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Consideration of the Telstra (Dilution of Public Ownership) Bill 1996
CONTENTS

APPENDIX 2

LIST OF PUBLIC HEARINGS and WITNESSES

Tuesday, 25 June 1996: Canberra

Department of Communications and the Arts

    Mr Neville Stevens, Secretary

    Mr Tony Shaw, Acting Deputy Secretary

    Ms Fay Holthuyzen, First Assistant Secretary, Telecommunications Industry Division

    Mr Col Lyons, Acting Assistant Secretary, Legal and Parliamentary Branch

    Mr John Neil, Assistant Secretary, Enterprise Policy Branch

    Mr Tom Dale, Assistant Secretary, Regulatory Policy Branch

    Mr Chris Cheah, Acting Assistant Secretary, Planning and Review Branch

 

Wednesday, 26 June 1996: Canberra

Department of Finance

    Mr Michael Hutchinson, Deputy Secretary

    Mr Roger Fisher, Acting Assistant Secretary, Transport and Communications Branch

    Ms Jan Mason, Acting Assistant Secretary,Telstra Scoping Study Task Group

    Mr David Ingham, Director, Telstra Scoping Study Task Group

 

Wednesday, 3 July 1996: Melbourne

Telstra Corporation

    Mr Paul Rizzo, Group Managing Director, Finance and Administration

    (Delegation leader)

    Mr Rob Lomdahl, Manager, Regulatory Policy

    Mr Gerry Moriarty, Chief Executive Officer, Telstra Multimedia Pty Ltd

    Mr Peter Shore, Managing Director, Commercial and Consumer

    Mr John Stanhope, Director, Finance

    Mr Graeme Ward, Group Director, Regulatory and External Affairs

Barclays de Zoete Wedd (BZW) Ltd

    Mr Ian Martin, Telecommunications Analyst

    Mr Simon Mordant, Head, Corporate Finance

Mr Stewart Fist - Communications Consultant

Union Research Centre on Organisation and Technology (URCOT)

    Mr Bruce Wilson

    Mr Peter Ewer

Dr Kerry Hinton

Unions

    Ms Jennifer Doran, Senior Industrial Officer, Australian Council of Trade Unions

    Mr Colin Cooper, Divisional President (Communications) Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union

    Mr Paul Watson, Divisional Secretary (Communications) Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union

    Ms Ros Eason, Industrial Officer; Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union

    Mr Pier De Carlo, Assistant Secretary (Telecommunications), Community and Public Sector Union

Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman

    Mr John Pinnock

 

Thursday, 4 July 1996: Perth

Government of West Australia

    Phillip Skelton, Communications Access Branch, Public Sector Management Office, Ministry of the Premier and Cabinet

WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry

    Ms Nicola Cusworth, Chief Economist

    Mr Ross McLean, Director, Policy

Western Australian Trades and Labor Council

    Ms Stephanie Mayman, Assistant Secretary

    Mr George Novak, Delegate

Conservation Council of Western Australia and Western Australian Council of Social Services Inc.

    Ms Joan Payne and Ms Beth Schultz, Conservation Council of Western Australia

    Mr Shawn Boyle, Executive Director, Western Australian Council of Social Services Inc.

National Committee of Australian Women in Agriculture

    Mrs Ann Lewis, State President

 

Wednesday, 10 July 1996: Townsville

Mr Michael Reynolds, AM

    Director, Centre for Social and Welfare Research, James Cook University of North Queensland

Professor John Quiggin

    Department of Economics, James Cook University of North Queensland

 

Thursday, 11 July 1996: Brisbane

Australian Pensioners' and Superannuants' League

    Mrs Jean Bowden, Representative, State Management Committee on Telecommunications Issues

Mr John Rice

Unions

    Mr Ian McLean, Branch Secretary (Queensland), Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union

    Ms Claire Moore, Branch Secretary (Queensland), Community and Public Sector Union

