Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Committee Room 2S1
Parliament House
Canberra
Emergency Leaders for Climate Action
  
  Mr Greg Mullins AO, AFSM, Convenor
 
Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
  
  Dr Peter Mayfield, Executive Director, Environment, Energy and Resources
 
  
  Dr Dan Metcalfe, Deputy Director, Land and Water
 
Department of Home Affairs
  
  Mr Robert Cameron, Director General, Emergency Management Australia
 
  
  Mr Joe Buffone, Assistant Secretary, Crisis and Security Management Branch, Emergency Management Australia
 
Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
  
  Mr Phil Gaetjens, Secretary
 
  
  Ms Stephanie Foster PSM, Associate Secretary, Governance Group
 
  
  Mr Andrew Colvin APM, OAM, Deputy Secretary, National Bushfire Recovery Agency
 
  
  Ms Caroline Millar, Deputy Secretary, National Security Division
 
  
  Mr Simon Duggan, Deputy Secretary, Economy, Industry and G20 Sherpa
 
  
  Ms Helen Wilson, First Assistant Secretary, Industry, Infrastructure, and Environment Division
 
  
  Mr Trevor Jones, Assistant Secretary, Disaster Preparedness and Response Branch
 
  
  Mr Matthew Roper, Acting First Assistant Secretary, COVID-19 Social Policy and Implementation
 
  
  Ms Rina Bruinsma, First Assistant Secretary, National Bushfire Recovery Agency
 
  
  Major General Andrew Hocking, First Assistant Secretary, National Bushfire Recovery Agency
 
Friday, 10 July 2020
Committee Room 2S3
Parliament House
Canberra
Insurance Australia Group (IAG)
  
  Mr Luke Gallagher, Executive General Manager, Short Tail Claims
 
  
  Mr Mark Leplastrier, Executive Manager, Natural Perils
 
Suncorp
  
  Mr Michael Miller, Executive General Manger, Motor, Property and Specialty Claims
 
Allianz Insurance (No submission)
  
  Mr Nicholas Scofield, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
 
  
  Mr Brendan Dunne, Chief Customer Services Officer
 
QBE Insurance (No submission)
  
  Mr Jon Fox, Chief Claims Officer
 
  
  Mr Phuong Ly, Chief Underwriting Officer
 
Insurance Council of Australia (No submission)
  
  Mr Rob Whelan, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
 
  
  Mr Karl Sullivan, Head of Risk and Operations
 
Australian Banking Association
  
  Ms Anna Bligh AC, Chief Executive Officer
 
National Insurance Brokers Association
  
  Mr Eric Harris, President
 
  
  Mr Dallas Booth, Chief Executive Officer
 
  
  Ms Rebecca Wilson, Director
 
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Committee Room 2S1
Parliament House
Canberra
Dr Sophie Lewis, Private capacity
Professor Jason Sharples, Private capacity
Australian National University
  
  Professor Mark Howden, Director, ANU Climate Change Institute
 
Griffith University
  
  Professor Brendan Mackey, Director, Griffith Climate Change Response Program (Submission 83)  - via teleconference
 
Australian Academy of Science
  
  Professor Christopher Dickman, University of Sydney, Fellow - via videoconference
 
  
  Professor David Lindenmayer, Australian National University
 
Ecological Society of Australia
  
  Dr Ayesha Tulloch, Vice President (Policy and Outreach) and University of Sydney Research Fellow - via videoconference
 
  
  Associate Professor John Morgan, La Trobe University- via videoconference
 
Bureau of Meteorology - via videoconference
  
  Dr Andrew Johnson, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Meteorology
 
  
  Dr Karl Braganza, Head of Climate Monitoring
 
Geoscience Australia
  
  Mr Simon Costello, Branch Head, National Location Information
 
  
  Mr Mark Edwards, Director, Vulnerability and Resilience
 
Australian Space Agency - Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
  
  Mr Anthony Murfett, Deputy Head
 
ReachOut
  
  Mr Ashley de Silva, Chief Executive Officer- via videoconference
 
Professor Alan Rosen AO - via videoconference, Private capacity
Mental Health Australia
  
