Appendix C: List of witnesses
Thursday,
10 July 2008 - Central Coast
Individuals
Mr
Nigel Allan, Board Member, Community Environment Network
Miss
Vanessa Hannan, Senior Officer - Aquatic Resource Management, Wyong Shire
Council
Mr
Peter Jones
Mrs
Jocelyn Jones
Dr
Salim Momtaz, Senior Lecturer, School of Environment and Life Science, University
of Newcastle
Mrs
Marlene Pennings, Coastcare – TEN
Mr
Craig Thomson MP, Federal Member for Dobell
Mr
John Wiggin, Vice President, Central Coast Branch, Australian Conservation
Foundation
Catherine
Hill Bay Progress Association and Dune Care
Mrs
Suzanne Whyte, President
Mr
Barry Laing, Associate Member
Gwandalan/Summerland
Point Action Group
Mr
Kevin Spencer, President
Lake
Macquarie City Council
Dr
Kate Barton, Environmental Risk Officer
Mr
Neale Farmer, Sustainability Actuary
Monday, 18
August 2008 - Darwin
Individuals
Dr
Stuart Blanch, Northern Landscapes Manager, World Wild Fund for Nature
Australia
Mr
Luccio Cercarelli, Director of Technical Services, City of Palmerston
Professor
Stephen Garnett
Mr
Damian Hale MP, Federal Member for Solomon
Mr
Stephen Popple, Member, Planning Institute of Australia (Northern
Territory Division)
Ms
Pam Robinson, Acting Environmental Manager, Darwin City Council
Mr
Charles Roche, Coordinator, Environment Centre Northern Territory
Mr
George Roussos, President, Northern Territory Chamber of Commerce
Mr
Graeme Sawyer, Mayor, Darwin City Council
Dr
Steve Skov, President, Northern Territory Regional Committee, Australasian
Faculty of Public Health Medicine
Birds
Australia
Dr Eric
Woehler, Chair, Birds Tasmania
Tuesday,
19 August 2008 - Darwin
Individuals
Dr
Clive Attwater, SGS Economics and Planning, Tasmania
Mr Matthew Boland,
Victorian Coastal Council
Ms
Paula Douglas, NSW Department of Planning
Mr
Greg Fisk, BMT WBM
Mr Anthony Flaherty, Adelaide and Mt Lofty
Ranges NRM Board
Dr
Nicole Gurran
Mr Simon Haber, Victorian
Department of Planning and Community Development
Professor
Nick Harvey
Ms Liz Johnstone, Central Coastal
Board
Dr
Robert Kay, Director and Principal Consultant, Coastal Zone Management
Dr Mick Lumb, Central Coastal
Board
Mr Kim McClymont, Parks and
Wildlife Group, NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change
Cr Libby Mears, Victorian
Coastal Council
Mr
Peter Merritt, Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment
Mr
Craig Morrison, Sydney Coastal Councils Group
Ms
Barbara Norman
Mr
Chris Rees, Tasmanian Department of Tourism, Arts and Environment
Ms Anne Shaw, Mornington
Peninsula Shire
Professor
Bruce Thom, Australian Coastal Society
Ms Patricia von Baumgarten,
South Australian Department of Environment and Heritage
Dr
Geoff Wescott
Mr
Geoff Withycombe, Executive Officer, Sydney Coastal Councils Group
CSIRO Tropical
Ecosystems Research Centre
Dr
Garry Cook, Senior Principal Research Scientist
Gippsland
Coastal Board
Mr
Duncan Malcolm, Chair
Ms
Natasha Vasey-Ellis, Executive Officer
Surf Life
Saving Australia
Mr
Peter Agnew, General Manager, Operations
Mr
Norman Farmer, National Manager, Coastal Safety Services
Wednesday,
20 August 2008 - Darwin
Individuals
Miss
Margaret Clinch
Local
Government Association of the Northern Territory
Mr
Peter McLinden, Manager, Transport and Infrastructure Services
Mr
Jim Fraser, Waste and Environment Officer
Torres
Strait Regional Authority
Mr
Walter Mackie, Member for Iama Island and Portfolio Member for Health and
