Correspondence - Benjamin Marshan - responding to committee request to make a submission
2016-03-07	07/03/2016	Other	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Tabled Document: 'Elder Abuse: One report too many?' Paul Sadler
2016-03-07	07/03/2016	Other	Report - Indigenous Consultation
2016-03-04	04/03/2016	Other	Answers to questions on notice - Paul Versteege - Combined Pensioner and Superannuats Association
2016-03-03	03/03/2016	Other	Correspondence - United Voice - adjusting transcript
2016-03-01	01/03/2016	Other	Correspondence - Jane Mears - regarding alteration of the transcript
2016-02-26	26/02/2016	Other	Answers to questions on notice - Jane Mears Associate Professor - Western Sydney University
2016-02-22	22/02/2016	Other	Tabled document - Dr John Chesterman - Office of the Public Advocate Annual Report 2014-2015
2016-02-22	22/02/2016	Other	Tabled document - Dr John Chesterman - Take Control A guide to making enduring powers of attorney
2016-02-22	22/02/2016	Other	Tabled document - Dr John Chesterman - Side by Side a guide to appointing supportive attorneys
2016-02-22	22/02/2016	Other	Tabled document - Mary O'Sullivan - It could be you female, single, older and homeless
2016-02-22	22/02/2016	Other	Tabled document - Mary O'Sullivan -The Disappearing Age
2016-02-22	22/02/2016	Other	Tabled document - Brendan Moore - Preventing financial abuse of people with dementia
2016-02-22	22/02/2016	Other	Tabled Document- Mary O'Sullivan - Pamphlet on Legal and financial advice for older women
2016-02-16	16/02/2016	Other	Answers to questions on notice - Kerry Marshall - Elder Abuse Helpline
2016-02-02	02/02/2016	Other	Answers to questions on notice - Tom Cowen - Seniors Rights Service
2016-02-02	02/02/2016	Other	Answers to supplementary questions on notice - Tom Cowen - Seniors Rights Service
2016-01-14	14/01/2016	Other	Answers to questions on notice - Melissa Chaperline - Seniors Rights Service
2015-12-18	18/12/2015	Other	Answers to questions on notice - Dr Sue Field - Adjunct fellow - Western Sydney University
2015-12-18	18/12/2015	Other	Answers to supplementary questions on Notice - Ian Day - COTA NSW
2015-11-20	20/11/2015	Other	Tabled document - Tom Cowen - Seniors Rights Service Fact Sheet
2015-11-20	20/11/2015	Other	Tabled document -Tom Cowen - Seniors Rights Service - Law Reform for Elder Abuse
2015-10-30	30/10/2015	Other	Media Release - Second call for submissions
2015-09-02	02/09/2015	Other	Media Release - Call for submissions

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