Education Amendment (Ethics Classes Repeal) Bill 2011

This Inquiry was established on Friday 11 November 2011, to report on the Education Amendment (Ethics Classes Repeal) Bill 2011. The Committee tabled its report on 30 May 2012.

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Resolution passed 11 November 2011, LC Minutes No. 56, Item 12 pages 585 - 586

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Date	Milestone
11 Nov 2011	Referred
24 Feb 2012	Submissions closed
24 Feb 2012	Hearing - Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
27 Feb 2012	Hearing - Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
12 Mar 2012	Hearing - Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
30 May 2012	Final Report
04 Dec 2012	Government Response to Final Report

Date	Venue Details
24/02/2012	Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
27/02/2012	Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
12/03/2012	Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript

DateSort	Report Name	Tabled Date	Government Response
	Government response - Report No 38 - General Purpose Standing Committee No 2 - Education Amendment (Ethics Classes Repeal) Bill 2011	04/12/2012
	Report No 38 - General Purpose Standing Committee No 2 - Education Amendment (Ethics Classes Repeal) Bill 2011	30/05/2012	04/12/2012

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2012-05-30	30/05/2012	Media Release	Report tabled
2012-05-02	02/05/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Australian Council of State School Organisations
2012-04-16	16/04/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Answers to Questions on Notice: St James Ethics Centre
2012-04-16	16/04/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Federation of Parents and Citizens' Associations of New South Wales
2012-03-21	21/03/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Answers to Questions on Notice: NSW Department of Education & Communities - Learning and Development
2012-03-20	20/03/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Rev Dr Michael Jensen
2012-03-20	20/03/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Parents4Ethics
2012-03-20	20/03/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Dr Bernadette Tobin, Plunkett Centre for Ethics
2012-03-19	19/03/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Professor Philip Cam
2012-03-09	09/03/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Primary Ethics
2011-03-21	21/03/2011	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Inter-Church Commission on Religious Education in Schools (ICCOREIS)
2011-03-13	13/03/2011	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 - Answers to Questions on Notice: Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney

