Public hearing - Canberra, Monday 10 August 2009

Inquiry into the Aspects of Bank Mergers

Public hearing - Canberra, Monday 10 August 2009

Start 9.00am
Venue 2S3, Parliament House, Canberra

9.00am–9:45am

Choice (Submission 6)
Ms Elissa Freeman, Senior Policy Officer

9.45am–10.30am

Abacus (Australian Mutuals) (Submission 18)
Mr Mark Degotardi, Head of Public Affairs
Mr Luke Lawler, Senior Advisor

10.30am–10.45am

Morning tea

10.45am–11.30am

Westpac (Submission 11)
Mr Brad Cooper, Group Chief Transformation Officer
Mr Andrew Buttsworth, Head of Government and Industry Affairs

11.30am–12.15pm

Brotherhood of St Laurence (Submission 8)
Gerard Brody, Senior Manager, Financial Inclusion

12.15pm–1.15pm

Lunch

1.15pm–2.00pm

Law Council of Australia (Submission 15)
Mr Dave Poddar, Partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques

2.00pm–2.45pm

Suncorp
David Foster, Group Executive

2.45pm–3.15pm

Associate Professor Frank Zumbo
University of New South Wales

3.15pm–3.30pm

Afternoon Tea & Adjournment

Inquiry into foreign investment by state-owned entities

3.30pm–4.00pm

Associate Professor Frank Zumbo
University of New South Wales (Submission 38)

4.00pm–4.45pm

Lowy Institute for International Policy (Submission 56)
Dr Malcolm Cook
Mr Mark Thirlwell
Via Teleconference

4.45pm–5.30 pm

Future Fund
Mr David Murray AO
Chair, Future Fund Board of Guardians

5.30pm–5.40pm

Short Break (if required)

5.40pm–6.20pm

Mr Ian Melrose (Submission 8)

6.20pm–7.00pm

Concept Economics (Submission 6)
Dr Brian Fisher

7.00pm

Adjournment

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