Environment
Mr
David Hanslow, Coastal Management Officer, Land and Sea Management Unit
Thursday,
4 September 2008 - Canberra
Geoscience
Australia
Dr
John Schneider, Group Leader, Risk and Impact Analysis Group
Thursday,
18 September 2008 - Canberra
Attorney-General's
Department
Ms
Karen Stewart, Acting Assistant Secretary, Territories East
Mr
Julian Yates, Assistant Secretary, Territories West
Mr
Paul Trushell, Acting Director, CIPMA, CIP Branch
Emergency
Management Australia
Mr
Anthony Pearce, Director General
Thursday,
25 September 2008 - Canberra
Department
of Climate Change
Mr
Ian Carruthers, First Assistant Secretary, Adaptation and land Management
Division
Dr
Greg Picker, Acting Assistant Secretary, Adaptation Partnership Branch
Mr
Angas Hopkins, Director, Coasts and Tourism Adaptation, Adaptation Partnership
Branch
Wednesday,
8 October 2008 - Canberra
City of
Port Adelaide Enfield
Mr
Wally Iasiello, Director, Technical Services
Ms
Verity Sanders, Strategic Planner, Environment Policy
Conservation
Council of South Australia
Mr
Steve Vines, President
Ms
Julie Pettett, Chief Executive Officer
Ms
Alex Gaut, Marine Program Co-ordinator
South
Australian Department for Environment and Heritage
Ms
Leanne Burch, Director, Coast, Marine and Heritage
Dr
Murray Townsend, Manager, Coastal Management Branch
Mr
Anthony Huppatz, Senior Planner, Coastal Management Branch
Thursday,
16 October 2008 - Canberra
Australian
Local Government Association
Mr
Adrian Beresford-Wylie, Chief Executive
Thursday,
23 October 2008 - Canberra
Australian
National University
Professor
Will Steffen, Executive Director, Climate Change Institute
Thursday,
13 November 2008 - Canberra
Planning
Institute of Australia
Ms
Di Jay, Chief Executive Officer
Mr
Neil Savery, National President
Wednesday,
28 January 2009 - Hobart
University
of Tasmania
Mr
Chris Sharples
Antarctic
Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre
Dr
Anthony Press, Chief Executive Officer
Dr
John Hunter, Sea Level Rise Oceanographer
CSIRO
Dr
John Church, Program Leader, Sea Level Rise
Local
Government Association Tasmania
Mr
Allan Garcia, Chief Executive Officer
North East
Bioregional Network
Mr
Todd Dudley, President
Tasmanian Department
of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts
Mr
Alasdair Wells, Section Head, Environmental Policy
Tasmanian Department
of Justice
Mr
Peter Fischer, State Planning Advisor, Land use Planning Branch,
Tasmanian
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Mr
Greg Johannes, Deputy Secretary
Mr
Mathew Healey, Manager, Office of Security and Emergency Management
Tasmanian
Department of Primary Industries and Water
Ms
Deidre Wilson, Manager, Strategic Policy
Thursday,
26 February 2009 - Canberra
Individuals
Professor
Andrew Short
Thursday,
12 March 2009 - Canberra
Engineers
Australia
Mr
Andre Kaspura, Policy Analyst, Public Policy
Dr
Murray Townsend, Immediate Past Chair, NCCOE
Thursday,
19 March 2009 - Canberra
Department
of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Ms
Alison Smith, Assistant Secretary, Intergovernmental and Policy Branch
Ms
Sue Hunt, Section Manager, Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Branch
Ms
Joanne Llewellyn, Section Manager, Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Branch
Wednesday,
25 March 2009 - Sydney
Australian
Conservation Foundation
Mr
Owen Pascoe, Climate Change Campaigner
Mr
Christopher Smyth, Healthy Oceans Campaigner
