Time

Witness

Sub No.

8:30am

National Farmers Federation
Mr Matt Linnegar, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Charlie McElhone, General Manager, Policy.

2

9:15am

New South Wales Farmers' Association
Mr Bill McDonnell, Chair, Business Economics and Trade Committee

17

10:00am

Western Australian Farmers Federation (via teleconference)
Mr Mike Norton, President
Mr Alan Hill, Director of Policy

7

10:40am -10:45am

Morning Tea Break

10:45am

Cargill
Mr Peter McBride, Director, Corporate Affairs

BFB Pty Ltd
Mr Terry Brabin, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director

9

11:45 am

The Treasury (Foreign Investment Review Board)
Mr Frank Di Giorgio, General Manager, Foreign Investment and Trade Policy Division
Mr John Hill, Senior Advisor, Foreign Investment and Trade Policy Division
Ms Sam Reinhardt, Principal Adviser, Foreign Investment and Trade Policy Division

12:30pm -1:15pm

Lunch Break

1:15 pm

Australian Securities & Investments Commission
Ms Jane Eccleston, Senior Executive Leader, Corporations

2:00 pm

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
Ms Rose Webb, Executive General Manager, Mergers and Adjudication Group
Ms Aggie Marek, Director, Coordination and Strategy Branch

2:45 pm

Australian Taxation Office
Mr Michael O'Neill, Assistant Deputy Commissioner
Mr Neil Cossins, Director

3:30 pm

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Mr Allen Grant, First Assistant Secretary, Agricultural Productivity Division
Mr Michael Ryan, Acting Assistant Secretary, Research and Development and Food Security Branch

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
Mr Paul Morris, Executive Director
Mr Jammie Penm, Assistant Secretary, Agricultural Commodities and Trade
Mr Brian Moir, Economist, Macroeconomic Research Unit

Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Mr Craig Burns, Managing Director
Mr Simon Winter, Research Manager

1

4:30 pm

Adjournment of Hearing