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Portfolio Committee No. 3 - Education

The privatisation of prisons and prison-related services

This inquiry was established on 17 December 2008, to inquire into the privatisation of prisons and prison-related services.

Legislative Council Committee Report Debate, 16 June 2009 Legislative Council Committee Report Debate, 28 October 2009 Legislative Council Committee Report Debate, 11 November 2009 Legislative Council Committee Report Debate, 24 February 2010

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This inquiry was self-referred on 17 December 2008.

081217 Media Release - corrective services inquiry

081217 Terms of reference

Date	Milestone
17 Dec 2008	Self-referred
23 Feb 2009	Hearing - Jubilee Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
02 Mar 2009	Submissions closed
20 Mar 2009	Hearing - Jubilee Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
27 Mar 2009	Hearing - Jubilee Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
01 Apr 2009	Hearing - Meeting Room 814-815, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
05 Jun 2009	Final Report
03 Dec 2009	Government Response to Final Report

Date	Venue Details
23/02/2009	Jubilee Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
20/03/2009	Jubilee Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
27/03/2009	Jubilee Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
01/04/2009	Meeting Room 814-815, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript

DateSort	Report Name	Tabled Date	Government Response
	Government response - Report No 21 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 - The privatisation of prisons and prison-related services (PDF)	03/12/2009
	Report No 21 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 - The privatisation of prisons and prison-related services (PDF)	05/06/2009	03/12/2009

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2009-06-05	05/06/2009	Media Release	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 - Media release: Final Report tabled
2009-04-22	22/04/2009	Other	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Mr Pieter Bezuidenhout, The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd
2009-04-01	01/04/2009	Tabled Document	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 - Tabled document: Document tabled by Mr Tony Howen, supporting documents from Cessnock POVB Union archives
2009-04-01	01/04/2009	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 - Answers to Questions on Notice: PSA additional documents requested
2009-03-27	27/03/2009	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Mr Peter Dodd, Public Interest Advocacy Centre Limited
2009-03-27	27/03/2009	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Mr Brian Lawrence, DCS, Western Australia
2009-03-27	27/03/2009	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Mr Gary Sturgess, The Serco Institute
2009-03-27	27/03/2009	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Mr Greg Weir, DCS, South Australia
2009-03-27	27/03/2009	Tabled Document	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 - Tabled document: Document tabled by Ms Sylvia Hale MLC, Police Association of NSW, Circular No 8
2009-03-27	27/03/2009	Tabled Document	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 - Tabled document: Document tabled by Ron Woodham, Commissioner, Department of Corrective Services
2009-03-20	20/03/2009	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Councillor Graham Smith Cessnock City Council
2009-03-20	20/03/2009	Correspondence	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 - Correspondence, Councillor Graham Smith, correcting transcript evidence
2009-03-20	20/03/2009	Other	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 - Petition: Community Against Privatisation
2009-03-20	20/03/2009	Correspondence	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 - Correspondence, Mr Pieter Bezuidenhout, Managing Director, the GEO Group Australia, clarifying transcript evidence
2009-02-24	24/02/2009	Other	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 - Petition: Residents of Parklea and concerned community members
2009-02-23	23/02/2009	Media Release	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 - Media Release: Public Hearings
2009-02-23	23/02/2009	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Stephen Turner, Public Service Association
2009-02-23	23/02/2009	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Commissioner Ron Woodham, Department of Corrective Services
2009-02-23	23/02/2009	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Commissioner Ron Woodham, Department of Corrective Services, balance of responses
2009-02-20	20/02/2009	Other	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 - Petition: Residents State Electorate of Riverstone

