Appendix 2Public hearings and witnesses
Thursday 8 August 2024
Ballina RSL Club
1 Grant St Ballina
Ballina Shire Council
Ms Sharon Cadwallader, Mayor
Mr Paul Hickey, General Manager
Lismore City Council
Mr John Gibson, General Manager
Mr Steve Krieg, Mayor
Community Disaster Action Group
Mr Dale Emerson, Public Officer
Chels Hood Withey, President
Community panel
Ms Noelle Maxwell, Private capacity
Ms Jan Praetz, Private capacity
Mr Nicholas Walford, Private capacity
Tweed Residential Park Homeowners Association
Ms Regina Bankia, Committee Member
Ms Sandra Gilbert, Advocate
Rotary Club of Ballina-on-Richmond
Mr Colin Lee, Flood Recovery Coordinator
Community Panel
MsKristy Morrow, Case Manager
Ms Natalie Van Derklei, Recovery Support Worker
Ms Kerry Pritchard, Representative
Friday 9 August 2024
Novotel Brisbane Airport Hotel
6-8 The Circuit
Brisbane
Local Government Association of Queensland
Ms Crystal Baker, Strategic Policy
MsLucy Greene, Lead, Intergovernmental Relations
Ms Alison Smith, Chief Executive Officer
Murweh Shire Council
Councillor Shaun Radnedge, Mayor
Douglas Shire Council
Mr Paul Hoye, Chief Executive Officer
Suncorp
Mr Tim Buckett, Executive General Manager
Dr Rhys Whitley, Scientific Specialist
RACQ Group
MrJoshua Cooney, General Manager, Advocacy
Mr Trent Sayers, Chief Executive Officer
Legal Aid Queensland
Mr Paul Holmes, Director, Disaster relief
Tenants Queensland
Ms Abigail Pfidze, Solicitor
Resilient Kurilpa
MrSebastian Vanderzeil, Member
Community Plus Queensland
Mrs Melinda McInturff, Community Resilience Coordinator
NQ Strata Action Group
MrIan Robert Vary, Contact Person
Centre for Disaster Studies
Friday 20 September 2024
Fraser Suites Sydney
488 Kent Street
Sydney
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
Ms Jane Eccleston, Acting Executive Director, Regulation and Supervision
Mr Nathan Bourne, Senior Executive Leader, Credit, Banking and General Insurance
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)
Dr Sean Carmody, Executive Director, Policy and Advice
Mr Jonathan Wood, Head of Insurance Risk
Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC)
Mr Michael Eady, General Manager, Insurance Monitoring and Financial Services
Ms Morag Bond, Executive General Manager, Merger, Exemptions and Digital Division (acting)
Ms Nicole Ross, Executive General Manager, Infrastructure Division
Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC)
Dr Christopher Wallace, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Pulkit Jain, Head of Actuarial
Actuaries Institute
Ms Elayne Grace, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Vanessa Beenders, Executive General Manager, Public Policy and Professionalism
Australian Consumers Insurance Lobby
Mr Tyrone Shandiman, Chairperson
Mr John Trowbridge, Private capacity
Insurance Australia Group (IAG)
Ms Christa Marjoribanks, Executive General Manager, Product, Pricing and Governance, Intermediated Insurance Australia
Mr Andrew Dyer, Manager Land Planning Hazards and Regulatory
Mr George Karagiannakis, Executive Manager Government and Industry Affairs
Allianz Australia Insurance
Mr Nicholas Scofield, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
Mr James Fitzpatrick, Chief Data Officer
The Climate Risk Group
Dr Karl Mallon, Chief Executive Officer
CelsiusPro
Mr Jonathan Barratt, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Timothy Barratt, Marketing and Business Development
Monday 30 September 2024
Edinburgh Room
Stamford Plaza Melbourne
111 Little Collins Street
Melbourne
Maribyrnong Community Recovery Association
Ms Madeleine Serle
Productivity Commission
Mr Barry Sterland, Commissioner
Mr Steward Turner, Research Manager
University of Queensland
Professor Paula Jarzabkowski (via teleconference)
University of Melbourne
Dr Antonia Settle (via teleconference)
The Australia Institute
Mr Rod Campbell, Research Director
Mr Adam Gottschalk, Anne Kantor Fellow (via teleconference)
350 Australia
Ms Lucy Manne, Chief Executive Officer
Tuesday 1 October 2024
Committee Room 2S1
Australian Parliament House
Canberra
National Emergency Management Agency NEMA
Mr Andrew Minack, First Assistant Coordinator-General Policy & Governance
Ms Hannah Wandel, First Assistant Coordinator-General FACG Programs
CSIRO
Dr Dan Metcalfe, Director Environment Research Unit
Bureau of Meteorology
Ms Vicki Woodburn, Group Executive, Australian Climate Service
Geoscience Australia
Dr John Dawson, Branch Head, Community Safety Branch, Place and Communities Division
Mr Mark Edwards, Director, Vulnerability resilience & Mitigation, Community Safety Branch, Place and Communities Division
Insurance Council of Australia
Ms Kylie MacFarlane, Chief Operating Officer
Ms Alexandra Hordern, General Manager, Regulatory and Consumer Policy
CHOICE
Ms Rosie Thomas, Director, Campaigns and Communications (via videoconference)
Financial Rights Legal Centre
Ms Julia Davis, Senior Policy & Communications Officer
Financial Counselling Australia
Ms Vicki Staff, National Coordinator for Disaster Recovery
Australian National University Institute For Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions
Associate Professor Roslyn Prinsley, Head of Disaster Solutions, Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions
Associate Professor Caroline E. Schuster
James Cook University - Centre for Disaster Studies
Adjunct Professor David King (via videoconference)
Good Shepherd
Dr Jozica Kutin, General Manager Policy, Advocacy and Service Impact
Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action
Ms Serena Joyner, Chief Executive Officer
QBE Australia
Mr Andrew Ziolkowski, Chief Underwriting and Transformation Officer (via videoconference)
Mr Chris Esson, Chief Financial Officer (via videoconference)
Wednesday 9 October 2024
Committee Room 2S1
Australian Parliament House
Canberra
Steadfast Group
Mr Robert Kelly AM, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Mr Christopher Sargent, General Council