Public Hearing - Canberra, Wednesday 4 May 2011

Inquiry into Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping Measures) Bill 2011

Public Hearing - Canberra, Wednesday 4 May 2011

Committee Room 2S3
Parliament House
CANBERRA

9.15 am - 4.30 pm

Time Witness

9.15 am – 10.15 am

Government Panel
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (Submission 15*)
Ms Sue Pitman, National Director, Trade and Compliance
Mr Geoff Gleeson, Director, Operations 3, Trade Measures Branch
Ms Rachel Harris, Manager Policy and Capability, Trade Measures Branch
Mr Nicholas Ward, Acting Director, Policy and Capability, Trade Measures Branch
Mr Geoffrey Johannes, National Manager, Trade and Compliance Division
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Mr James Baxter, Assistant Secretary, Trade Law Branch, Office of Trade Negotiations
Ms Elizabeth Young, Director, WTO Disputes: Special Adviser's Section, Trade Law Branch, Office of Trade Negotiations
Mr Russell Wild, Director, Subsidies and Trade Remedies Section, Trade Law Branch, Office of Trade Negotiations
Ms Natasha Spisbah, Executive Officer, Subsidies and Trade Remedies Section, Trade Law Branch, Office of Trade Negotiations
Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (Submission 16*)
Ms Judith Zielke, Head of Division, Enterprise Connect Division
Mr Paul Trotman, General Manager, Trade and International Branch, Enterprise Connect Division
Ms Lyndall Milward-Bason, Manager, Customs Policy Section, Trade and International Branch, Enterprise Connect Division

10.15 am – 11.00 am

JELD-WEN Australia (Submission 7* and Submission 7#)
Dr Ron Silberberg, Senior Corporate Adviser, Jeld-Wen
Mr Adrian Green, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Mr Andrew Percival, Special Counsel, Corrs Chambers Westgarth Lawyers

11:00 am – 11:15 am

Morning tea

11:15 am – 12:00 pm

Law Council of Australia & Law Institute of Victoria (Submission 11* and Submission 6#)
Mr Andrew Percival (Law Council of Australia)
Mr Andrew Hudson (Law Institute of Victoria)

12:00 pm – 1:15 pm

Lunch
(There is a private meeting of the Senate Economics References Committee in Committee Room 2S3 from 12.00 pm)

1.15 pm – 2.15 pm

Trade Union Panel
Australian Council of Trade Unions (by teleconference) (Submission 14*)
Mr Joel Fetter, Policy and Industrial Director
Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (Submission 4*)
Mr Callen Parsons, National Industrial Officer, AMWU
Australian Workers' Union (Submission 3* and Submission 2#)
Mr Brad Crofts, National Economist, AWU
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (Submission 8* and Submission 3#)
Mr Travis Wacey, National Policy Research Officer

2.15 pm – 3.00 pm

Australian Paper (Submission 2*)
Dr Garry Jones, Planning and Development Manager

3.00 pm – 3.45 pm

Australian Industry Group (by teleconference) (Submission 9* and Submission 5#)
Mr Innes Willox, Director

3.45 pm – 4.30 pm

Australian Steel Association (Submission 10*)
Mr David Birrell, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Merton (Jack) Howard, Secretary

4.30 pm

Adjournment

*  Refers to submission made to the Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping) Bill 2011
#  Refers to submission made to the Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping Measures) Bill 2011

For further information, contact:

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

Phone: +61 2 6277 3540
Fax: +61 2 6277 5719
Email: economics.sen@aph.gov.au