Acknowledgments
The National Human Rights Consultation was made possible by the thousands of people who participated. We acknowledge the 6000 people who participated in our community roundtables and the more than 35 000 who made submissions. We thank them and the national and local media for their interest.
The Committee particularly thanks the following people for their contributions:
Alternate Committee member
Philip Flood
Attorney-General’s Department Secretariat leaders
Kim Farrant
Diana Rahman
Kimberley Evans
Fiona Hamilton
Writers, researchers
Gaby Carney
Rowan Mcrae
Zelie Wood
Bridi Rice
Jessie Taylor
Editing and document preparation
Chris Pirie
Debbie Phillips
Solicitor-General of the Commonwealth
Stephen Gageler SC
Consultant Counsel, Australian Government Solicitor
Henry Burmester QC
Online forum participants
Professor Tom Campbell
Professor George Williams
Mr Philip Lynch
Mr Nicholas Barry
Consultants
Colmar Brunton Social Research
The Allen Consulting Group
Global Access Partners <openforum.com.au>
Zoo Group Pty Ltd
We are also grateful to the many officers from the Attorney-General’s Department (including the 2009 graduates) who assisted throughout the course of the Consultation—especially Bernadette Mikita, who managed to get us to every destination and back again.