Appendix 2 - Hearing and witnesses
Perth,
Wednesday, 17 July 2002
Motor Trade
Association of Western Australia Inc
Mr Peter John Fitzpatrick, Executive Director
Ms Noelle Frances Simons, Divisional Manager
WA BEC Managers Association
Mr Andrew James Maurice, Chairman
Small Business
Development Corporation
Mr George Etrelezis, Managing Director
Perth Area
Consultative Committee
Mrs Marilyn Horgan, Project Officer
Ms Allison Jane Oldfied-Hiosan, Executive Officer
South West Group of
Councils
Mr John McIlhone, Director
Master Cleaners Guild of
Western Australia (Inc.)
Mr Frank Holguin, Member
Portfolio
Mr Ian Davis, Executive Director
WA Department of Employment and Training
Mr Larry Davies, General Manager Employment
Mr Richard Jonathan Strickland,
Executive Director Policy and Evaluation
Albany,
Thursday, 18 July 2002
Great Southern Area Consultative Committee
Ms Heather Thaxton, Acting Chair
Mr Edward Smith, Committee Member
Mrs Kerry Palmer, Secretary and NEIS and Business
Representative
Mrs Vicki Brown, Small
Business Assistance Officer
Centre for Regional
Innovation and Enterprise
Dr Timothy Mazzarol, Chairman
Mr Robert Griffith, Secretary
Mr Neal Shoobert, Committee Member
Great Southern
Development Commission
Mr Maynard Rye, Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Ms Sally Ann Haigh, Senior Development Officer
Dr Graham Townley, Aboriginal Economic Development Officer
Albany Chamber of
Commerce and Industry
Mrs Joanne Hummerston, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Neil Ramsay Smithson, Committee Member
Albany,
Thursday, 18 July 2002 – Roundtable
Mr Morris Blake
Mrs Vicki Brown, Small Business Assistance Officer, Great
Southern Area Consultative Committee
Mrs Elizabeth Farmer
Mr Paolo Lionetti, Director, Supa Value
Mr John Maxwell, Principal, Maxwell Designs
Mr Mark McCrae,
Proprietor, Pure Plantation Furniture and Albany Yacht Charter
Mr Barry North,
Salesman, Albany City Realty
Mrs Beverley
Ford
Mr Philip Tasker,
Secretary, Southern Information Technology Association
Mrs Janine Waterman, Chairman, Albany City Heart
Perth, Friday, 19 July 2002 - roundtable
Ms Kirrily Davies, General Manager, Messages on Hold Australia
Pty Ltd
Mr George Etrelezis, Managing Director, Small Business
Development Corporation
Ms Loretta Evangelisti, Director-Owner, Oriel Cafe Brasserie
Mr Peter Fitzpatrick, Executive Director, Motor Trade
Association of Western Australia
Mr Tony Fitzpatick, Director, Regional Training Services;
and Director,
Skill Hire Pty Ltd
Mr Graeme Harris, President, Swan Chamber of Commerce
Mr Kevin Jackson, Owner-Managing Director, Jacksons Drawing
Supplies Pty Ltd
Mr Steven McLean, Manager, Gingin Meatworks
Mr Gerard Peters, Managing Director, The Honda Shop
Mr Norman Skoglund, Executive Officer, Central Coastal
Districts Business Enterprise Centre
Mr Louis Symes
Mr Anthony Thompson
Mr Anthony Young
Melbourne, Wednesday, 24 July 2002
CPA Australia
Mr Gary Addison, Senior Taxation Consultant
Mr Ian Brown, Member, Small Business Centre of Excellence
Ms Judith Hartcher, Business Policy Adviser
Family Business Australia Ltd
Ms Julia Inez Cambage,
National Executive Director
Australian Council of Trade Unions
Ms Sharan Burrow, President
Ms Linda Rubinstein, Senior
Industrial Office
Albury-Wodonga Area Consultative Committee
Ms Debbie Corbett, Small
Business Assistance Officer
Newcomers Network
Ms Sue Vitnell, Managing
Director
Micro Business Network
Ms Barbara Gabogrecan,
Managing Director
Melbourne Development Board
Mr John Gerard Macdonald, Executive Officer
Mrs Jacqueline Kelli O’Toole,
Project Manager
Business Enterprise Centres Inc. Australia
Mr Colin James O’Brien, Executive Officer
Mr Ian Black Reid,
Business Consultant
Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and
Managers Australia
Mr Bruce Nadenbousch, Director Industrial Relations
Mrs Kim Rickard,
Executive Officer
Greater Green Triangle Area Consultative Committee
Mr Timothy Michael Neeson, Small Business Assistance Officer
Mr Patrick Francis McAloon,
Executive Officer
Melbourne’s West Area Consultative Committee
Mr Michael Iaccarino,
Executive Officer
Associate Professor John
Patrick Breen, Head, Small Business Research Unit, Victoria
University
Melbourne, Thursday, 25 July 2002
Recruitment
and Consulting Services Association Limited
Mr Charles Cameron,
Issues Management Consultant
Ms Kaye Strain, Life
Member (Individual), Corporate Member (Company) Consultant
Online
Industry Analysis, Pacific Access Pty Ltd
Mr Steven Shepherd, Senior Economist and Manager
Associate Professor John Glover,
Monash University
Dr Binh Tran-Nam, Senior
Lecturer, Australian Taxation Studies Program, University of New South Wales
Dusseldorp
Skills Forum
Dr John Spierings, Research Strategist
Melbourne, Thursday, 25 July 2002 –
roundtable
Mrs Diana Abruzzi, Executive Chairman, International
Women’s Federation of Commerce and Industry
Mr Peter Cowley, Executive Officer, Victorian Authorised
Newsagents Association Limited
Mr Richard Evans, Chief Executive Officer, Franchise Council
of Australia
Mr John Gaffney, Executive Director Victoria, Housing Industry
Association
Mr Alan Giles, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Hotels
Association
Mr John Gilmour, Director-Proprietor, Gilmour’s Shoes
Mrs Barbara Murdoch, Owner-Operator, IGA Supermarket, Chiltern,
Victoria
Mr Allen Roberts, Executive Director, The Retail
Confectionery and Mixed Business Association Inc.
