Appendix 3 - Public Hearings, Witnesses and Site Inspections

Appendix 3 - Public Hearings, Witnesses and Site Inspections

Wednesday 2 February 2005 – Canberra, ACT

Department of Transport and Regional Services

  • Mr Peter Yuile, Deputy Secretary
  • Ms Leslie Riggs, Acting Deputy Secretary
  • Mr Bill De Jong, Acting Assistant Secretary, Regional Operations Branch
  • Mr Steve Pantelidis, Acting Assistant Secretary, Regional Communities Branch

Thursday 3 February 2005 – Canberra, ACT

  • Mr Tony Windsor MP, Federal Member for New England
  • Mr Stephen Hall (Private capacity)
  • Ms Helen Tickle (Private capacity)

Thursday 10 February 2005 – Canberra, ACT

Department of Transport and Regional Services

  • Mr Peter Yuile, Deputy Secretary
  • Ms Leslie Riggs, Acting Deputy Secretary
  • Dr Gary Dolman, Assistant Secretary, Regional Communities Branch
  • Mr Bill De Jong, Acting Assistant Secretary, Regional Operations Branch

Thursday 24 February 2005 – The Entrance, NSW

Wyong Shire Council

  • Cr Brenton Pavier, Mayor
  • Cr Bob Graham, Deputy Mayor
  • Mr Kerry Yates, General Manager
  • Mr David Cathers, Director of Engineering Services

Central Coast Area Consultative Committee

  • Mr Peter Hale, Chair

Central Coast Community Environment Network

  • Mr John Asquith, Chair

Department of Transport and Regional Services

  • Dr Gary Dolman, Assistant Secretary, Regional Communities Branch

Friday 25 February 2005 – Brisbane, Qld

Former members of the Beaudesert Railway Committee of Management

  • Mr Alan Robert (Private capacity)
  • Mr Robert Cawley (Private capacity)

Beaudesert Shire Council

  • Cr Joy Drescher, Mayor

Gold Coast and Region Area Consultative Committee

  • Mr Dennis Chant, Chair
  • Mr Brian Gassman, former Chair
  • Ms Anne Norton-Knight, Executive Officer

Beaudesert Rail

  • Mr Ron Munn, Chair
  • Mr Rick Gillow, former auditor
  • Mr Lachlan McIntosh, former receiver

Department of Transport and Regional Services

  • Ms Leslie Riggs, Acting Deputy Secretary
  • Dr Gary Dolman, Assistant Secretary, Regional Communities Branch

Thursday 10 March 2005 – Canberra, ACT

Australian Equine and Livestock Centre

  • Mr Gregory Maguire, Chair

Wednesday 13 April 2005 – Cairns, Qld

  • Ms Lyn O'Connor (Private capacity)
  • Mr Lindsay Stewart, former Director, A2 Dairy Marketers (Private capacity)
  • Mr Joe Strazzeri (Private capacity)

Far North Queensland Area Consultative Committee

  • Mr Robert Blanckensee, Chair
  • Mr Tomas Vieira, Executive Officer

Atherton Tablelands Sustainable Regions Advisory Committee

  • Mr Robert Blanckensee, Chair
  • Mr Michael Lawrence, Executive Officer
  • Mr Peter McDade, former Chair (Private capacity)

Thursday 14 April 2005 – Cairns, Qld

Tolga Woodworks

  • Mr Trevor & Mrs Annette Allwood, Proprietors
  • Mr Michael Nasser, Manager and Part Owner, Barron Valley Hotel
  • Cr Len Curtis, (Private capacity)
  • Ms Liz Rose, Club Manager, Atherton Sub-branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia Sport and Recreation Club Inc.
  • Mr Robin Fuller, Treasurer, Atherton International Club

Dimbulah Reticulated Water Supply Action Group

  • Mr Denis McKinley, Spokesperson
  • Ms Gaye Taylor, Supporter
  • Mrs Margaret Carroll, Member
  • Mr Cesar Di Carlo, Supporter
  • Mr Frank De Iacovo, Spokesperson
  • Mr Les & Mrs Jenny Tenni (Private capacity)
  • Dr Geoffrey Stocker (Private capacity)

Department of Transport and Regional Services

  • Mr Peter Yuile, Deputy Secretary
  • Dr Gary Dolman, Assistant Secretary, Regional Communities Branch
  • Mr Bill De Jong, Acting Assistant Secretary, Regional Operations Branch

Thursday 23 June 2005 – Canberra, ACT

  • The Hon Robert Katter MP, Member for Kennedy
  • Mr Peter McDade (Private capacity)

Tuesday 28 June 2005 – Armidale, NSW

The University of New England

  • Professor Victor Minichiello, Executive Dean, Faculty of Education, Health and Professional Studies
  • Professor John Pegg, Director, The National Centre of Science, Information and Communication Technology, and Mathematics Education for Rural and Regional Australia (SiMERR)

Wednesday 29 June 2005 – Tamworth, NSW

Tamworth Regional Council

  • Mr Glenn Inglis, General Manager
  • Cr James Treloar, Mayor
  • Mr Peter Botfield (Private capacity)