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No. 1 Tom Collins
No. 2 Ms Belinda Kedeya
No. 3 Philip Mark Rosenberg
No. 4 Mr Mark Aronson
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No. 15 Linda Codling
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No. 17 Jeff Kellehear
No. 18 Rodney Cooper
No. 19 Chris Batancs
No. 20 Mr Paul Falzon
No. 21 Deborah Kellehear
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No. 23 Jason Twyford
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No. 26 Neil Mannix
No. 27 Ms Denise Holland
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No. 29 Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes in NSW (CLRI)
No. 30 Thomas McLoughlin
No. 31 George Chapman
No. 31a George Chapman
No. 32 Ms Carol Lillith Andrews
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No. 92 Mr William White
No. 93 The Officers of the Parklea Visits Search Room
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No. 95 New South Wales Nurses' Association
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No. 97 Community Relations Commission
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No. 99 Homelessness NSW
No. 100 James Mcavoy
No. 101 Elizabeth Nagy
No. 102 Public Service Association of NSW
No. 103 Alison Robin
No. 104 State Executive - Commissioned Officer Vocational Branch, PSA NSW
No. 105 Mr Garry Braithwaite
No. 106 Public Interest Advocacy Centre Ltd
No. 107 Community Against Privatisation
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No. 109 Police Association of New South Wales
No. 110 Mr Wayne Oates
No. 111 Unions NSW
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No. 125 Hunter Environment Lobby Inc.
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No. 128 Mrs Dixie Campton
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No. 132 Brian Gibson
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No. 134 Neil Haslop
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No. 136 Mark and Mrs Jane Cathcart
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No. 138 Sharon Baldacchino
No. 139 Eileen Cronin
No. 140 Mario Bocasan
No. 141 Steven Fitzgibbon
No. 142 David Pritchard
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No. 144 Brenda Ambler
No. 145 Ms Jenny Haines
No. 146 Mr Steven Meadows
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No. 150 Michael Santrac
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No. 153 Bob Vial
No. 154 Mark Knight
No. 155 Richard Brown
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No. 156 Stephen Mark Hendricks
No. 157 Robbie Hague
No. 158 Belinda Carey
No. 159 Ms Susan Page
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No. 161 Amanda Buck
No. 162 Mrs Kelly Evans
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No. 164 Leanne Hague
No. 165 Veronica Tobin
No. 166 Mr Brett Russell
No. 167 Mr Ron Palmer
No. 168 Dr Peggy Goldsmith
No. 169 Mr Jeremy Sacco
No. 170 Justice Action
No. 171 Women in Prison Advocacy Network (WIPAN)
No. 172 University of Wollongong
No. 173 Pieter Bezuidenhout
No. 174 Mr Timothy Price
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No. 181 James Ellis
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No. 187 Julia Mayo-Ramsay
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No. 196 Macleay River Teachers Association
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No. 200 Michael Campbell
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No. 204 Mr Claudio D'Amcio
No. 205 Mrs Rhonda D'Amcio
No. 206 Mrs Fiona Schirmer
No. 207 Mr Andrew Spannenberg
No. 208 Faculty of Law, University of Sydney
No. 209 Ms Eleanor Cardwell
No. 210 Ms Marie Louise Howell
No. 211 Mr Peter Rawson
No. 212 Rissie Martin
No. 213 Joseph Charles
No. 214 Leonie Dillon
No. 215 Cessnock City Council
No. 216 Jamie Buck
No. 217 Craig Waddell
No. 218 Mrs Cheryl Daniel
No. 219 Stephen Smallwood
No. 220 Rose Costelloe
No. 221 Mr Ronald Peter Bloemers
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No. 223 Gina Selmes
No. 224 Mark Hilton
No. 225 Denise Whiteley
No. 226 Rajesh Sharma
No. 227 Adrian Feirer
No. 228 Elizabeth Canavan
No. 229 David McCauley
No. 230 Rodd Bland
No. 231 Gayle Davies
No. 232 Patricia Thompson
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No. 234 Alan Board
No. 235 Mrs Kate Fitzpatrick-Kassar
No. 236 Ms Kim Cook
No. 237 Mr James Eastlake
No. 238 Mr Peter Dixon
No. 239 Ms Vivienne Martin
No. 240 Ms Mary O'Connell
No. 241 Mr Peter Hood
No. 242 Mr Andrew Sefton
No. 243 Mr Ricky Gay
No. 244 Dr Andrew Thompson
No. 245 Prisoners' Aid Association of New South Wales Inc.
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No. 247 Melissa Keegan
No. 248 Peter Grace
No. 249 Brent Samyia
No. 250 Cheryl Douglas
No. 251 Mark Stevens
No. 252 Ms Anita Malesevic
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No. 255 Mr Trevor Denham
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No. 258 NSW Department of Corrective Services
No. 259 Claire Rodger
No. 260 Manbir Kohli
No. 261 Mr Douglas Williamson
No. 262 Cameron Watling
No. 263 Parliament of NSW
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No. 265 Russell Nipperess
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No. 272 Diocese of Parramatta
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No. 275 Jessica Nash
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No. 278 Michael Stephens
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No. 280 Ms Manosure Tohidi-Esfahani
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No. 286 Wayne Hocking-Jones
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No. 290 Ms Jo Holder
No. 291 Matthew Freyer
No. 292 David Pearcey
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No. 295 Wayne Seaton
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No. 300 David Burton
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No. 305 Wendy Paterson
No. 306 Ms Bev Smiles
No. 307 Sue Riley
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No. 312 Dr Steven Roodenrys
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No. 314 Leanne Dowey
No. 315 Mr Ervin Rotik
No. 316 Christine Stanbury
No. 317 Ms Noeleen Osborne
No. 318 Mr Simon Kelly
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No. 344 Mrs Janelle Everingham
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No. 346 Graeme Reid
No. 347 Mr Ross Smith
No. 348 Russell Schmitt
No. 349 Ms Susan Harris
No. 350 Robyn Wilson
No. 351 Janel Carozza
No. 352 Social Issues Executive of the Anglican Church, Diocese of Sydney
No. 353 Mrs Debbie Little
No. 354 Clyde Simpson
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No. 355 Ms Julie Vojneski
No. 356 Mr Peter Firminger
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No. 358 Beverley Nugent
No. 359 Mr Terry Kachel
No. 360 Stuart Lyle
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No. 407 The Serco Institute
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No. 424 International Commission of Jurists (ICJA), Australian Section
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No. 440 Cessnock POVB
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