Appendix 2

Public hearing and witnesses

Tuesday, 4 May 2021
Committee Room 2S3
Parliament House
Canberra
Business Council of Australia
Ms Jennifer Westacott AO, Chief Executive
Ms Jessica Wilson, Executive Director, Policy
Property Council of Australia
Mr Mike Zorbas, Executive Director Policy and Advocacy
Mr Darren Walsh, National Councillor- Urban Development Institute of Australia
Mr Murray Saunders, Member
National Farmers Federation
Mr Tony Mahar, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Warwick Ragg, General Manager, Natural Resource Management
Threatened Species Recovery Hub
Professor Brendan Wintle, Director
Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists
Professor Martine Maron, Member
Dr Celine Steinfeld, Director
Australian Academy of Science
Professor Craig Moritz, Chair, National Committee for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation
WWF Australia
Mr Dermot O'Gorman, Chief Executive Officer
Wilderness Society
Ms Suzanne Milthorpe, National Environmental Law Campaign Manager
Humane Society International
Ms Nicola Beynon, Head of Campaigns
Australian Conservation Foundation
Ms Kelly O'Shanassy, Chief Executive Officer
BirdLife Australia
Mr Gerard Early, Board Director
Ms Samantha Vine, Head of Conservation
National Environmental Law Association
Dr Hanna Jaireth, President
Environmental Defenders Office
Ms Rachel Walmsley, Head of Policy and Law Reform
Law Council of Australia
Ms Robyn Glindermann, Chair- Australian Environment and Planning Law Group; Chair- Climate Change Working Group
Ms Leonie Campbell, Deputy Director of Policy
Minerals Council of Australia
Ms Tania Constable, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Chris McCombe, General Manager - Sustainability
Mr Matthew Jeffries, Senior Manager - Environmental Policy
Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association
Mr Andrew McConville, Chief Executive
Mr Matthew Paull, Acting Queensland Director
Mr Ashley Wells, Director - Government Relations
Dr Peter Burnett, Private capacity
Tasmanian Independent Science Council
Professor Benjamin Richardson, Member
Professor Jamie Kirkpatrick, Member
Dr Lisa-ann Gershwin, Member
Dr Edward Butler, Member
Dr Megan Evans, Private capacity
Threatened Species Scientific Committee
Professor Helene Marsh, Chair
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Mr James Tregurtha, Acting Deputy Secretary
Mr Greg Manning, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Environment Protection and Reform Division
Mr Declan O'Connor-Cox, Assistant Secretary, Environment Protection Reform Branch
Ms Emma Flanigan, Director, Legislative Development Section, Environment Protection Reform Branch

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