Parliament of Australia: Senate: Committees: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: Inquiry into the economic and security challenges facing Papua New Guinea and the island states of the southwest Pacific: Public hearing

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Inquiry into the economic and security challenges facing Papua New Guinea and the island states of the southwest Pacific

Public hearing - Canberra, Friday 21 November 2008

9.00am – 4.45pm
Senate Committee Room 2S1, Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Time	Witness	Submission
9.00am – 11.00am	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Mr Geoffrey Tooth, Assistant Secretary, PNG and Fiji Branch Ms Sarah Hooper, Director, Solomon Islands Section Mr Tony Huber, A/g Assistant Secretary, Pacific Islands Branch, Pacific Division Mr Ian Turland, A/g Assistant Secretary, Pacific Regional & NZ Branch Mr Peter Budd, Director, Pacific Regional Section Ms Corinne Tomkinson, Director, Pacific Regional Section Mr Patrick Cole, Assistant Secretary, Pacific Partnerships Taskforce Mr Richard Rowe, First Assistant Secretary, Pacific Division Mr Rick Nimmo, Director, Pacific Partnerships Taskforce Dr Claus Dirnberger, Executive Officer, Pacific Regional Section	68
11.00am – 12.00pm	Department of Immigration and Citizenship Ms Malissa Dryden, A/g Assistant Secretary, International Cooperation Branch, Refugee Humanitarian & International Division Mr Kruno Kukoc, Principal Adviser, Migration Strategies, Migration and Visa Policy Division Mr Todd Frew, First Assistant Secretary, Border Security Division Ms Elizabeth Beate Hoffmann, A/g Assistant Secretary, Special Labour Market Initiatives Branch, Migration & Visa Policy Division	36
12.00pm – 12.30pm	Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) Mr Neil Jensen, Chief Executive Officer Mr Peter Clark, General Manager, Domestic & International Relations	45
12.45pm–1.45pm	*Lunch*
1.30pm – 2.30pm	Attorney-General's Department and Customs Mr Steven Marshall, Assistant Secretary Mr Nick Morgan, Director Ms Lucinda Atkinson, Director Ms Gemma Smyth, A/g Director, Illicit Drugs Section, National Law Enforcement Policy Branch Mr Lee Gordon, Director, International Programs (Customs) Ms Sachi Wimmer, National Manager, International (Customs)	40
2.30pm – 3.30pm	Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Frank Prendergast, National Manager, International Deployment Group Dr Tony Murney, Manager, International Deployment Group Commander Paul Osborne, Manager, International Network	62
3.30pm – 3.45pm	*Afternoon tea*
3.45pm – 4.45pm	Department of Defence BRIG Andrew Nikolic, Acting First Assistant Secretary Regional Engagement	18

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