Appendix C – Witnesses and hearings

Wednesday, 20 June 2012 - Canberra

Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

              Mr Simon Banks, Assistant Secretary, Environmental Water Delivery

              Mr Steve Costello, Assistant Secretary, Commonwealth Environmental Water Office

              Ms Mary Harwood, First Assistant Secretary, Water Efficiency Division

              Mr David Parker, Deputy Secretary, Water

              Mr Tony Slatyer, First Assistant Secretary, Water Reform Division

Murray Darling Basin Authority

              Ms Rhondda Dickson, Chief Executive

              Mr Tony McLeod, General Manager, Water Resources Planning

              Ms Jody Swirepik, Environmental Management

National Water Commission

              Mr James Cameron, Chief Executive Officer

Friday, 22 June 2012 - Canberra

Australian Conservation Foundation

              Dr Arlene Harriss-Buchan

              Ruchira Talukdar, Healthy Rivers Campaigner

Australian Dairy Industry Council Inc

              Mr Daryl Hoey, Basin Response Taskforce

Australian National University

              Dr Jamie Pittock, Director of International Programs, UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Trans boundary Water Governance, Crawford School of Economics and Government

Cotton Australia

              Mr Murray Michael, Manager, National Water Policy

              Mr Michael Murray, National Water & Queensland Policy Manager

Dairy Australia

              Ms Claire Miller, Water Policy Analyst

DHI Solutions

              Mr Terry Van Kalken, Technical Director

Lachlan Valley Water

              Ms Mary Ewing, Executive Officer

Namoi Community Action Group

              Mr Bernard George

Namoi Councils Water Working Group

              Mr Bruce Brown, Chair

National Farmers' Federation

              Mr Leslie Gordon, Chair

              Ms Deborah Kerr, NRM Manager

National Irrigators' Council

              Mr Tom Chesson, Chief Executive Officer

State Water Corporation

              Mr Daniel Berry, Manager, Water Delivery

Water for Rivers

              Mr Richard Bull, Chairman

              Mr Neville Smith, Chief Executive Officer

Wentworth Group

              Mr Tim Stubbs, Policy Analyst

              Dr John Williams

Wednesday, 27 June 2012 - Canberra

Government of South Australia

              The Hon Paul Caica MP, Member for Colton/Minister for Environment and Conservation

NSW Government

              Mr David Harriss, Commissioner, NSW Office of Water

Victorian Government

              Dr Jane Doolan, Deputy Secretary, Water Group

              Mr Philip Heaphy, Director, Intergovernmental Policy Group