    Mr Michael Trudgian, Education Officer, Community and Public Sector Union

Brisbane City Council

    Mr John Campbell, Deputy Lord Mayor

    Mr Mark Theobold, Area Co-ordinator (Central), Works Department

    Mr Geoff Veal, Development and Planning Department

    Mr Frank Vardanega, Director, Communications Services

 

Friday, 12 July 1996: Sydney

Australian Telecommunications Users Group (ATUG)

    Mr Allan Horsley, Managing Director

Communications Law Centre

    Mr Jock Given, Director

    Ms Sue Ferguson, Research and Policy Officer

Service Providers Action Network (SPAN)

    Mr Brian Perkins, Chairman

Australian Photonics Co-operative Research Centre

    Dr Mark Sceats, Chief Executive Officer

Consumers' Telecommunications Network

    Ms Helen Campbell, Coordinator

    Mr Gerard Goggin, Policy Adviser

Vodaphone

    Mr Chris Dalton, Regulatory Policy Manager

    Mr Graeme Holm, Senior Project Manager

    Ms Fay Steward, Regulatory Policy Development Manager

Australian Consumers Association

    Ms Mara Bún, Policy and Public Affairs Manager

    Mr Barry Melville, Policy and Public Affairs Officer

National Womens' Media Centre

    Ms Eva Cox, Convenor, Womens' Economic Think Tank

    Ms Helen Leonard, Convenor, National Womens' Media Centre

Finance Sector Union of Australia and Media; Entertainment and Arts Alliance

    Mr Kevin Scott, Joint National Secretary, Finance Sector Union of Australia

    Mr Christopher Warren, Joint Federal Secretary, Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance

 

Tuesday, 23 July 1996: Adelaide

Local Government Association of South Australia

    Mr Nick Scarvelis, Manager, Infrastructure and Regional Development

    Councillor Vincenzina Ciccarello, State Executive Member

    Councillor Lesley Purdom, Vice President

Association of Citizens Against Telecommunications Towers, with Dr George Tallis

    Ms Kate Barrett, Coordinator

    Dr George Tallis

Department of Information Industry

    Mr Peter Murchland, Information Industry Strategist

    The Hon Robert Lawson, QC, Parliamentary Secretary

Mitcham Girls High School School Council, and City of Mitcham

    Dr Margie Ripper, Chairperson, Mitcham Girls High School;

    From the City of Mitcham:

    Mr Tony Lawson, Chief Executive Officer

    Ms Helen Walker, Director (Marketing and Customer Services)

    Mr Peter Johnson, Chairperson

    Councillor Christopher Shute

Representatives of Local Councils

    Mr Jeff Tate, City Manager, City of Marion

    Ms Annette Eiffe, Mayor of Prospect

    Mr Michael Llewellyn-Smith, City Manager, Prospect

    Mr Rodney Donne, Chief Executive Officer, City of Burnside

    Mr Alan Taylor, Mayor of Burnside

    Mr Ron Green, City of Unley

    Mr Peter Tsokas, Manager (Infrastructure), City of Marion

    Mr Chris Tually, Manager (Infrastructure), City of Unley

    Councillor Bruce Hull, City of Marion

United Trades and Labour Council of South Australia; and the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union, South Australia/Northern Territory

    From the United Trades and Labour Council of South Australia:

    Mr Chris White, Assistant Secretary

    Ms Katherine Crispe, Executive Member

    From the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union, South Australia/Northern Territory,):

    Mr Graham Thomas, Branch Organiser (Post and Telecommunications)

    Mr Gerry Kandelaars, Secretary, Telecommunications and Services Branch (by telephone from Darwin)

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

    Ms Cathy Picone and Ms Yumi Lee, Joint National Coordinators

Local Councils

    Mr Guy Bayly, Special Projects Officer, District Council of Ceduna (by telephone)

    Mr Andrew Hemming, Chief Executive Officer, District Council of Coober Pedy (by telephone)

    Mr John Brazel, Administrator, Municipal Council of Roxby Downs

The Hon Mike Rann MA, MP, Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of South Australia

