B. Public hearings

B. Public hearings

Friday 28 June 2024

Canberra

Australian Taxation Office

  • Mr Will Day, Deputy Commissioner, Small Business
  • Ms Sylvia Gallagher, Assistant Commissioner, Assist, Lodge and Pay
  • Ms Jane Mitchell, Assistant Commissioner, Business Registry Service, Director ID Delivery
  • Ms Julia Webb, Acting Assistant Commissioner, Experience, Government and Case Leadership, Individuals and Intermediaries

IP Australia

  • Mr Matthew Forno, Acting General Manager, Policy and Stakeholders Group
  • Ms Edwina Lewis, Director, Policy and International Affairs

National Indigenous Australians Agency

  • Mr Ben Burdon, Group Manager, Economic Empowerment Group
  • Mr Shane Dexter, Branch Manager, Business and Economic
  • Ms Julie-Ann Guivarra, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Policy and Programs
  • Ms Rachel Kerrigan, Branch Manager, Land Branch

Department of the Treasury

  • Ms Heather Cochrane, Assistant Secretary
  • Ms Anthea Long, First Assistant Secretary

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

  • Mr Leo Bator, Acting Assistant Secretary, First Nations Branch
  • Mr Cris Castro, Assistant Secretary, Closing the Gap
  • Ms Lisa Conway, Assistant Secretary, First Nations Employment Policy and Programs
  • Ms Tania Rishniw, Deputy Secretary, Employment and Workforce Group

Jobs and Skills Australia

  • Mr David Turvey, First Assistant Secretary

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

  • Ms Sarah Burr, Assistant Secretary, First Nations Branch
  • Mr Matt Lowe, Deputy Secretary, Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Policy Group
  • Ms Joanna Stanion, First Assistant Secretary, Agricultural Policy Division

Northern Australia’s Indigenous Reference Group

  • Mr Troy Fraser, Member [video]
  • Ms Gill Mailman, Member [video]

Indigenous Business Australia

  • Ms Stella De Cos, Director, Community and Customer Experience [video]
  • Ms Kia Dowell, Executive Director, Strategy and Impact [video]

Friday 19 July 2024

Melbourne

First Nations Foundation

  • Mr Phil Usher, Wiradjuri —Chief Executive Officer
  • Mr Angus Crawford, General Manager, Economic Policy, Research and Government Relations

The Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations

  • Mr Ben Gordon, Operations Manager
  • Mr Reece O’Brien, Principal Adviser, Economic Development
  • Mr Paul Paton, Chief Executive Officer

Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation

  • Mr Rodney Carter, Group Chief Executive Officer

First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria

  • Mr Rueben Berg, Co-chair
  • Mr Troy McDonald, Reserved Seat Member, Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation; and Council Member

Clothing The Gaps

  • Ms Laura Thompson, Gunditjmara —Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder [video]

First Nations Clean Energy Network

  • Mr Jonathan Kneebone, Director, Policy and Engagement
  • Ms Karrina Nolan, Co-Chair
  • Mr Joel Webber, Member

National Native Title Council

  • Mr Jamie Lowe, Gundjitmara Djab Wurrung —Chief Executive Officer [video]
  • Dr Matthew Storey, Legal Representative

University of Melbourne

  • Associate Professor Michelle Evans, Kurri —Director, Dilin Duwa Centre for Indigenous Business Leadership
  • Dr Lily O’Neill, Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures and Indigenous Studies Unit
  • Associate Professor Cain Polidano, Dilin Duwa Centre for Indigenous Business Leadership
  • Dr Cate Roy
  • Dr Kathryn Thorburn, Senior Research Fellow, Indigenous Studies Unit
  • Dr Joseph West, Murrawari —Associate Dean (Indigenous), Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology

Tuesday 23 July 2024

Canberra

Terri Janke and Company

  • Dr Terri Janke, Wuthathi, Yadhaigana and Meriam —Solicitor Director [video]

Yarpa Hub

  • Ms Shannon Mallison, Acting Director [video]

First Australians Capital

  • Ms Jocelyn King, Bundjalung —Executive Director [video]

Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia

  • Ms Susan Moylan-Coombs, Board Director [video]
  • Mr Andrew Petersen, Chief Executive Officer and Board Director [video]

Law Council of Australia

  • Mr Anthony McAvoy, Chair, Indigenous Legal Issues Committee [video]
  • Mr Greg McIntyre, President [video]
  • Ms Ashna Taneja, Principal Policy Lawyer [video]

Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research

  • Ms Cecilia Anthony, Industry Professor, Indigenous Policy [video]
  • Mr Lachlan McDaniel, Associate Dean (Research) [video]
  • Dr Alison Vivian, Associate Professor, Indigenous Nation Building and Governance Hub [video]

NSW Indigenous Chamber of Commerce

  • Ms Deb Barwick, Chief Executive Officer [video]

Monday 2 September 2024

West Perth

Noongar Chamber of Commerce and Industry

  • Mr Gordon Cole, Chair
  • Mrs Jasmine Kadic, Director
  • Mr Tim Milsom, Chief Executive Officer

