Appendix 2 - Witnesses who appeared before the Committee at public hearings

Thursday, 29 September 2005

Conference Rooms 1 & 2, CMA Centre, Level 20, 500 Collins Street, Melbourne

Committee Members in attendance

Witnesses

GeneEthics Network
- Mr Bob Phelps, Executive Director
Construction Material Processors Association
- Mr Ron Kerr, Honorary Chief Executive Officer
- Mr Basil Natoli
- Mr Donald Williams, consultant, Analytical Science Consultants Pty Ltd and X-Ray Vision Australia Pty Ltd
Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists
- Mr Anthony Jennings
- Mr Nickolas Karakasch
Australian Lawyers Alliance
- Mr John Gordon
Friends of the Earth
- Ms Georgia Miller, Co-spokesperson
- Dr Rye Senjen, Co-spokesperson
Australian & New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science
- Professor David Johns, Tasmanian Board Member
- Dr Kevin Gain
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union
- Ms Deborah Vallance, National Health and Safety Coordinator
Australian Council of Trade Unions
- Mr Steve Mullins, Occupational Health and Safety Officer

Friday, 30 September 2005

Hobart Room, Menzies Hotel, Carrington Street, Sydney

Committee Members in attendance

Witnesses

Cement Concrete and Aggregates Australia
- Mr Ken Slattery, Chief Executive Officer
- Dr John Bisby, Consultant, Medical, Toxicology and Control Systems
- Mr David McKelvie, Manager, National Occupational Health and Safety,
  Rinker Australia Pty Ltd
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU)
- Mr Lindsay Fraser, Assistant National Secretary
Somersby Action Committee
- Mr Peter Donnelly, Chairman
- Mrs Ruth Donnelly, Secretary
- Mrs Glenys Morrison, Committee Member
- Mr Kenneth Morrison, Committee Member
Coal Services Pty Ltd
- Mr Ian Farrar, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Thursday, 10 November 2005

Parliament House, Canberra

Committee Members in attendance

Witnesses

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
- Ms Sandra Parker, Group Manager, Office of the Australian Safety and Compensation Council
- Mr Wayne Creaser, A/g Assistant Secretary, Standards Branch
- Mr Peter Haynes, Director, Chemical Standards
Minerals Council of Australia
- Mr Rob Rawson, Director, Safety and Health
- Mr Andrew McMahon, Policy Officer
Mr Gavin Kele
Professor E Haydn Walters, Professor of Medicine, University of Tasmania and Clinical Chief of Medicine, Royal Hobart Hospital
Mr Richard White and Sandblasting Diseases Coalition
- Dr Thomas Faunce, Senior Lecturer, Medical School and Law Faculty, ANU
- Mr Richard White, Coordinator/convenor, Australian Sandblasting Diseases Coalition
- Mrs Christine White
- Ms Kate Flower