Public hearing - Melbourne, Tuesday 25 January 2011

Inquiry into competition within the Australian banking sector

Public hearing - Melbourne, Tuesday 25 January 2011

Legislative Council Committee Room
Victorian Parliament House
Spring St
Melbourne

8.45 am - 5.15 pm

PROGRAMME

8.45am–9.30am

Brotherhood of St Laurence (Submission 29)
Mr Gerard Brody, Senior Manager, Financial Inclusion

9.30am-10.15am

Consumer Action Law Centre (Submission 87)
Ms Catriona Lowe, Co-Chief Executive Officer
Ms Nicole Rich, Director, Policy & Campaigns

10.15am–10.30am

Morning tea

10.30am–12.00pm

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Mr Graeme Samuel, Chairman
Mr Brian Cassidy, Chief Executive Officer
Dr Jill Walker, Commissioner
Mr Marcus Bezzi, Executive General Manager, Enforcement & Compliance Division
Mr Rami Greiss, General Manager, Investigations Branch, Mergers & Acquisitions Group

12:00pm–1:00pm

Lunch

1.00pm–2.15pm

Economists Roundtable
Professor Kevin Davis, Director, Australian Centre for Financial Studies (Submission 8)
Professor Sinclair Davidson, Institute of Public Affairs (Submission 59)
Professor Tom Valentine, UIC Research Foundation (Submission 14)

2.15pm–3.00pm

Credit Union Australia (Submission 85)
Mr Chris Whitehead, Chief Executive Officer

3.00pm–3.10pm

Afternoon tea

3.10pm–4.15pm

Competition law experts Roundtable
Mr Brent Fisse, Brent Fisse Lawyers (Submission 67)
Ms Sharon Henrick, Mallesons (Submission 60)

4.15pm-5.00pm

Members Equity Bank (Submission 77)
Mr Jamie McPhee, Chief Executive Officer

5.00pm

Adjournment

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Economics
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3540
Fax: +61 2 6277 5719
Email: economics.sen@aph.gov.au