B. Public hearings

B. Public hearings

Thursday 15 August 2024

Committee Room 1R2, Parliament House, Canberra

Crawford Fund

  • Sarah Paradice, Executive Director
  • David Shearer, ACT Committee Coordinator

Friday 16 August 2024

Committee Room 1R4, Parliament House, Canberra

CSIRO

  • Dr Jennifer Taylor, Acting Director, Agriculture and Food
  • Dr Lilly Lim-Camacho, Principal Research Scientist, Sustainability Assessment and Metrics, Agriculture and Food
  • Dr Rieks van Klinken, Senior Principal Research Scientist, Health and Biosecurity

CANEGROWERS

  • Warren Males, Trade Consultant

National Farmers' Federation

  • Tony Mahar, Chief Executive Officer
  • Christopher Young, General Manager, Economics and Trade

Grains industry roundtable

  • Dr John Ackerman, General Manager, Trade and Market Access, Grains Australia Limited
  • Dr Chris Carter, Acting Manager, Market Insight, Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre
  • Courtney Draper, Executive General Manager, Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre
  • Annabel Mactier, Policy Manager, Trade and Supply Chains, GrainGrowers Limited
  • Tim Ross, Projects and Operations Manager, Grain Trade Australia

Thursday 22 August 2024

Committee Room 1R4, Parliament House, Canberra

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

  • Gerald Thomson, First Assistant Secretary, Southeast Asia Strategy and Development Division
  • Charlotte Blundell, Assistant Secretary, Indo–Pacific Economic and Supply Chain Branch
  • Simon Clayton, Assistant Secretary, Agriculture and Non-Tariff Barriers Branch
  • Will Nankervis, Assistant Secretary, Southeast Asia Economic Communications and Analytics Branch
  • Ian Mortimer, Director, Bilateral FTA Strategy and Implementation Section
  • Jay Meek, General Manager, Trade, Austrade
  • Gregory Harvey, Manager, South Asia, Southeast Asian and Pacific Section, Austrade

Thursday 12 September 2024

Committee Room 1R2, Parliament House, Canberra

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

  • Tom Black, First Assistant Secretary, Exports and Veterinary Services
  • Jo Grainger, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Trade and International Division
  • Dr Beth Cookson, Australian Chief Veterinary Officer

Friday 13 September 2024

Committee Room 1R4, Parliament House, Canberra

Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia

  • His Excellency Dr Siswo Pramono, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia
  • Winandriyo Kun Anggianto, Second Secretary

Australian Dairy Industry Council

  • Karl Ellis, Manager, Economic Sustainability and Competitiveness, Dairy Australia
  • Stephen Sheridan, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Dairy Farmers
  • John Williams, President, Australian Dairy Products Federation and Deputy Chair, Australian Dairy Industry Council

Australian Grape & Wine Inc.

  • Lee McLean, Chief Executive Officer

Royal Thai Embassy

  • Her Excellency Ms Arjaree Sriratanaban, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand
  • Pawornwat Simaskul, First Secretary

DP World

  • Blake Tierney, Head of Corporate Affairs Oceania

Port of Melbourne

  • Leatrice Treharne, Head of Business Development

Friday 11 October 2024

Committee Room 1R4, Parliament House, Canberra

Australian Organic Limited

  • Jackie Brian, Chief Executive Officer
  • Josefine Pettersson, Operations and Technical Manager
  • Ryan Reynolds, Chief Commercial Officer, Australia Consolidated Milk

LiveCorp

  • Wayne Collier, Chief Executive Officer
  • Catherine Hallatt, Program Manager, Market Access and Regulation

Consolidated Pastoral Company (CPC)

  • Troy Setter, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Wednesday 16 October 2024

Committee Room 1R3, Parliament House, Canberra

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

  • Professor Wendy Umberger, Chief Executive Officer
  • David Shearer, Strategic Adviser
  • Laura Timmins, General Manager, Partnerships

Red Meat Advisory Council

  • Susan Wakeford, Chief Executive Officer, Read Meat Advisory Council
  • Mark Harvey-Sutton, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Livestock Exporters Council
  • Patrick Hutchinson, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Meat Industry Council
  • Dr Chris Parker, Chief Executive Officer, Cattle Australia

AUSVEG

  • Michael Coote, Chief Executive Officer
  • Lucy Gregg, General Manager, Public Affairs