Public Hearing Day 1 – Sydney, 17 August 2026

The timestamps below correlate with each witnesses' evidence. The links will open the video of each witnesses' evidence on our YouTube channel.

• 0:00 Pre-Hearing
• 9:22 Commencement of hearing
• 0:32:17 Evidence of Panos Massouris, Rozana Australia
• 0:51:56 Adjournment — Morning Tea
• 1:10:47 Evidence of Ahmed Hegazi and Joel Lazar, lived experience
• 2:01:04 Evidence of Dr Rana Dadpour, Australian United Solidarity for Iran
• 2:19:25 Evidence of Mohamed Hassan, Somali Society of NSW
• 2:51:38 Adjournment — Lunch
• 3:39:19 Evidence of Professor Nicholas Biddle and Professor Matthew Gray, Australian National University
• 4:28:30 Evidence of Anthea Hancocks and Dr John van Kooy, Scanlon Foundation Research Institute