Public hearings - Canberra, Thursday, 18 April 2013


Inquiry into the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2013 [Provisions]

Public hearings - Canberra, Thursday, 18 April 2013

Committee Room 2S1
Parliament House
CANBERRA

Time

Witness

8.30 am

Minerals Council of Australia (Submission 222)
Mr Mitchell Hooke, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Chris McCombe, Assistant Director Environmental Policy

9.10 am

Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (Submission 47)
Mr Matthew Paull, Policy Director QLD
Mr Rick Wilkinson, Chief Operating Officer - Eastern Region
Mr Keld Knudsen, Associate Director - Environment

9.50 am

QGC (Submission 228)
Mr Rob Millhouse, Vice President - Policy and Corporate Affairs
Ms Tracey Winters, Vice President - Environment

10.20 am

Morning tea

10.30 am

National Farmers' Federation (Submission 5)
Ms Deborah Kerr, Manager - Natural Resource Management
Mr David McKeon, Manager - Rural Affairs

11.10 am

Australian Conservation Foundation (Submission 198)
Ms Saffron Zomer, National Liaison Officer

11.50 am

Lunch

12.30 pm

Economists at Large (No submission) via teleconference
Mr Tristan Knowles, Economist

1.10 pm

Dr Gavin Mudd, Monash University (No submission)

1.50 pm

Panel:
National Water Commission (No submission)
Mr James Cameron, Chief Executive Officer
Independent Expert Scientific Panel on CSG and Coal (No submission)
Ms Lisa Corbyn, Committee Chair
Professor Craig Simmons, Committee Member
Ms Suzy Nethercott-Watson, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Office of Water Science

2.40 pm

Afternoon tea

3.00 pm

Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
(Submission 223)
Dr Kimberley Dripps, Deputy Secretary
Mr Dean Knudson, First Assistant Secretary, Environmental Assessments and Compliance Division
Ms Suzy Nethercott-Watson, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Office of Water Science
Mr James Barker, Assistant Secretary, Environmental Assessments and Compliance Division

4.00 pm

Adjournment

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3526
Fax: +61 2 6277 5818
Email: ec.sen@aph.gov.au