Western Australian Indigenous Tourism Operators Council

  • Mr Walter McGuire, Noongar Bibulman —Chair
  • Mr Robert Taylor, Nhanda —Chief Executive Officer

Jamukurnu-Yapalikurnu Aboriginal Corporation (Western Desert Lands) RNTBC

  • Mr Rewi Lyall, Interim Chief Executive Officer

Nirrumbuk Aboriginal Corporation

  • Mr Joseph Grande, Chief Executive Officer [phone]
  • Mr Martin Sibosado, Board Member [phone]

Creating Communities Australia Pty Ltd

  • Ms Jessica Barker, Director
  • Ms Donna Shepherd, Chief Executive Officer

METRONET Morley-Ellenbrook line project team & Laing O'Rourke

  • Mr Glen Colling, Program Director, METRONET, Department of Transport, Western Australia
  • Mr Greg Cook, General Manager, Operations, Western Australia, Laing O'Rourke
  • Mr Philip D’Souza, Executive Director, Finance and Commercial Services, Transport Portfolio, Main Roads Western Australia
  • Ms Terika Horwood, Senior Aboriginal Participation Adviser, Morley-Ellenbrook Line and Byford Rail Extension, Laing O'Rourke
  • Mr Dennis Kickett, Director, Aboriginal Engagement, Transport Portfolio, Main Roads Western Australia

Indigenous Emerging Business Forum

  • Mr John O’Driscoll, Chief Executive Officer

The Waalitj Hub

  • Mr Gohar Rind, General Manager, Waalitj Foundation

University of Western Australia

  • Professor Jill Milroy, Palyku —Pro Vice Chancellor Indigenous Education [phone]

Tuesday 24 September 2024

Canberra

Supply Nation

  • Ms Kate Russell, Chief Executive Officer [video]

Australian Sustainable Finance Institute

  • Ms Kristy Graham, Chief Executive Officer [video]
  • Ms Tiarne Shutt, Program Lead, First Nations and Finance [video]

Coalition of Peaks

  • Ms Lisa Charles, Executive Director [video]
  • Ms Patricia Turner, Lead Convener [video]

Australian Bureau of Statistics

  • Mrs Sybille McKeown, Program Manager, Community, Wellbeing and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Statistics Branch
  • Mr Luke Verghese, Director, Centre of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Statistics

Australian Trade and Investment Commission

  • Mr Grant Ferres, Assistant Secretary, Visitor Economy Sustainability, International Markets and Tourism Research Australia
  • Mrs Carla Giuca, Acting General Manager, Visitor Economy and Client Programs
  • Ms Elodie Journet, Assistant General Manager, Education and Skills [video]
  • Mr Anthony Weymouth, Assistant General Manager, Technology and Defence [video]

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

  • Ms Alison Airey, Assistant Secretary, Free Trade Agreement Services, Mobility and Coordination Branch
  • Mr Ashley Brosnan, Acting Assistant Secretary, Trade and Investment Economics Branch [video]
  • Ms Jenny Dee, Assistant Secretary, Stakeholder Engagement and Advocacy Branch, Trade and Investment Group
  • Ms Skye Reeve, Acting Assistant Secretary, Services, Competition and Intellectual Property Branch, Office of Global Trade Negotiations [video]
  • Ms Keara Shaw, Director, Economic Implementation Section, Southeast Asia Economic, Communications and Analytics Branch, Office of Southeast Asia
  • Ms Sally-Anne Vincent, Assistant Secretary, Office of First Nations International Engagement

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

  • Ms Luana Cormac, Branch Head, First Nations and Clean Energy Facilitation Branch [video]
  • Mr Bruce Edwards, Division Head, Nature Positive Regulation Division
  • Ms Kirsty Gowans, Division Head, Electricity Division
  • Ms Catherine Zerger, Branch Head, Hydrogen Strategy

New South Wales Government

  • Mr Shaun Cumming, Director, First Nations Economic Wellbeing, Treasury
  • Mr Shane Hamilton, Deputy Secretary, Aboriginal Affairs, Premier's Department

Monday 30 September 2024

Canberra

Australian National University

  • Professor Peter Yu, Vice-President, First Nations Portfolio

Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation

  • Mr Joseph Morrison, Group Chief Executive Officer [video]

Northern Territory Indigenous Business Network

  • Ms Naomi Anstess, Chief Executive Officer [video]
  • Ms Deb Anstess-Vallejo, General Manager [video]

Friday 4 October 2024

Canberra

High Commission of Canada

  • Her Excellency Dr Julie Sunday, High Commissioner for Canada in Australia [video]

Department of Indigenous Services, Canada

  • Mr Keith Conn, Moose Cree Nation —Assistant Deputy Minister, Lands and Economic Development Sector [video]

First Nations Financial Management Board

  • Mr Harold Calla, Squamish Nation —Executive Chair [video]

Thursday 17 October 2024

Canberra

Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu

  • Mr Benjamin Bateman, Ngāi Tahu and Cook Island Māori —Chief Executive Officer [video]
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