Appendix 2 - Public hearings and witnesses

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