Mr David Russell, Manager, Corporate and Public Affairs,
Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Mr Douglas Wright,
Managing Director, Wrights
Launceston, Friday, 26 July 2002
Tasmanian
Independent Wholesalers
Mr Peter Wise,
General Manager
BPW Australia
Mrs Mary Dean,
Vice-President, Internal Policy
Retail
Traders Association of Tasmania
Mr David Wilkes,
President
Mr Peter Fehre,
Executive Director
National Institute
of Accountants
Mr Jonathan Burns,
Manager, Tasmania Division
Ms Katrina Drake-Mundy,
Immediate Past President
Mr Gavan Ord, Technical Policy Manager
Launceston, Friday, 26 July 2002 –
roundtable
Mr Ian Abernethy, Manager,
Strategic Development Division, Launceston City Council
Mr Andrew Billing, Manager, Employment
Services, Tasmanian Business and Employment Centre
Ms Katrina Drake-Mundy, Public
Practitioner, Immediate Past President, National Institute of Accountants
Mr Bernard Duke, Owner/Partner, Tasmania
Personalized Tours
Ms Lorraine Green, Executive Officer, Northern
Midlands Business Association
Mr Wayne Guy, Chairman, Tasmanian
Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Mr Leon
Jones, National Group Employment Manager, Northern Group Training
Ltd
Mr Danny Keep, Chief Executive
Officer, Tasmanian Business and Employment Centre
Mr Russell Balfour Reid, Chief Executive
Officer, Northern Tasmanian Regional Development Board
Mr Keith James Rice, Chief Executive
Officer, Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association
Ms Bronwyn Roney, Industrial Director,
TPGA Industrial Association, Business Development, Tasmanian Business and
Employment Centre
Mrs Sheryl Thomas, Executive Officer,
Tasmanian Employment Advisory Council
Mr David Wilkes, President, Retail
Traders Association of Tasmania
Mr Craig Williams, Company Director, Senior
Guide, Pepper Bush Peak’s 4WD Adventure Tours
Mr Richard Zawadzki, Small Business
Assistance Officer, Tasmanian Employment Advisory Committee
Canberra, Tuesday, 6 August 2002
Canberra Business Council
Mr Ian Davis, Deputy Chair, Capital Region Enterprise and Employment
Development Association; Member, Canberra Business Council
Mr Craig Sloan, Vice Chairman
Mr John Miller, Executive Director
Institution of Engineers, Australia
Mr John Boshier, Chief Executive
Mr Edwin Cooke, Contract Engineer
Mr Malcolm Palmer, Research Officer
National Farmers Federation
Miss Denita Harris, Policy Manager and Industrial Relations
Advocate
Mrs Su McCluskey, General Manager, Policy
Australian Taxation Office
Mr Neil Mann, Deputy Commissioner—Small Business
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Mr Peter Anderson, Director, Workplace Policy
Ms Karen Curtis, Director, Industry Policy, Australian
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Pharmacy
Guild of Australia
Mr John Bronger, National President
Mr Stephen Gardner Greenwood, Executive Director
Mr Vasken Demirian, Director, Economic Analysis
Ms Wendy Phillips, Director, Strategic Policy
Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia
Mr Murray Geddes,
Member, COSBOA; Honorary Development Officer, Home Based Business Association
(Australian Capital Region) Inc
Mr Peter Middleton, Member
Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
Mr Antony Brugger, Acting General Manager, Office of Small
Business
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Mr Ken Douglas, Group Manager
Mr Paul Griffin, General Manager, Business Entry Point Branch
Mr John Rowling, Assistant Secretary, Safety and Compensation
Policy
Ms Sue Sadauakas, Assistant Secretary, Framework Policy
Branch, Workplace Relations Policy and Legal Administration Unit
Mr James Smythe, Chief
Counsel
Sydney,
Wednesday, 14 August 2002
Mr Brian Gibson
Restaurant
and Catering Australia
Mr Brian Carrad,
President
Mr John Hart, Chief Executive Officer
Associate Professor Ann Thelma
Hodgkinson
Australian
Retailers Association
Mr Stan Moore,
Policy Director
Ms Sonya Vaughan, Policy Officer
Sydney, Wednesday, 14 August 2002 –
roundtable
Mr David Bainbridge, Volunteer Business Facilitator,
Business Buddies Committee Member and Coordinating Adviser for Young
Achievement Group, Business Buddies
Mr David Baumgarten,
Centre Director, Eastern Suburbs Business Enterprise Centre; and Chief
Executive Officer, Business Buddies
Mr Paul Goodwin,
Chief Executive Officer, GROW Employment Council Inc.