  Dr Leanne Beagley, Chief Executive Officer
 
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
  
  Ms Dawn Casey, Deputy Chief Executive Officer
 
Australian Medical Association
  
  Dr Tony Bartone, President - via videoconference
 
Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences
  
  Professor Stephen Duckett, Director of the Health Program at the Grattan Institute - via videoconference
 
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners - via videoconference
Public Health Association of Australia
  
  Mr David Templeman, President
 
  
  Dr Ben Ewald - via videoconference
 
Thursday, 30 July 2020
Committee Room 1R3
Parliament House
Canberra
Gippsland Emergency Relief Fund
  
  Mr John Mitchell, President
 
Australian Council of Social Service
  
  Dr Cassandra Goldie, Chief Executive Officer
 
  
  Dr John Mikelsons, Senior Adviser
 
  
  Ms Kellie Caught, Senior Advisor
 
Save the Children
  
  Mr Howard Choo, Australian Social Policy and Advocacy Adviser
 
Australian Child & Adolescent Trauma, Loss & Grief Network and Emerging Minds 
  
  Ms Nicola Palfrey, Director
 
  
  Mr Brad Morgan, Director, Emerging Minds
 
Foodbank Australia Ltd
  
  Ms Brianna Casey, Chief Executive Officer
 
  
  Ms Sarah Pennell, General Manager and Company Secretary
 
Australian Red Cross
  
  Mr Andrew Coghlan, Head of Emergency Services
 
St Vincent de Paul Society
  
  Mr Toby O'Connor, Chief Executive Officer
 
  
  Mr John Feint, President, Canberra Goulburn Territory Council
 
The Salvation Army
  
  Captain Stuart Glover, Head of Community Engagement
 
Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission
  
  The Hon Dr Gary Johns, Commissioner
 
Wednesday, 12 August 2020
Committee Room 2S3
Parliament House
Canberra
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) (via teleconference)
  
  Mr David Anderson, Managing Director
 
BAI Communications (via videoconference)
  
  Mr Peter Lambourne, Chief Executive Officer
 
Commercial Radio Australia Ltd (via videoconference)
  
  Ms Joan Warner, Chief Executive Officer
 
  
  Ms Sarah Kruger, Head of Legal and Regulatory Affairs
 
Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (via videoconference)
  
  Mr Jon Bisset, Chief Executive Officer
 
  
  Ms Holly Friedlander Liddicoat, Project Coordinator, Government Relations
 
  
  Mr Gordon Waters, Station Manager, Braidwood FM
 
Department of Home Affairs (via teleconference)
  
  Mr Robert Cameron, Director General, Emergency Management Australia
 
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
  
  Mr Richard Windeyer, Deputy Secretary
 
  
  Mr Andrew Madsen, Acting First Assistant Secretary
 
  
  Mr Tristan Kathage, Assistant Secretary, Telecommunications Market Policy
 
  
  Ms Rachel Blackwood, Acting Assistant Secretary, Spectrum & Telecommunications Deployment Policy Branch
 
Tuesday, 2 March 2021
Committee Room 2S1
Parliament House
Canberra
Cobargo Recovery Fund
  
  Ms Zena Armstrong, President
 
Cobargo Bushfire Relief Centre
  
  Ms Christine Walters, Co-Coordinator
 
Social Justice Advocates of the Sapphire Coast
Mr Graeme Freedman, Private capacity
Catholic Social Services Australia
  
  Dr Ursula Stephens, Chief Executive Officer
 
  
  Ms Leanne Atkinson, St Vincent de Paul Society
 
  
  Ms Therese Kearney, CatholicCare, Victoria
 
St Vincent de Paul Society (South Coast)
  
  Mr John Feint, President - Canberra Goulburn Territory Council
 
  
  Mr Raymond Akurst, Bushfire Recovery
 
Australian Business Volunteers
  
  Ms Elizabeth Mackinlay – Executive Officer
 
Mr Tony Jennings, Private capacity
Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman
  