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No. 2 Mr Darren Friend (Partially Confidential)
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No. 73 Years 5/6 Ethics Class (Partially Confidential)
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No. 121 Maroubra Junction Public School P&C Association
No. 123 Darlinghurst Public School P&C Association
No. 124 Ms Jenny Stonier (Partially confidential)
No. 125 Canterbury PUblic P&C Association
No. 126 Dr Angelo Fraietta
No. 127 Margot Pearson
No. 128 Mr Selwyn Suchet
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No. 131 Ms Alison Nancye Biffone (Partially confidential)
No. 132 James Beresford
No. 133 Prof. Laurence E Mather and Mrs Sylvia J Mather
No. 134 Parents4Ethics
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No. 136 Mr Andrew Zdenkowski
No. 137 Ann White
No. 138 Mr C E Moffitt
No. 139 Ms Fay Bolt
No. 140 Mr Alex Neilands
No. 141 Australians United for Separation of the Church and State Inc
No. 142 Ms Jo Hume
No. 143 Laura Craddock
No. 144 Dr Eliana Freydel Miller
No. 145 Ms Diana Shanks (Partially confidential)
No. 146 Manly Village Public School P&C Association
No. 147 Mrs P M Hunt
No. 148 Confidential
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No. 150 Mr Noel Were
No. 151 Robert Doran
No. 152 Dr Louise Holliday
No. 153 Unincorporated Hunter Area Friends
No. 154 Ms Catherine Walsh (partially confidential)
No. 156 Primary Ethics Ltd
No. 157 Ms Maria Naidoo
No. 158 St James Ethics Centre
No. 159 Kerrie Worboys
No. 160 Glen Bann
No. 161 Ms Robyn Wates
No. 162 Mrs Margaret & Mr William Troth
No. 163 Mr Wallace J Shelley
No. 164 Mrs Joyce Ditton
No. 165 Anglican Education Commission
No. 166 Revd Rabbi Zalman Kastel
No. 167 Dr Jan Backhouse
No. 168 Ms Sheng-wen Wendy Pan (Partially confidential)
No. 169 Normanhurst Public School P&C Association
No. 170 The Rock International Church
No. 171 Mr Michael Thorpe
No. 172 Dr Peter Simmons
No. 173 Emma Roberts
No. 174 Mr Mal MacRae
No. 175 Ms Donna Sife
No. 176 Mr Milton Caine
No. 177 Commission for Children and Young People
No. 178 Mrs Monique Boutet
No. 179 Beecroft Primary School Ethics Program
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No. 181 NSW Department of Education and Communities
No. 182 Ms Cathy Byrne
No. 183 Humanist Society of NSW
No. 184 Austinmer Public School
No. 185 Baptist Union of NSW
No. 186 Randwick School P & C
No. 187 Dr James ATHANASOU
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No. 190 Ms Mary Macrae
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No. 193 Ms D K Seely
No. 194 Mrs Carol Lack (Partially Confidential)
No. 195 Mr Geoff Lack
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No. 197 Ms Diana Marshall
No. 198 Revd Dr Peter Barnes
No. 199 Mr David Jarred
No. 201 Mrs Leigh Austin
No. 202 Rev Dr Michael P Jensen
No. 203 Plunkett Centre for Ethics
No. 204 Mr Colin & Mrs Roeli King
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No. 208 Jennifer Clarke
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No. 217 Mr John and Mrs Joan Haddock
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No. 220 Forest Lodge Public School P&C
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No. 222 Ms Carol Adams
No. 224 Australian Centre for Disability Law
No. 225 North Sydney Demonstration School P&C Association
No. 226 Ferncourt Public School Parents and Citizens Association
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No. 228 Mosman Public School Ethics Team
No. 229 Braidwood Central School P&C Association
No. 230 Mr Derek Allan
No. 231 Ms Frances Amaroux Amaroux
No. 232 Mr John Armstrong
No. 233 Mrs Sharon Armstrong
No. 234 Ms Susan Ashton-Davies
No. 235 Mr Richard Bean
No. 236 Ms Hilary Bell
No. 237 Dr Abbie Bingham
No. 238 Ms Evelyn Bowes
No. 239 Catholic Conference of Religious Educators in State Schools (CCRESS)
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No. 243 Jenny Bloomfield
No. 244 Emma Brown
No. 246 Jenny Clarke
No. 247 Eric Conti
No. 248 Mrs Sharon Cousins
No. 249 Tony Crane
No. 250 Alison Crook AO
No. 251 Ms Lisa Darke
No. 252 Mr Ray David (Partially Confidential)
No. 253 Julian Davies
No. 254 Christine Williamson
No. 255 Mrs Julie Wilks
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No. 258 Mr William (Bill) White
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No. 269 Ms Joanne Cory
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No. 279 Catherine Walton
No. 280 Ms Anousha Zarkesh
No. 281 Ms Kim-Marie Williams
No. 282 Mrs Jenny Collison
No. 283 Leichhardt Public School Parents and Citizens Association
No. 284 The Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of NSW and the ACT
No. 285 Presbyterian Church in NSW
No. 286 Federation of Parents and Citizens Association of NSW (P&C)
No. 287 State Council of the Presbyterian Women's Association of Australia in New South Wales (PWA)
No. 288 Mr John Webster
No. 289 Dr Paul Hodge
No. 290 Mrs Wendy Jansen
No. 291 The Greens
No. 292 NSW Primary Principals' Association
No. 293 Mrs Leisa Cooksey
No. 294 Australian Council of State School Organisations Inc.
No. 295 Dr Peter Bowden
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No. 302 Mr Garry & Mrs Jenni Sambrook
No. 303 Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand and the Philippines
No. 304 St Augustine's College - Sydney
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No. 307 Fellowship of Congregational Churches
No. 308 Lyn & Mr Cliff Bennett
No. 310 Kimberlee Gross
No. 311 Mr Bill de Mars & Mrs Harriet Ketley (Partially Confidential)
No. 312 Ms Tinny Hon (Partially Confidential)
No. 313 Ms Bobbie Antonic (Partially Confidential)
No. 314 Ms Lesley Tipping
No. 315 Taverners Hill Infants School P & C Association
No. 316 Balgowlah North Public School P & C
No. 317 Newcastle East Public School Council (NEPS)
No. 318 Laurence Cunningham
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No. 361 Torleif Samundsett
No. 362 Ms Nicole Sakovits
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No. 364 Ms Rebecca Ryan (Partially Confidential)
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No. 380 Mr Peter Coleman (Partially Confidential)
No. 381 Ms Catherine Suttle
No. 382 Ms Anita Hellevik
No. 383 Mr Warren Gregory
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No. 386 Crown Street Public School P & C
No. 387 Ms Vimala Colless
No. 388 Ms Kirsty Nash
No. 389 Mr Andrew Fernon (Partially Confidential)
No. 390 Mr Aldo Bayona
No. 391 Mrs Gail Instance
No. 392 NSW Council for Civil Liberties
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No. 395 Ms Vanessa Iles & Mr Michael Brown (Partially Confidential)
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No. 400 Maureen Hager
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No. 402 Marita Hefler
No. 403 Dr Lisa Melton & Mr Gerard Page
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