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Report of the Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts References Committee
The Heat Is On: Australia's Greenhouse Future
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Appendix 2

Witnesses at Hearings

Canberra - Thursday, 9 March 2000

Australian Greenhouse Office

  • Ms Gwenyth Andrews, Chief Executive Officer
  • Mr Ian Carruthers, Manager, Greenhouse Policy Group
  • Mr Phil Harrington, Executive Manager

Department of Industry, Science and Resources

  • Mr Steve Irwin, Assistant Secretary, Greenhouse Response Branch

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

  • His Excellency Mr Ralph Hillman, Ambassador for the Environment

Department of Environment and Heritage

  • Mr Robert Butterworth, First Assistant Secretary, Policy Co-ordination
  • Mr Mark Tucker, Assistant Secretary, Environment Protection Group

Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Australia

  • Mr Peter Franklin, Assistant Secretary, Sustainability and Policy Co-ordination Branch

Department of Transport and Regional Services

  • Mr Tony Moleta, Acting Assistant Secretary, Environment Group

Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research,
The Met Office, United Kingdom
(Video link-up from Washington)

  • Dr Geoff Jenkins, Director

Greenpeace International (Video link-up from Berlin)

  • Mr Bill Hare, Director, Climate Policy

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United Nations
(Video link-up from Nepal)

  • Dr Robert Watson, Chairman

CRC for Southern Hemisphere Meterology, Monash University

  • Professor David Karoly, Director

 

Canberra – Friday, 10 March 2000

Australian Aluminium Council

  • Mr David Coutts, Executive Director
  • Mr Brian Wills-Johnson, Member Representative

The Australia Institute

  • Dr Clive Hamilton, Executive Director

Minerals Council of Australia

  • Ms Robyn Priddle, Assistant Director, Environmental Policy
  • Mr Richard Wells, Executive Director

National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health,
Australian National University

  • Dr Charles Guest, Senior Fellow

The Wilderness Society

  • Mr Noel Ryan, Volunteer Researcher

Climate Action Network Australia

  • Ms Anna Reynolds, Convenor

Orica Pty Ltd

  • Mr John O'Connor, Government Relations Manager
  • Mr Roy Rose, General Manager, Technology

Pacific Bioweb

  • Mr Ian Fry, Regional Co-ordinator

Mr Paul Hanley (private capacity)

Mr Laurie Virr (private capacity)

 

Melbourne – Monday, 20 March 2000

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

  • Dr Chris Mitchell, Key Account Manager (Greenhouse), Division of Atmospheric Research
  • Dr Graeme Ivan Pearman, Chief, Division of Atmospheric Research

Bureau of Meteorology

  • Dr Michael John Manton, Chief, Research Centre
  • Professor John William Zillman, Director

Australian Industry Greenhouse Network

  • Miss Megan Jane Davison, Network Co-ordinator
  • Mr John Maxwell Eyles, Executive Director
  • Mr Alistair Charles McClure, Member (representing Rio Tinto Ltd)

Australasian Railway Association

  • Mr David Welbourn Hill, Research Officer
  • Mr John Phillip Kirk, Executive Director

Friends of the Earth (Fitzroy)

  • Ms Tristy Lee Fairfield, Finance Worker

Environment Victoria

  • Ms Esther Marie Abram, Director

 

Melbourne - Tuesday, 21 March 2000

Business Council of Australia

  • Mr David Anthony Buckingham, Executive Director
  • Ms Karen Lynn Grady, Assistant Director

Australian Conservation Foundation

  • Mr John Andrew Connor, Campaigns Director
  • Mr Donald James Henry, Executive Director
  • Mr Sam Van Rood, Sustainable Cities and Industries Campaign

City of Ballarat

  • Mr Patrick John Garry, Environmental Health Officer
  • Mr Alex Serrurier, Chief Environmental Health Officer

International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives,
Australia/New Zealand

  • Mr Wayne Lance Wescott, Executive Director

Australian Cogeneration Association

  • Mr Riccardo Brazzale, Executive Director

Sustainable Energy Industry Association (Australia) Ltd

  • Mr John David Abba, Chief Executive Officer
  • Mr Alan Kenneth Pears, Policy Adviser

Cooperative Research Centre for Clean Power from Lignite

  • Dr David Brockway, Chief Executive Officer

Dr Michael George Gunter, Owner Operator, Breamlea Wind Generator

 

Sydney – Wednesday, 22 March 2000

The Cabinet Office of New South Wales

  • Mr Peter Gerald Stevens, Principal Policy Officer, Greenhouse and Sustainable Development Unit

State Forests of New South Wales

  • Dr David George Brand, Executive General Manager
  • Mr Nigel Laurance Routh, Policy Manager

