Public hearing - Melbourne, Thursday 29 April 2010

Inquiry into the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill (No. 2) 2010

Public hearing - Melbourne, Thursday 29 April 2010

Room 6G, Legislative Council Committee Offices
55 St Andrew's Place
MELBOURNE

8.30 am - 5.30 pm

Time
Witness

8.30 – 9.10am

Mr Lynden Griggs  (Submission 7) (via teleconference)
University of Tasmania Law School

9.10 – 9.50am

Energy Retailers Association  (Submission 9)
Mr Cameron O’Reilly, Executive Director

9.50– 10.30am

Telstra  (Submission 11)
Ms Jennifer Crichton, General Counsel, Consumer Marketing and Channels
Mr James Shaw, Director, Government Relations
Sensis (Submission 2)
Rochelle Younger, Lawyer

10.30 – 10.40am

Morning Tea

10.40 – 11.20am

Salmat, AEGIS Direct and CPM (Submission 13)
Josh Faulks, Head of External Affairs, Salmat
Gary Smith, Head of Strategic Solutions, Salmat
Paul Crummy, General Manager, Aegis Direct. 
Gingkai Tan, Director of Direct Sales, CPM. 
Australian Direct Marketing Association (Submission 22)
Ms Melinda Rohan, Director - Corporate & Regulatory Affairs

11.20am – 12.00pm

Professor Justin Malbon
Chair of the Australian Consumer Research Network, Monash University
Dr Jeannie Patterson
Law School, University of Melbourne

12.00 – 12.40pm

Freehills (Submission 35)
Professor Bob Baxt AO, Partner
Mr Alan Peckham, Partner
 Professor John Carter, Consultant (via teleconference)

12.40 – 1.20pm

Lunch

1.20 – 2.00pm

Consumer Action Law Centre  (Submission 28)
Ms Catriona Lowe, Co-Chief Executive Officer

2.00 – 2.40pm

Franchise Council of Australia
Mr Steve Wright, Executive Director

2.40 – 5.30pm

Witnesses for Tax Law Amendment Bill No. 2 2010

5.30pm

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