  Dr Craig Latham, Deputy Ombudsman
 
  
  Ms Alexandra Hordern, Director of Advocacy
 
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
  
  Dr Sean Carmody, Executive Director, Cross Industry Insights and Data
 
  
  Mr Jonathan Wood, Head of Insurance Risk
 
  
  Mr Peter Kohlhagen, General Manager, Advice and Approvals
 
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
Committee Room 2S3
Parliament House
Canberra
National Bushfire Recovery Agency
  
  Mr Andrew Colvin, National Coordinator
 
  
  Major General Andrew Hocking, Deputy Coordinator
 
  
  Ms Rina Bruinsma, Deputy Coordinator
 
  
  Ms Tracey Bell, Acting Deputy Coordinator
 
  
  Mr Gareth Appleton, Acting Assistant Secretary – Programs
 
Wednesday, 28 April 2021
North Richmond Panthers Club
33 Beaumont Ave
North Richmond
Sydney
Blue Mountains City Council
  
  Mr Matt Chambers, Manager, Environment.
 
  
  Ms Tracy Burgess, Executive Business Manager
 
Hawkesbury City Council
  
  Mr Jeff Organ, Director, Infrastructure Services
 
  
  Ms Meagan Ang, Manager, Community Planning and Partnerships
 
  
  Ms Jackie Carr, Executive Manager, Operations
 
Independent Bushfire Group
Bilpin Region Advancement Group (BRAG)
  
  Ms Graziella Obeid, Secretary
 
Ms Penny McKinlay, Private capacity
Mr Stephen Brown, Private capacity
Megalong Valley Community and Landowners Association (MVCLA)
Ms Kristi Bryant, Private capacity
Bilpin Fruit Bowl
  
  Ms Margaret Tadrosse, Proprietor
 
  
  Mr Simon Tadrosse, Proprietor
 
Tuesday, 27 July 2021
Committee Room 2S1
Parliament House
Canberra
Professor David Lindenmayer AO, Private capacity
Professor Roberta Ryan, Private capacity
Bushfire Building Council of Australia
  
  Ms Kate Cotter, Chief Executive Officer (via videoconference)
 
Mr Matthew Lloyd-Cape, Private capacity
National Recovery and Resilience Agency
  
  Ms Hannah Wandel OAM, Executive Director, Resilience, Strategy and Design
 
  
  Dr Ilse Kiessling, Executive Director, Recovery Programs and Evaluation
 
  
  Mr Nico Padovan PSM, Chief Operating Officer
 
  
  Ms Alison Sommerville, Executive Director, Recovery Operations
 
Wednesday, 29 September 2021
Committee Room 2S3
Parliament House
Canberra
Walwa Bush Nursing Hospital
  
  Ms Sandi Grieve, Chief Executive Officer, Nurse Practitioner
 
Corryong Health
  
  Mr Dominic Sandilands, Chief Executive Officer
 
iHealth
  
  Dr Rebecca McGowan, General Practitioner
 
Alpine Shire Council
  
  Mr William Jeremy, Acting Chief Executive Officer
 
Towong Shire Council
Indigo Shire Council
  
  Mr Trevor Ierino, Chief Executive Officer
 
  
  Mr Mark Florence, Director Community & Economic Development
 
Rural City of Wangaratta
  
  Mr Stephen Swart, Director of Development Services
 
City of Wodonga
  
  Mr Mark Dixon, Chief Executive Officer
 
North East Water
  
  Mr John Day, Executive Operations
 
Walwa Community Recovery Committee 
Corryong Community Recovery Committee 
Alpine Community Recovery Committee 
North East Tourism
  
  Ms Bess Nolan-Cook, Chief Executive Officer
 
Alpine Resorts Management
  
  Ms Amber Gardner, Chief Executive Officer
 
North East Wine Zone
  
  Mr Rob Hawkings, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Indigo Vineyards
 
HVP Plantations
  
  Mr Rob Hescock, Chief Operating Officer