Peter Hendy (Eden-Monaro, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

On Monday, 18 May, I had the great pleasure of hosting the Minister for Health for two consultative roundtable meetings in Eden-Monaro. My thanks go to Mayor Lindsay Brown for providing an ideal venue for the morning's meeting in Moruya. Among the participants were doctors Linda Brown, Martin Carlson, Marjorie Cross, Melanie Dorrington, Ken Doust, Michael Holland, Paul Muskett and Jenny Wray. Pharmacists there included Peter Downing, Jim Hoar, Andrew Topp and Andrew White. Representing the Katungal Aboriginal Medical Service were Angela Nye and Joanne Grant. Professor Amanda Barnard of the ANU Rural Clinical School was there, and Dianne Kitcher, Christine Williams and Margaret Thornton represented the new primary health network. Also attending were Rob Bradley, Brad Rossiter, Russell Schneider and Janice Setter.

My thanks also to Mayor Michael Britten for hosting the afternoon meeting in Bega. Participants included doctors Duncan MacKinnon, Angela Nimmo, Mark Oakley and Nick Theris and pharmacists Mark Manning, John Plevey, Warren Seeto and Vu Nguyen. Representing Katungal were Graham Moore and Jon Rogers. Finally, Jenny Symons, CEO of Banksia Village, brought her specialised knowledge of the aged-care sector. Also attending were Colin Dunn, Darryl Dobson, Jim Butterworth, Christine van den Berg and Sharon Bower-Smith. I would like to thank them all for participating in a very well regarded health review.