Byron
Shire Council
Mr
Benjamin Fitzgibbon, Coastal and Estuary Officer
Ms
Shannon McKelvey, Legal Services Coordinator
Local Government
of NSW and Shires Association of NSW
Mr
Robert Verhey, Strategy Manager, Environment
NSW
Department of Environment and Climate Change
Mr
Simon Smith, Deputy Director General, Climate Change, Policy and Programs
NSW
Department of Planning
Mr
Richard Pearson, Executive Director, Rural and Regional Planning
Manly
Council
Mr
Henry Wong, General Manager
Maritime
Union of Australia
Mr
Rod Pickette, Policy Executive Officer
National
Marine Science Centre
Professor
Alistair McIlgorm, Director
Pittwater
Council
Mr
Mark Ferguson, General Manager
Mr
Chris Hunt, Director, Urban and Environmental Assets
Cr
David James, Mayor
Shires
Association of NSW
Cr
Janet Hayes, Executive Member
Southern
Rivers Catchment Management Authority
Ms
Pamela Green, Chair
Sydney
Coastal Councils Group
Ms
Wendy McMurdo, Chair
Mr
Craig Morrison, Senior Coastal Projects Officer
The Nature
Conservation Council of NSW
Ms
Cate Faehrmann, Executive Director
Thursday,
26 March 2009 - Sydney
Individuals
Mr
Ross Keys
Emeritus
Professor Bruce Thom
Professor
Colin Woodroffe
Australian
Network of Environmental Defender's Offices
Mr
Jeff Smith, Director
Mr
Robert Ghanem, Acting Policy Director
Climate
Action Newcastle
Ms
Victoria Brooke
Lake
Wollumboola Protection Association
Ms
Frances Bray, President
National
Sea Change Taskforce
Mr
Alan Stokes, Executive Director
Ocean
Watch Australia
Ms
Lowri Pryce, Executive Officer
Mr
Simon Rowe, Program Manager, Aquatic Habitat Rehabilitation
Tuesday, 7
April 2009 - Perth
Northern
Agricultural Catchments Council
Mr
Alan Bradley, Chief Executive Officer
Western
Australian Department for Planning and Infrastructure
Miss
Vivienne Panizza, Team Leader Climate Change and Coastal Planning
Mr
Charlie Bicknell, Senior Coastal Engineer
Western
Australian Local Government Association
Ms
Melanie Bainbridge, Climate Change Coordinator
Tuesday,
28 April 2009 - Brisbane
Individuals
Professor
Jan McDonald
Australasian
Quaternary Association
Dr
Patrick Moss, President
Dr
Craig Sloss, Secretary
Coolum
District Coast Care
Ms
Leigh Warneminde, President
Dr
Christopher Crossland, Expert Advisor
CSIRO
Dr
Andrew Ash, Director, Climate Adaptation Flagship
Dr
William de la Mare, Theme Leader, Wealth from Oceans Flagship
DHI Australia
Mr
Stefan Szylkarski, Managing Director
Dr
Bruce Hooper, Principal
Mr
Greg Stuart, Principal Engineer
Griffith
Centre for Coastal Management
Mr
Neil Lazarow, Senior Research Fellow
Professor
Rodger Tomlinson, Director
Local
Government Association of Queensland
Mr
Gavin McCullagh, Planning and Development Policy Advisor
Mr
Malcolm Petrie, NRM and Climate Change Policy Advisor
Queensland
Department of Environment and Resources Management
Mr
David Robinson, Director, Coastal Sciences, Environmental Sciences Division
Queensland
Department of Infrastructure and Planning
Mr
Gary White, Deputy Director-General, Planning Group
Sunshine
Coast Environment Council
Miss
Narelle McCarthy, Manager
Mr
Ian Christesen, Renewable Energy Project Officer
Sunshine
Coast Regional Council
Dr
Stephen Skull, Manager, Environment Policy
Wednesday,
29 April 2009 - Brisbane
Cairns
Local Marine Advisory Committee
Mr
Timothy Anderson, Past Member
Great
Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Dr
Russell Reichelt, Chair
Reef and
