Appendix 2Public hearings and witnesses
Monday 14 October 2024
King Island Council Chambers
10 George Street
Currie
King Island Council
Mr Marcus Blackie, Mayor
Dr Catherine Dale, Acting General Manager
King Island Beef Producers Group
Mr Cameron Morris, Member
Mr Thor Clemons, Member
Mr Roger Clemons, Member
Mr Nathan Conley, Member
King Island Regional Development Organisation
Mr Gregory Morris, President
King Island Shipping Group
Mr Gregory Morris, President
Mr Cameron Morris
Mr Nathan Conley
King Island Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Ms Heidi Weitjens, President
Mr Phillip Mahoney, Manager
Mrs Amanda Mahoney
Ms Audrey Hamer
Ms Sophie Oster
Phoenix Community House
Ms Sally Haneveer, Manager
Sharp Airlines
Mr Alistair Dorward, Chief Executive Officer
Wednesday 13 November 2024
Crowne Plaza Hobart
110 Liverpool Street
Hobart
The Freight Scheme Experts
Mr Lee Panton, Director
The Wilderness Society
Ms Alice Hardinge, Tasmanian Campaigns Manager
Bob Brown Foundation
Mr Eric Hayward, Campaigner
Environmental Justice Australia (by teleconference)
Ms Natalie Hogan, Senior Lawyer
Mr Luke Chamberlain, Campaign and Policy Officer
Fruit Growers Tasmania Inc.
Mr Peter Cornish, Chief Executive Officer
Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (by teleconference)
Mr Michael Bailey OAM, Chief Executive Officer
Wine Tasmania
Ms Sheralee Davies, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Martin Reeves, Chair
Mr Tim Lyne, Director
Tasmanian Forest Products Association
Mr Nick Steel, Chief Executive Officer
Mr David Bauche, Media and Public Relations Manager
Norske Skog Boyer Mill
Mr Rod Bender, Vice President, Business Development
Mr David Quinn, Managing Director - Bartholomew Quinn and Associates Pty Ltd
Mr Patrick Dooley, General Manager - Boyer Mill
Mr Arnold Willems, Commercial Manager
Corinna Economic Advisory
Mr Saul Eslake, Economist
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Mr Jack McAuley, Director, Infrastructure and Surface Transport Statistics, Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics
Ms Georgia O’Cianain, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics
Ms Megan Scott, Assistant Secretary, Maritime and Shipping Branch, Surface Transport Emissions and Policy Division
Mr Tristan Kathage, A/g First Assistant Secretary, Surface Transport Emissions and Policy Division
Mr Philip Smurthwaite, Director, Regulations and Program, Maritime and Shipping Branch, Surface Transport Emissions and Policy Division
Services Australia
Ms Lauren Callinan, National Manger, Tailored Programs
Mr Tony Piazza, General Manager, Families, Indigenous andTailoredPrograms
TasPorts
Mr Anthony Donald, Chief Executive Officer
Tasmanian Government
Mr Hon. Eric Abetz MP, Minister for Transport
Mr James Verrier, Director, Transport Systems Policy
Ms Cynthia Heydon, Deputy Secretary, Transport
Thursday 14 November 2024
Longford Memorial Hall
53 Wellington St
Longford
TasFarmers
Mr Nathan Calman, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Matt Ryan, Private capacity
Ashgrove Cheese Pty Ltd
Mr Corey Harris, Logistics Manager
Tasmanian Transport Council
Mr Rob Bayles, Executive
Mr Michael Newton, Vice Chairman
Tasmanian Agricultural Productivity Group and The Ship - Consulting
Mr Brett Charlton, Member (TAPG) and Principal (The Ship)
Affairs of State Australia Pty Ltd
Mr Hans van Pelt, Director
Regional Development Tasmania
Mr James McKee, Chief Executive Officer
Flinders Council
Ms Rachel Summers, Mayor
Mr Warren Groves, General Manager
Flinders Island Business Inc.
Dr Magdalena Steffens-Bartrim, Chair