Public Hearing - Canberra, Monday 23 April 2007

Inquiry into Gene Technology Amendment Bill 2007

Public Hearing - Canberra, Monday 23 April 2007

Senate Committee Room 2S1
Parliament House
CANBERRA

1.30 pm - 2.10 pm

Greenpeace Australia Pacific (Sub 10)
(via teleconference)
Ms Louise Sales, Community Organiser – Genetic Engineering

2.10 pm - 2.50 pm

Grains Research and Development Corporation (Sub 9)
Mr John Harvey, Executive Manager Varieties
Mr Andreas Betzner, Manager Gene Discovery
Mr Zoltan Lukacs, Corporate Strategist Evaluation & Reporting

2.50 pm - 3.30 pm

Gene Ethics (Sub 7)
(via teleconference)
Mr Bob Phelps

3.30 pm - 3.45 pm

Break

3.45 pm - 4.30 pm

Monsanto Ltd (Sub 3)
Mr David Penna, Regulatory Affairs Lead – Australia/NZ Monsanto

Bayer CropScience (Sub 4)
Mr Kay Khoo, Regulatory, Public & Government Affairs Manager

CropLife (sub 12)

Dow AgroSciences (Sub 8)

4.30 pm - 5.30 pm

Department of Health and Ageing (Sub 5)
Ms Mary Murnane, Deputy Secretary
Ms Linda Addison, First Assistant Secretary, Regulatory Policy and Governance Division

Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (Sub 1)
Dr Sue Meek, Gene Technology Regulator

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3515
Fax: +61 2 6277 5829
Email: community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au