Sustainable Energy Development Authority of New South Wales

  • Mr Christopher Gerard Dunstan, Manager Policy and Corporate Relations

Newcastle City Council

  • Mr Peter Dormand, Project Director, Australian Municipal Energy Improvement Facility, Co-ordinator, Green Energy and Water Project
  • Ms Leanne Graham, Environmental Education Officer, Australian Municipal Energy Improvement Facility, Co-ordinator, Green Energy Learning Programs

Energy Technology Investments

  • Ms Catherine Radford Zoi, Managing Director

BP Amoco

  • Mr Merton Ray Smith, HSE Affairs Adviser

Electricity Supply Association of Australia Ltd

  • Mr Keith William Orchison, Managing Director
  • Dr Harry Anthony Schaap, Assistant Director, Environment

Pacific Power

  • Mr Paul James Flanagan, Assistant General Manager, Environmental Services
  • Dr Robert David Lang, General Manager, Operations and Marketing
  • Mr Anthony Sproule, Energy Development Engineer

Pacific Solar Pty Ltd

  • Mr Peter John Lawley, Manager, Business Development

Australian Consumers Association

  • Ms Lynette Thorstensen, Consultant

Railway Technical Society of Australasia

  • Dr Phillip Laird, National Chairman

University of New South Wales Tranport Program
New South Wales Environment Management Program

  • Dr Chloe Mason, Manager

 

Sydney – Thursday, 23 March 2000

Australian Gas Association

  • Mr William Nagle, Chief Executive Officer

Australian Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association

  • Mr Chris Greenhill, General Manager

Elgas Ltd

  • Mr Ian James Maloney, General Manager, Commercial

School of Physics, University of Sydney

  • Dr Manfred Lenzen, Research Fellow, Department of Applied Physics
  • Professor David Robert McKenzie, Head of Department, Department of Applied Physics
  • Dr David Mills, Principal Research Fellow, Department of Applied Physics, and Project Chair, International Solar Energy Society

World Wide Fund For Nature

  • Mr Michael Rae, Program Leader, Resource Conservation

ACRE Policy Group

  • Dr Hugh David Walter Saddler, Member

Australian CRC for Renewable Energy

  • Dr Muriel Watt, Director, Energy Policy Group

Australian Gas Light Company

  • Mrs Leith Wood, Manager, Government and Public Affairs

 

Perth - Monday, 17 April 2000

Ministry of Premier and Cabinet

  • Mr Peter Francis Conran, Acting Deputy Director General

Department of Resources Development

  • Dr Jim Limerick, Chief Executive Officer

Department of Conservation and Land Management

  • Dr Wally Cox, Chief Executive Officer

Department of Environmental Protection

  • Dr Bryan Robert Jenkins, Chief Executive Officer

Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia Inc

  • Ms Jane Aberdeen, Executive Officer, Environment
  • Mr Ian David Satchwell, Chief Executive Officer

Normandy Mining Ltd

  • Mr Gary John Jeffrey, Executive General Manager, Cobalt

Woodside Energy Ltd

  • Ms Erica Lee Smyth, External Affairs
  • Mr Steven Leonard Waller, Business Manager, Greenhouse Affairs

School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
University of New South Wales

  • Professor Hugh Ronald Outhred, Associate Professor

Chevron Australia Pty Ltd

  • Mr Peter William Coghlan, Business Policy and HSE Manager
  • Mr Alan Dunlop, Gorgon Area Gas Asset Manager, Gorgon Development
  • Mr Russell David Harry Lagdon, Environmental Co-ordinator, Gorgon Development
  • Dr Jim Reid McCabe, General Manager, Gas and New Opportunities

Westfarmers CSBP Ltd

  • Mr Cameron John Schuster, Manager, Environment and Manufacturing Support

Australian Co-operative Research Centre for Renewable Energy

  • Ms Carie Louise Sonneborn, Policy Analyst

Conservation Council of Western Australia

  • Dr Sue Graham-Taylor, President

Western Australian Greenhouse Council

  • Dr Brian Jenkins, Chairman

 

Perth - Tuesday, 18 April 2000

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia

  • Mr William Stephen Sashegyi, Manager, Industry and Resources
  • Mr Martin Taylor, Environmental Co-ordiantor

Epic Energy

  • Mr Jay Holm, Chief Executive Officer
  • Mr Carlton Nothling, State Manager Queensland

 

Hobart – Friday, 5 May 2000

University of Tasmania Centre for Environmental Studies

  • Associate Professor John Jeffrey Todd, Co-ordinator of Environmental Studies

Antarctic Co-operative Research Centre

  • Professor William Francis Budd, Leader, Modelling Program
  • Professor Garth William Paltridge, Director
  • Dr Thomas Trull, Program Leader, Biogeochemical Cycles