Ms Linda
Hailey, Director, Hailey Enterprises Pty Ltd
Ms Clare Loewenthal,
Publishing Director, Loyalty Australasia
Mr Kit Peters,
Representative, Business Buddies
Mr David Small,
Director, Symonds and Associates Pty Ltd
Mr Robin Taylor, Representative, Business Buddies
Sydney,
Thursday, 15 August 2002
Hunter
Economic Development Corporation
Dr Allan Pattison,
Chair
Mr Giuseppe
(Joss) De Iuliis, Board Director
Ms Gillian Summers, Chief Executive Officer
Australian
Trade Commission
Mr Tim Harcourt,
Chief Economist
Ms Meredith (Dee) Katherine
Wiles-Bowes, Acting Manager, Government and Policy
Sydney, Thursday, 15 August 2002 –
roundtable
Ms Carol
Daunt, Managing Director, Learntel Pty Ltd
Mr Jason Elias,
Director, Elias Recruitment
Mrs Barbara Enright,
New South Wales President, Sign Association of Australia
Ms Elizabeth-Anne
Gervay, Managing Director, Hughenden Boutique Hotel
Ms Annette Louise Heywood, Director and part owner,
Healthy Business International Pty Ltd
Ms Emma Larkins,
Director, Australian Security and Protection Pty Ltd
Ms Amy
Lyden, Company Director, Bow Wow Meow Pty Ltd
Mr Paul
Misbrener, Co-director, Side-On Enterprises Pty Ltd
Ms Doris Panossian,
Managing Director, Kingsford Locksmiths
Mr Matthew
Pettman, Director, VisibleIT Pty Ltd
Ms Suzanne Sheil,
Director and Owner, Eastside Personnel Pty Ltd
Mrs Mary Storch
(Private capacity)
Mr Luke
Torrevillas, Director, Side-On Enterprises Pty Ltd
Miss Narelle
Whyte (Private capacity)
Mr Paul Wilson, Owner and Creative Director, Hot Chilli
Brisbane, Thursday, 12 September 2002
National
New Enterprise Incentive Scheme Association
Mrs Irene Helen Dewsbery, Treasurer
Ipswich
and Regional Area Consultative Committee
Ms Cindy Ford,
Executive Officer
Mr Jason Robert Harm, Small Business Assistance Officer
and Small Business Assistance Officer, Gold Coast and Region Area Consultative
Committee
Gold
Coast and Region Area Consultative Committee
Mr Brian Gassman, Chair
Far North
Queensland Area Consultative Committee
Mr Frederick Marchant, Small Business Assistance Officer
National
Federation of Independent Business
Mr Vincent Schofield,
President
Mr George Smith, Secretary
Gulf
Savannah Development Inc
Ms Kathryn Sutcliffe, Chief Executive Officer
Far North
Queensland Area Consultative Committee
Mr Tomas Vieira, Executive Officer
Office of
Economic Development, City of Brisbane
Mr Richard Joel, Chief Executive Officer
Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Commission
Mr Philip Neal, Acting Program Manager, Customer Lending
and Support Services Centre
Mr Leslie O’Donoghue, Policy Officer, Economic, Employment
and Training, National Policy Office
Brisbane, Thursday, 12 September 2002 -
roundtable
Mr Nick Czeperko,
Managing Director, Crisp Technologies Pty Ltd
Mr Jim Daynes,
Owner and Publisher, Dayheat Publishing
Mrs Irene Dewsbery, Treasurer, Business Success Group Pty
Ltd; and Treasurer, National New Enterprise Incentive Scheme Association
Mrs Dorothy
Finlayson, Director, Aleis International Pty Ltd
Ms Kay Ganley, Owner and Managing Director, Charlton Brown
Australia Nanny College
Mr Edwin Gerns,
Managing Director, Gerns Continental Smallgoods Pty Ltd
Mr Leslie Howson,
Director, Les Howson Plumbing Service
Mr Robin Jaggessar,
Head of College, In-Tech Training Institute
Mrs Judi Jaques,
Owner and Managing Director, Cork’n Fork Winery Tours
Mr Graham Steadman,
Managing Director, Die-Namic Dies
Mr Nigel Welsh,
Managing Director, Australian Field Equipment
Mr Paul Willett, Owner and Managing Director, Bakenomics
Brisbane, Friday, 13 September 2002
Australian
National Training Authority
Ms Moira Scollay,
Chief Executive Officer
Ms Margo Couldery, Director, Client Relationships
Gold
Coast City Council
Mr Grayson Perry,
