Appendix D – List of witnesses
Wednesday, 27 May 2009 - Canberra
Grains
Research and Development Corporation
Dr Martin Blumenthal, Program Manager,
Agronomy, Soils and Environment
Dr Sara Hely, Project Manager,
Varieties
Ms Kylie Paulsen, Communication
Manager
Dr Stephen Thomas, Executive
Manager, Practices
Wednesday, 3 June 2009 - Canberra
Land
and Water Australia
Dr Owen Cameron, Program Manager,
Climate Change Research Strategy for Primary Industries
Mr Colin Creighton, Program
Coordinator, Managing Climate Variability Program
Dr Michael Robinson, Executive
Director
Wednesday, 17 June 2009 - Canberra
Fenner
School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
Dr Joern Fischer, Research Fellow
Dr Kate Sherren, Research Fellow
Wednesday, 24 June 2009 - Canberra
Individuals
Dr Christine Jones
National
Association of Forest Industries
Mr Allan Hansard, Chief Executive
Officer
Mr Samuel Rae, Policy Advisor
Wednesday, 1 July 2009 - Sydney
Individuals
Dr Jason Evans
Horticulture
Australia Council and Horticulture Australia Limited
Ms Kris Newton, Chief Executive
Officer, Horticulture Australia Council
Ms Alison Turnbull, Natural
Resources and Climate Manager, Horticulture Australia Limited
NSW
Department of Primary Industries
Mr Scott Davenport, Chief
Economist
Mr Robert Young, Director,
Climate and Water Research
NSW
Irrigators’ Council
Mr Andrew Gregson, Chief
Executive Officer
Mr Mark Moore, Policy Analyst
Nursery
and Garden Industry Australia
Dr Anthony Kachenko,
Environmental and Technical Policy Manager
School
of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong
Dr Alison Gates, Research Fellow
Tuesday, 14 July 2009 - Brisbane
AgForce
Mr Grant Maudslay, President,
Cattle Board
Mr Howard Smith, Director, Cattle
Board
Mr Drew Wagner, Senior Policy
Advisor
Australian
Controlled Traffic Farming Association
Dr Jeff Tullberg, Executive
Committee Member
Biodynamic
Agriculture Australia
Ms Anne Tillett, Acting Business
Manager
Conservation
Agriculture Alliance of Australia and New Zealand
Mr Wade Bidstrup, Farmer Member
Mr Robert McCreath, Farmer Member
Mr Jean-Francois Rochecouste,
Chief Executive Officer
CTF
Solutions
Dr Don Yule, Director
Growcom
Ms Rachel Mackenzie, Chief
Advocate
Mr David Putland, Climate Change
Project Officer
Wednesday, 19 August 2009 - Canberra
Grain
Growers Association
Mr Bryan Clark, Industry
Development Manager
Southern
New England Landcare Ltd
Mr Shane Andrews, Project Officer
Mrs Sonia Williams, Executive
Officer
Mr David Thompson, Project
Manager, Northern Inland Forestry Investment Group
Thursday, 3 September 2009 - Melbourne
Apple
and Pear Australia Ltd
Mr Stuart Gray, Communications
Manager
Mr Richard Hawkes, Technical
Manager
Australian
Women in Agriculture Ltd
Dr Rowan O’Hagan, General Member
& Administration Officer
Ms Elaine Paton, Immediate Past
President
Dairy
Australia
Mr Chris Phillips, General
Manager, Trade and Strategy
Ignite
Energy Resources
Dr John White, Executive
Mallee
Sustainable Farming Inc.
Mr Jim Maynard, Chairman
Mr Michael Mooney, Executive
Manager
Murray
Irrigators Support Group
Mrs Wendy Buck, Facilitator
Mr Dudley Bryant, Member
Mr John Padman, Member
Mr Bill Williamson
RM
Consulting Group
Ms Karlie Tucker, Senior
Consultant
Victorian
Farmers Federation
Mr Graeme Ford, Executive Policy
Manager
Mr Darryl Harrison, Senior Policy
Advisor
Mr Simon Ramsay, Farm Business
and Regional Development Chair
South
West Climate Change Forum
Mr Mike Weise, Executive Officer,
WestVic Dairy Inc.
Wednesday, 9 September 2009 - Canberra
Australian
Bureau of Statistics
Ms Karen Connaughton, Acting
Director, Land and Agriculture Statistics
Ms Gemma Van Halderen, Branch
Head, Environment and Agriculture Statistics Branch
Future
Farm Industries CRC
Mrs Lucinda Corrigan, Deputy
Chair
Mr Kevin Goss, Chief Executive
Officer and Executive Director
Mr Michael Poole, Director
Wednesday, 16 September 2009 - Canberra
Bureau
of Meteorology
Mr Barry Hanstrum, Regional
Director, New South Wales
Mr Bruce Stewart, Assistant
Director, Climate and Oceans
Mr David Walland, Acting Manager,
National Climate Centre
National
Farmers’ Federation
Mr Ben Fargher, Chief Executive
Officer
Mr Charles McElhone, Manager, Trade
and Economics
Monday, 21 September 2009 - Tasmania
Individuals
Mrs Aysha Fleming
Mr John McPhee
Professor Frank Vanclay
Department
of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment
Mr Hugh Griffiths, Senior
Industry Development Officer, Agricultural Policy Group
Ms Deidre Maree Wilson, Acting
Director, Agricultural Policy Group
Forestry
Tasmania
Dr Hans Drielsma, Executive
General Manager
Dr Peter Volker, Manager, Field
Services
Mr Anthony Wise, Trees on Farms
Project Manager
Thursday, 24 September 2009 - Perth
Western
Australian Farmers Federation
Mr Dale Park, Land Management and
Climate Change Executive Portfolio Holder
Mr Alan Hill, Director of Policy
Wednesday, 21 October 2009 - Canberra
CSIRO
Dr Andrew Ash, Director, Climate Adaptation
Flagship
Dr Mark Howden, Chief Research
Scientist, Theme Leader, Climate Adaptation Flagship
Dr Brian Keating, Director,
Sustainable Agriculture Flagship
Wednesday, 28 October 2009 - Canberra
Department
of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Mr Mark Gibbs, General Manager,
Climate Change Policy Branch, Climate Change Division
Mr Allen Grant, Executive
Manager, Agricultural Productivity Division
Mr David Mortimer, Executive
Manager, Climate Change Division
Department
of Climate Change
Mr Angas Hopkins, Director,
Adaptation Research and Capacity
Mr Christopher Johnston,
Assistant Secretary, Adaptation Innovation Branch
Wednesday, 18 November 2009 - Canberra
Australian
Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology
Mr Geoffrey Thomas, National
President
Dr Nigel Wilhelm, Member