New England North West ACC

  • Mr Kevin Humphries, Chair
  • Ms Rebel Thomson, Executive Officer

Thursday 30 June – Launceston, Tas

Seahorse World Pty Ltd

  • Mr William Morris, Director
  • Ms Georgina Wylde, General Manager

Links Golf Tasmania Pty Ltd

  • Mr Greg Ramsay, Director

Dial Regional Sports Club

  • Mr Stan Kaine

Mentor Resources Ltd

  • Mr Bruce Maddock, Chief Executive Officer

Tasmanian Employment Advisory Council ACC

  • Mr David Rowell, Chair
  • Ms Sheryl Thomas, Executive Officer

Cradle Coast Authority SRAC

  • Mr Roger Jaensch, Executive Chair
  • Ms Karen Hampton, Executive Officer

Waratah-Wynyard Council

  • Cr Roger Chalk AM, Mayor

Devonport City Council

  • Cr Peter Hollister, Mayor

Thursday 14 July – Port Hedland, WA

North West Dive Safaris

  • Mr Richard Edwards, Director (via teleconference)

AquaCarotene Ltd

  • Mr Donald Smith, Director (via teleconference)

East Pilbara Shire Council

  • Mr Allen Cooper, Chief Executive Officer (via teleconference)
  • Ms Lynne Craigie, Shire President

The Cove Caravan Park

  • Mr Charles Van Herk, Director
  • Mrs Irene Van Herk, Director/Secretary

Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre

  • Ms Fran Haintz, Manager
  • Mr Bruce Thomas, Chair

Pilbara Area Consultative Committee

  • Mr Tony Ford, Chair
  • Mr Cameron Simpkins, Executive Officer

Friday 15 July – Broome, WA

Kimberley Land Council

  • Mr Wayne Bergmann, Executive Director

Kimberley Interpreting Service

  • Ms Lesley Baxter, Coordinator
  • Mrs Carol Martin MLA, Member for Kimberley

Indigenous Stock Exchange (via teleconference)

  • Mr Peter Botsman, Voluntary Secretary

Kimberley Area Consultative Committee/ Kimberley Sustainable Region Advisory Committee

  • Mr Geoffrey Haerewa, Chair
  • Mr John Durant, Executive Officer

Monday 18 July – Bunbury, WA

Augusta Community Development Association Inc

  • Mr Owen Jones, Chair
  • Mr Cameron Gilmour, Deputy Chair

Foodbank South West

  • Mr Ross M Ranson, Chair
  • Mr Kent Machar, Volunteer Manager

West Coast Electro Fishing Pty Ltd

  • Mr Raymond Anderson, Director

In Town Centre Inc

  • Ms Geraldine Webster, Secretary and Volunteer

South West Area Consultative Committee

  • Mr Paul Vukelic, Chair
  • Mr Graham Hodgson, Executive Director

Thursday 11 August – Canberra, ACT

Atherton Shire Council (via teleconference)

  • Mr Jim Chapman, Mayor (Atherton Tablelands Sustainable Region Advisory Committee member)

Eacham Shire Council (via teleconference)

  • Mr Ray Byrnes, Mayor (ATSRAC member)
  • Mr Ian Church, Chief Executive Officer

Herberton Shire Council (via teleconference)

  • Cr Anne Portess, Mayor (ATSRAC member)
  • Mr Gordon Malcolm, Chief Executive Officer

Central Ranges Natural Gas and Telecommunications Association Incorporated

  • Ms Margaret Thomas, Chair

Central Ranges Natural Gas Pipeline Pty Ltd

  • Mr David Adam, Managing Director

Friday 12 August – Canberra, ACT

Department of Transport and Regional Services

  • Dr Gary Dolman, General Manager, Regional Partnerships and Networks
  • Ms Karen Gosling, Acting Executive Director, Regional Services Business Division
  • Ms Leslie Riggs, Former Executive Director, Regional Services

Wednesday 17 August – Canberra, ACT

Australian Public Service Commission

  • Ms Lynelle Briggs, Australian Public Service Commissioner

Department of Transport and Regional Services

  • Dr Gary Dolman, General Manager, Regional Partnerships and Networks
  • Ms Karen Gosling, Acting Executive Director, Regional Services Business Division
  • Ms Leslie Riggs, Former Executive Director, Regional Services

Thursday 15 September – Canberra, ACT

  • Mr Matthew Kelley, Director, Primary Energy Pty Ltd
  • Mr Joseph Carmody, Partner, Baker & McKenzie

Site Inspections

Thursday 24 February 2005 – The Entrance, NSW

  • Site inspection of Tumbi Creek

Tuesday 28 June 2005 – Armidale, NSW

  • Site inspection of The National Centre of Science, Information and Communication Technology, and Mathematics Education for Rural and Regional Australia (SiMERR)

Monday 18 July – Bunbury, WA

  • Site inspections of the Karnet Prison Vocational Integration program at EG Green and Sons Pty Ltd Harvey Beef abattoir and the In Town Centre

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