Rainforest Research Centre
Ms
Sheriden Morris, Managing Director
Thursday,
14 May 2009 - Canberra
Department
of Health and Ageing
Mr
Richard Eccles, First Assistant Secretary, Portfolio Strategies Division
Ms
Catherine Halbert, First Assistant Secretary, Office of Health Protection
Mr
Damian Coburn, Assistant Secretary, Policy Strategies Branch
Ms Colleen
Krestensen, Assistant Secretary, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Programs
Branch
Wednesday,
20 May 2009 – Melbourne
Individuals
Dr
Geoff Wescott
Ms
Barbara Norman
Bureau of
Meteorology
Dr
Michael Coughlan, Acting Chief Climatologist
Mr
David Walland, Acting Superintendent, National Climate Centre
Central
Coastal Board
Ms
Elizabeth Johnstone, Chair
Environment
Institute of Australia and New Zealand
Miss
Elizabeth Hurst, President
Ms Jane Gibbs,
Convenor, Climate Change Special Interest Section
Gippsland
Coastal Board
Mr
Duncan Malcolm, Chair
Ms
Natasha Vasey-Ellis, Executive Officer
Great
Ocean Road Coast Committee
Mr
David Clarke, Chief Executive Officer
SGS
Economics and Planning Pty Ltd
Mr
Clive Attwater, Director
Victorian
Coastal Council
Ms
Elizabeth Mears, Chair
Mr David
Harper, Executive Officer
Victorian Department
of Sustainability and Environment
Ms
Jennifer Pequignot, Director, Adaptation and Change Branch
Victorian Department
of Planning and Community Development
Mr
John Ginivan, Executive Director, Planning Policy
Western
Coastal Board
Mr
Steve Blackley, Executive Officer
Ms
Susan Mudford, Board Member
Thursday,
21 May 2009 - Melbourne
Academy of
Technological Sciences and Engineering
Professor
Leonard Stevens
Global
Warming Group Queenscliffe
Dr
Robert Fuller
Mornington
Peninsula Shire
Ms
Sophia Schyschow, Manager, Renewable Resources
Wellington
Shire Council
Mr
Bruce Graham, Director, Strategic Development
Mr
Lyndon Webb, Chief Executive Officer
Western
Port Greenhouse Alliance
Mr
Greg Hunt, Executive Officer
Thursday,
4 June 2009 - Canberra
Insurance
Council of Australia
Mr
Karl Sullivan, General Manager, Policy Risk and Disaster Planning Directorate
Thursday,
18 June 2009 - Canberra
Department
of Climate Change
Mr
Ian Carruthers, First Assistant Secretary, Adaptation and Land Management
Division
Dr
Anne-Marie Wilson, Director, Coastal Adaptation, Adaptation and Land Management
Division
Department
of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Mr
Malcolm Forbes, Deputy Secretary
Mr
Hilton Taylor, Assistant Secretary
Ms
Alexandria Rankin, First Assistant Secretary, Land and Coasts Division
Ms Tania
Rishniw, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Marine Division
Ms Vicki
Middleton, Assistant Secretary, Environment Assessment Branch 1, Approvals and
Wildlife Division
Wednesday,
26 August 2009 - Broome
Broome
Chamber of Commerce
Mr
Anthony Proctor, President
Save the
Kimberley
Mr
Hugh Brown
Shire of
Broome
Mr
Darryl Butcher, Director, Development Services
Cr
Graeme Campbell, Shire President
Thursday,
27 August 2009 - Broome
Individuals
Mr
Christopher Mitchell
Broome
Bird Observatory
Mrs
Andrea Spencer, Chairperson, BBO Management Committee
Conservation
Council of Western Australia
Mr
Piers Verstegen, Director
Environs
Kimberly Inc
Ms
Patricia Lowe, Board Member
Mr
Martin Pritchard, Executive Director
Ms
Louise Williams, West Kimberley Nature Project Co-ordinator
Roebuck
Bay Working Group
Mrs
Kandy Curran, Project Officer
WWF - Australia
Ms
Tanya Vernes, Program Manager