B. Public hearings and site inspections
Tuesday 30 July 2024
Site Inspections
- Australian Antarctic Division Head Quarters, Kingston
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Battery Point
Wednesday 31 July 2024
Site Inspection
- RSV Nuyina and Macquarie Wharf, Hobart
Public Hearing
Sovereign Room, Hobart Function and Conference Centre, Hobart
Tasmanian Polar Network
- Mr Richard Fader, Chairman
Southern Ocean Observing System
- Dr Alyce Hancock, Executive Officer
City of Hobart Council
- Ms Georgie Branch, Project Manager, International and Strategic Partnerships
- Ms Laura Eaton, Acting Head, Intergovernmental Relations and Partnerships
Thursday 1 August 2024
Public Hearing
Sovereign Room, Hobart Function and Conference Centre, Hobart
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
- Mr Sean Sullivan, Deputy Secretary
- Ms Emma Campbell, Head of Division, Australian Antarctic Division
- Ms Rhonda Bartley, Acting Branch Head, Science, Australian Antarctic Division
- Mr Phillip Boxall, Branch Head, Assets and Technology, Australian Antarctic Division
- Ms Kelly Buchanan, Branch Head, Policy and Strategy, Australian Antarctic Division
- Mr Matthew Filipowski, Acting Branch Head, Operations and Logistics, Australian Antarctic Division
- Ms Anna Spain, Acting Branch Head, People and Culture, Australian Antarctic Division
Tasmanian Government—Department of State Growth
- Mr Craig Limkin, Secretary
- Dr Tara Martin, Director, Antarctic Tasmania
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
- Professor Rufus Black, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Tasmania
- Professor Nicole Webster, Executive Director Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
Adjunct Professor Anthony (Tony) Press, private capacity
Wednesday 28 August 2024
Public Hearing
Committee Room 1R3, Parliament House, Canberra
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Mr Adam McCarthy, Chief Counsel, First Assistant Secretary, Legal Division
- Mr Paul Schofield, Assistant Secretary, International Law Branch II
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Mr Matt Lowe, Deputy Secretary, Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Policy Group
- Ms Sarah-Jane McCormack, First Assistant Secretary, Agvet Chemicals, Fisheries and Forestry
- Mr George Day, Assistant Secretary, Fisheries
Department of Home Affairs
- Mr James Robinson, First Assistant Secretary, Strategic Policy Division, Executive Group
- Mr Gregory Smith, Acting Assistant Secretary, Risk Assessment Branch, Cyber and Infrastructure Security Centre
Bureau of Meteorology
- Mr Tim Abrahams, General Manager, Organisational Development
- Mr James Taylor, Manager, Marine and Antarctic Team, Environmental Prediction Services
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
- Dr Karina Meredith, Director, Environment Research and Technology Group
Geoscience Australia
- Ms Maree Wilson, Chief of Division, Place and Communities Division
- Dr Jodie Smith, Branch Head, Oceans, Reefs Coasts and the Antarctic
- Dr Martine Woolf, Branch Head, Positioning Australia
Wednesday 25 September 2024
Committee Room 1R3, Parliament House, Canberra
Professor Nerilie Abram, Private Capacity
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes
- Dr Amelie Meyer, Chief Investigator
- Dr Adele Morrison, Associate Investigator
Australian Research Council Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science
- Dr Matthew England, Deputy Director
Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future, Monash University
- Professor Steven Chown, Professor and Director
- Dr Ariaan Purich, Chief Investigator
ANARE Club Incorporated
- Mr David Dodd, President, National Council
Antarctic Science Foundation
- Mr Andrew Kelly, Chief Executive Officer
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
- Mr Tom Munyard, Chief Operations Officer
- Dr Dan Metcalfe, Director, Environment
Australian Antarctic Science Council