B. Public hearings

B. Public hearings

Friday 16 August 2024—Canberra

New Caledonia

  • Dr Yves Lafoy, Counsellor, Official Representative to Australia

The Solomon Islands

  • Mr Robert Sisilo, High Commissioner

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

  • Ms Jan Hutton, First Assistant Secretary, Pacific Integration Division
  • Dr Justin Lee, First Assistant Secretary, Pacific Melanesia Division
  • Ms Kathleen Logan, First Assistant Secretary, Pacific Strategy Division
  • Ms Emily Luck, Assistant Secretary, Regional, Climate and Communications Branch, Pacific Strategy Division
  • Ms Priyanka Sunder, Acting Chief Quality Officer, Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific
  • Mr Mark Tattersall, First Assistant Secretary, Polynesia, Micronesia and Development Division
  • Ms Kristin Tilley, Ambassador for Climate Change
  • Mr Andrew Cumpston, Assistant Secretary, Economics Branch, Office of the Pacific, Pacific Infrastructure & Economic Division

Australian Council for International Development

  • Ms Jocelyn Condon, Chief of Policy and Advocacy
  • Mr Alan Hewson, Policy and Partnerships Lead

Caritas Australia

  • Dr Damian Spruce, Advocacy Associate Director

Pacific Community

  • Dr Stuart Minchin, Director-General

Pacific Island Forum Secretariat

  • Mr Baron Waqa, Secretary General

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

  • Mr Sefanaia Nawadra, Director General

Australian Government Panel

  • Ms Sharon Huey, Assistant Commissioner, Operational Coordination and Planning, Australian Border Force
  • Mr Nigel Ryan, Assistant Commissioner Pacific Command, Australian Federal Police

Department of Defence

  • Brigadier Nerolie McDonald, Director General Pacific and Timor-Leste

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

  • Ms Sally Box, Division Head, International Climate Negotiations Division
  • Ms Nicole Coombe, Director, International Environment, Reef and Ocean Division
  • Ms Suzi Heaton, Branch Head, International Environment, Reef and Ocean Division
  • Ms Katrina Maguire, Division Head, International Environment, Reef and Ocean Division
  • Mr Sam Wagstaff, Director, International Climate and Energy Division

Department of Home Affairs

  • Dr Patrick Bryson, A/g Assistant Secretary Skilled Visas Branch, Immigration Programs Division
  • Mr James Robinson, First Assistant Secretary, Strategic Policy Division
  • Ms Karin Maier, A/g First Assistant Secretary, Immigration Programs Division

National Emergency Management Agency

  • Mr Brendan Moon, Coordinator General

Thursday 22 August 2024—Canberra

Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO)

  • Mr Douglas Yu-Tien Hsu, Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia
  • Mr HaoTeng Chang, Policy Officer, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia
  • Mr Joseph Chang, Deputy Executive Director, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Australia

Monday 2 September 2024—Sydney

Pacific Disability Forum

  • Ms Laisa Vereti, Director Operations
  • Ms Sainimili Tawake, Chief Executive Officer

Wantok Music

  • Mr David Birdie, Artistic Director
  • Mr Stephen Gagau, Board member
  • Ms Cassandra Grant, General Manager

Pacific Elders’ Voice

  • Excellency President Anote Tong, Chair

Pacific Australian Emerging Leaders Network

  • Mrs Jasmin Mawson, Coordinator

Jubilee Australia Research Centre

  • Dr Luke Fletcher, Executive Director
  • Ms Emily Mitchell, Director, Pacific Mining Program
  • Dr Suhailah Ali, Director of Climate Justice

Social Empowerment Education Program

  • Ms Chantelle Khan, Executive Director

Lomani Au Mororoi Au

  • Mr Tadeo Nariva, Landowners Committee

UNICEF Australia

  • Ms Nicole Breeze, Chief Advocate for Children

Transparency International Australia

  • Mr Clancy Moore, Chief Executive Officer,

Greenpeace Australia-Pacific

  • Ms Mahealani Delaney, Pacific Community Engagement Coordinator

Act for Peace

  • Mr Geoff Robinson, Head of Partnerships and Programs
  • Mr James Thomson, Senior Policy and Protection Advisor and Head of the Strategic Engagement Department
  • Ms Elizabeth Stone, General Secretary, National Council of Churches in Australia

Pacific Conference of Churches

  • Reverend James Bhagwan, Head

ActionAid Australia

  • Ms Michelle Higelin, Executive Director

Shifting the Power Coalition

  • Ms Carolyn Kitione, Regional Representative

Oxfam Australia

  • Ms Julie-Anne Richards, Climate Policy and Advocacy Lead

World Vision Australia

  • Mr Teige Cahill, Head of Middle Income Countries

Save the Children Australia

  • Dr Betty Barkha, Pacific Gender Equality, Disability & Social Inclusion Technical Advisor

Australian Red Cross

  • Mr Adrian Prouse, Head of International Programs
  • Mr Joel MacKay, Senior Manager, External Engagement

Plan International Papua New Guinea

  • Ms Roselyn Mantanung, Country Programme Manager

Plan International Australia

  • Ms Hayley Cull, Deputy Chief Executive Officer

International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies

  • Ms Finau Heuifanga Leveni, Head of Programs, Pacific Country Cluster Delegation

McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer

  • Ms Hayley Jones, Director,
  • Ms Delphina Kerslake, Pacific Advisor

Edmund Rice Centre of Justice & Community Education

  • Mr ‘Alopi Latukefu, Director

The George Institute for Global Health

  • Professor Rohina Joshi, Faculty of Medicine,

Ms Veronica Le Nevez, Head of Impact and Engagement

Thursday 12 September 2024—Canberra

ANU Department of Pacific Affairs

  • Dr George Carter, Deputy Head
  • Dr Eliorah Malifa, Senior Project Manager, Pacific Research Project Phase II
  • Ms Akka Rimon, PhD Scholar

Private capacity

  • Associate Professor Julien Barbara
  • Professor Michael Leach
  • Dr Kerryn Baker

Monday 14 October 2024—Canberra

Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education

  • Ms Corinne Fagueret, Senior Manager, Advocacy & Research

Kiribati Climate Action Network

  • Mr Robert Karoro, A/g National Coordinator

YWAM Medical Ships - Australia & PNG (YWAM MS)

  • Dr Sarah Dunn, Senior Program Manager
  • Mr Charles Abel, Papua New Guinea Patron

Te Tiare Association

  • Ms Tatryanna Utanga, President
  • Ms Valery Wichman, Chief Advisor

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

  • Mr Mark Tattersall, First Assistant Secretary, Polynesia, Micronesia and Development Division
  • Mr Craig Chittick, First Assistant Secretary, Pacific Strategy Division
  • Dr Justin Lee, First Assistant Secretary, Pacific Melanesia Division
  • Ms Jan Hutton, First Assistant Secretary, Pacific Integration Division, Office of the Pacific
  • Mr Timothy Huggins, Assistant Secretary
  • Ms Priyanka Sunder, A/g Assistant Secretary
  • Mr Andrew Cumpston, Assistant Secretary, Economics Branch, Office of the Pacific, Pacific Infrastructure & Economic Division
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