Conservation Council of South Australia

    Ms Margaret Bolster, Vice President

    Councillor Jane Henderson

 

Friday, 26 July 1996: Canberra

 

Department of Finance

    Mr Michael Hutchinson, Deputy Secretary

    Mr Roger Fisher, Assistant Secretary, Transport and Communications Branch

    Ms Jan Mason, Acting Assistant Secretary,Telstra Scoping Study Task Group

    Mr David Ingham, Director, Telstra Scoping Study Task Group

    Mr John Edge, Director, Telstra Scoping Study Task Group

    Mr Neil Williams, Assistant Director, Telstra Scoping Study Task Group

Department of Communications and the Arts

    Mr Anthony Shaw, Acting Deputy Secretary

    Mr John Neil, Assistant Secretary, Enterprise and Standards Branch

    Mr Tom Dale, Assistant Secretary, Regulatory Policy Branch

    Mr Mark Dunstan, Director, Transport and Industry Section

    Mr Col Lyons, Acting Assistant Secretary, Legal and Parliamentary Branch

National Farmers Federation

    Mr Donald McGauchie, President

    Dr Wendy Craik, Executive Director

    Ms Julie Austin, Assistant Director

    Mr Mark Needham, Manager, Information Technology

Telstra Corporation

    Mr Paul Rizzo, Group Managing Director, Finance and Administration

    Mr Rob Cartwright, Group Managing Director, Employee Relations

    Mr Graeme Ward, Group Director, Regulatory and External Affairs

    Mr Peter Shore, Managing Director, Commercial and Consumer

    Mr John Stanhope, Director, Finance

    Mr David Krasnostein, Strategic Planning and Development

    Mr Ross Marshall, National General Manager, Planning and Products

    Ms Judy Slatyer, General Manager, Cable Services

    Mr Rob Lomdahl, Manager, Regulatory Strategy

Australian Local Government Association

    Mayor David Plumridge, President

    Mr Ross Kelso, Technical Adviser

Optus

    Mr Robert Simpson, Director, Legal and Regulatory, Optus Communication

    Mr Brent Gerstle, Manager, Environmental Affairs, Optus Communication

    Mr Paddy Costanzo, Manager, Policy, Optus Communication

    Mr Andrew Bedogni, Manager, Regulatory Affairs, Optus Communication

    Ms Samantha Mostyn, Director, Corporate Affairs, Optus Vision

Attorney-General's Department

    Mr Don Markus, General Counsel to the Dept. of Communications and the Arts

     

Tuesday, 30 July 1996: Melbourne

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

    Professor Alan Fels, Chairman

    Mr David Lieberman, Commissioner

    Mr Ron Cameron, Project Manager

    Mr Chris Pattas, Project Manager

Victorian Local Governance Association

    Councillor Mike Hill, Secretary

    Mr Peter Johnstone, Chief Executive Officer

Cables Downunder

    Mr Michael Kennedy, Chief Executive Officer, City of Boroondara, Chairman

    Ms Sheila O'Sullivan, Strategic Adviser

    Mr Noel Matthews, from the City of Boroondara

Centre for International Research on Communication and Information Technologies (CIRCIT); and Telecommunications Needs Research Group, RMIT

    Mr John Burke, Director

    Ms Dianne Northfield, Research Fellow

    Assoc. Prof Patricia Gillard, Director, Telecommunications Needs Research Group, RMIT

Tasmanian Consumers' Union

    Ms Cora Trevarthen, President, Tasmanian Consumer Union

Australian Telecommunications Authority (AUSTEL)

    Ms Sue Harlow, Member

Business Council of Australia

    Mr Claude Piccinin, Assistant Director, (Economics)

Electronic Commerce Australia

    Mr Peter Blanchard, Chief Executive Officer

Municipal Association of Victoria

    Mr Robert Barnes, Chief Executive Officer, Banyule City Council

    Mr Frank Austin, Policy Analyst, Banyule City Council

    Mr Doug Owens, Chief Executive Officer, Banyule City Council

 

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