Manager, Economic Development
Mr James Fountain,
Economic Development Liaison Officer
Local
Government Association of Queensland
Mr Malcolm Griffin,
Planning and Development Policy Officer
Mr Mark Leyland,
Finance and Governance Adviser
Department
of Industrial Relations
Mr Robert Seljak,
Acting Deputy Director-General
Mr Peter Lamont,
General Manager, Private Sector Industrial Relations
Brisbane, Friday, 13 September 2002 -
roundtable
Mr Malcolm Griffin, Planning and Development Policy
Officer, Local Government Association of Queensland
Ms Helen Jentz, Principal Adviser, Public Policy and
Economics, Commerce Queensland
Mr Mark Leyland, Finance and Governance Adviser, Local
Government Association of Queensland Inc.
Mr Mark
Panitz, Chief Advocate, Queensland Fruit and Vegetable Growers
Mr David White, Member, Small Business Centre of Excellence,
CPA Australia
Canberra, Tuesday 8 October
2002
Australian
Taxation Office
Mr Neil Mann, Deputy Commissioner, Small Business
National
Association of Retail Grocers of Australia
Mr Alan
McKenzie, Director and National Spokesman
Mr Ken Henrick, Senior Policy Adviser
Australian
National Training Authority
Ms Moira
Scollay, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Margo Couldery, Director, Client Relationships
Office of
Small Business, Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
Mr Antony Brugger, Acting General Manager
AusIndustry,
Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
Mr Drew
Clarke, Executive General Manager
Mr Paul Griffin, General Manager, Business Entry Point
Branch
Department
of Employment and Workplace Relations
Mr Finn Pratt, Group Manager, Job Seeker Support Group
Department
of Transport and Regional Services
Mrs Robyn
Beetham, First Assistant Secretary, Regional Programs Division
Ms Jan Lawless, Acting Assistant Secretary, Regional Network
Branch
Department
of Education, Science and Training
Mr Colin Walters, Group Manager, Vocational Education and
Training Group
Capital Region Enterprise and Employment Development
Association (CREEDA)
Mr Julian
Webb, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Ian Davis, Deputy Chair
Adelaide, Thursday, 10 October 2002
Local Government Association of South Australia
Mr David
Dercho, Manager, Economic Development, City of Salisbury
Mr Greg Waller, Director, Development and Environmental
Services, City of Salisbury
Business
Enterprise Centres SA Inc
Mr Euan Miller, Executive Officer
Regional
Development South Australia
Mr Michael Edgecombe, Executive Officer
Dr Tim
Atterton, Director, Entrepreneurship and Business Development Unit,
Curtin Business School
Mr David Byrne, Lecturer, Small Business Training
Centre, Adelaide Institute
of TAFE
Research and Evaluation, National Centre for Vocational
Education Research (NCVER)
Dr Kaye Bowman, General Manager
Adelaide, Thursday, 10 October 2002 –
roundtable
Mrs Susanne Gibbs, Owner and Managing Director,
Professional Choice Financial Services
Mr Harold
Handley, Proprietor, H.J. Handley
Mr Geoff
Haygreen, Owner/Retailer/Managing Director, Parafield Betta Electrical
Mr Graeme
Hollidge, Managing Partner, Scammell & Company
Ms Susan
Lee, Director, Soniclean Pty Ltd
Mr Robert
Saunders, Legal Practitioner, Andrew Rogers Lawyers
Ms Ellen
Seymour, Director, Strategic Futures Pty Ltd
Mr Frank
Sloan, Director, Century 21
Mr Ron
Spain, Administration Manager, Calbic Pty Ltd
Mr Rick
Stockley, Director, Carlec Pty Ltd
Mr Ron Watts, Chairman, Northern Adelaide Business
Enterprise Centre Inc
Canberra, Thursday, 17 October 2002
Productivity
Comission
Mr Gary Banks,
Chairman
Dr Stephen
Rimmer, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Regulation Review
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