Hydro-Electric Corporation

  • Mr Richard Anthony Perrin, Senior Environmental Officer
  • The Hon Peter Elliott Rae, Chairman
  • Mr John Philip Titchen, Manager, Renewable Energy Projects
  • Mr Geoffrey Livingston Willis, Chief Executive Officer

Mr Richard Calitz (private capacity)

 

Brisbane - Friday, 26 May 2000

Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society

  • Dr Clyde Norman Anderson, Committee Member
  • Mr David Mills, Secretary, Queensland Branch

Stanwell Corporation Ltd

  • Mr Kuan Chia, Regulatory Counsel
  • Mr Trevor Neil Gleeson, Project Manager, Business Development
  • Mr Peter Mark Lello, Environmental Adviser

Origin Energy Ltd

  • Ms Petrea Bradford, Business Analyst, Sustainable Energy Development
  • Dr Lorraine Carmel Stephenson, Manager, Sustainable Energy Development
  • Mr Andrew Stock, General Manager, Major Industry and Power

Professor Ian Lowe (private capacity)

Australian Institute of Marine Science

  • Dr Peter Julian Doherty, Research Director
  • Dr Janice Mary Lough, Principal Research Scientist

Centre for Maritime Studies, University of Queensland

  • Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Director and Foundation Professor

Australian Coal Association

  • Mr Michael Kenneth Pinnock, Joint Executive Director
  • Mr Christopher David Rawlings, Executive Member

Queensland Conservation Council

  • Mr James Martin Whelan, Project Officer

 

Canberra – Thursday, 22 June 2000

Australian Greenhouse Office

  • Ms Kay Margaret Abel, Manager, Greenhouse Inventory and Science Team
  • Ms Gwenyth Jane Andrews, Chief Executive
  • Mr Ian Carruthers, Senior Executive Manager, Greenhouse Policy Group
  • Mr Philip Jeffrey Harrington, Senior Executive Manager, Sustainable Energy Group
  • Dr David Harrison, Special Adviser, Emissions Trading
  • Ms Linda Ruth Powell, Executive Manager, Partnerships Group
  • Mr David Rossiter, Acting Executive Manager, Sustainable Energy Group

Department Industry, Science and Resources

  • Mr Doug Cooke, Electricity Reform Section
  • Mr Stephen Brent Irwin, General Manager, Greenhouse Response Branch

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

  • His Excellency Mr Ralph Hillman, Ambassador for the Environment

Environment Australia

  • Mr Mark John Tucker, Assistant Secretary, Policy and Compliance Branch, Environment Protection Group

Department of Environment and Heritage

  • Mr Robert George Butterworth, Chief Finance Officer

Department of Transport and Regional Services

  • Mr Malcolm Thompson, Assistant Secretary, Environment Group

Dr Albert Barrie Pittock, former leader CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research Climate Impact Group (private capacity)

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impacts Research

  • Professor Hans-Jachim Schellnhuber, Director

 

Canberra - Friday, 23 June 2000

Greenpeace

  • Mr Shane Stephen Rattenbury, Political Liaison Officer
  • Mr Benedict Southworth, Campaigns Manager

Great Southern Energy

  • Mr Colin Crawford-Smith, Consultant
  • Mr John Maxwell Smith, General Manager Retail

Pulp and Paper Manufacturers Federation of Australia

  • Mr Bridson Cribb, Executive Director

Cement Industry Federation

  • Dr John William Tilley, Chief Executive
  • Ms Adrienne Margaret Williams, Policy Development Manager

Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association

  • Mr Barry Richard Jones, Executive Director

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics

  • Dr Brian Fisher, Executive Director

National Competition Council

  • Ms Michelle Groves, Director
  • Mr Ed Willett, Executive Director

 

Canberra - Wednesday, 16 August 2000

Round Table Discussion

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics

  • Mr Stephen Brown, Modelling Co-ordinator, Trade and International Policy Branch
  • Mr Vivek Tulpule, Research Director, Trade and International Policy Branch

Australia Institute

  • Dr Clive Hamilton

Sustainable Solutions

  • Mr Alan Pears

Canberra - Wednesday, 6 September 2000

Co-operative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting

  • Professor Graham Douglas Farquhar, Deputy Chief Executive Officer
  • Ms Rowena Emilie Mueller, Communications Manager
  • Mr Mark John O'Brien, Research Officer

Australian Greenhouse Office

  • Dr Gary Phillip Richards, Manager and Principal Scientist, National Carbon Accounting System

 

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