Appendix 2 - Hearings and Witnesses
Canberra, Thursday, 11 December 2003
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(ACCI)
Mr Peter Anderson,
Director of Industrial Relations
Australian Industry Group (AIG)
Mr
Jim Barrett, National
General Manager, Construction
Mr Peter Nolan,
Director Industrial Relations
National Occupational Health and Safety
Commission
Mr Robin
Stewart-Crompton, CEO
Master Builders Association of Australia
Mr Wilhelm Harnisch,
Chief Executive Officer
Mr Richard Calver,
National Director, Industrial Relations and Legal Counsel
Mr Brian Seidler,
Executive Director, MBA NSW
Australian Council of Trade Unions
Ms Sharan Burrow,
President
Mr Greg Combet,
Secretary
Ms Linda Rubinstein, Research Officer
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Mr John Lloyd,
Deputy Secretary (Workplace Relations)
Ms Barbara Bennett,
Group Manager, Workplace Relations Implementation
Mr David Bohn,
Assistant Secretary, Building Industry Legislation Team
Mr Rex Hoy, Group
Manager, Workplace Relations Policy
Mr Steve Kibble,
Assistant Secretary, Royal Commission Implementation Team
Ms Flora
Carapellucci, Assistant Secretary, Industries Branch
Mr
Derren Gillespie, Assistant
Secretary, Royal Commission Implementation Team
Sydney, Monday, 2 February 2004
Professor Ronald McCallum
Labor Council of New South
Wales
Mr
John Robertson, Secretary
Mr
Chris Christodoulou, Deputy Assistant Secretary
Dr John Buchanan
Construction, Forestry,
Mining and Energy Union
Mr
John Sutton, National Secretary
Mr
David Noonan, National Assistant Secretary
Mr
Trevor Melksham, Divisional Branch Secretary
Mr
Tom Roberts, Senior Legal Officer
Sydney, Tuesday, 3 February
2004
Communications, Electrical,
Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of
Australia
Mr
Peter Tighe, National Secretary
Mr
Bernard Riordan, Secretary
Linddales Personnel
Mr
Anthony Bleasdale, Director
Mr Richard Whitehead
Taylor and Scott, Lawyers
Mr
Lachlan Riches, Senior Associate
Walsos Pty Ltd
Mr
Terry Hough, Managing Director
Mr
Chris White, President, Australian Sub-contractors Association
Mr
Ian Fulford, Consultant
Australian Manufacturing
Workers Union
Mr
Doug Cameron, National Secretary
Mr
Alister Kentish, National Research Officer
Brisbane, Tuesday, 24 February
2004
Housing Industry Association
Mr Glenn Simpson,
Executive Director, Industrial Relations and Legal Services
Mr Ferdie Kroon,
Assistant Director, Compliance
Mr John Futer,
Executive Director, Occupational Health and Safety (National)
Building Union Superannuation
Scheme QLD
Mr Paul
Byrne, CEO
Construction Income Protection Queensland
Mr Bill Wallace, Company Secretary (former Director Membership Services, QMBA)
Building Employees Redundancy
Trust (BERT Fund)
Mr William Perrett, Coordinator
CFMEU (Queensland Branch)
Mr Wallace Trohear,
General Secretary
Ms Melissa Austin,
Industrial Relations Research Officer
Mr
Anthony Kele, Crane Driver
Mr Mark
Parsons, Carpenter
Mr
Rudiger Kramer, Carpenter, Plasterer
Queensland Council of Unions
Ms Grace Grace,
General Secretary
Mr Mark Brady,
Industrial Officer
CEPU, Queensland
Mr Dick Williams,
General Secretary, Electrical Division
Mr Peter Ong,
Organiser
Mr Jorgen
Gullestrup, State Secretary, Plumbing Division
ECA (Electrical and Communications) QLD
Mr Paul Daly,
Executive Manager, Compliance
Brisbane,
Wednesday, 25 February 2004
Queensland Master Builders Association
Mr Graham Cuthbert,
Executive Officer
Mr John Crittall,
Director of Construction and Excavation
Walter Construction Group
Mr Greg Packer,
Construction Manager
Hutchinson Builders
Mr Greg Quinn,
Managing Director
Sunland Constructions
Mr John Tatler,
Construction Manager
Construction Training Queensland CTQ
Mr Greg Shannon,
General Manager
Australian Building and Construction
Employees Association and Builders Labourers Federation QLD
Mr Greg Simcoe,
State Secretary
North West Commercial Industries
Mr Peter Cavanagh,
Director
Shamrock Civil Engineering
Mr Brendan Kealy,
Director
Higgins Coatings Pty Ltd
Mr Chris Dennis,
Queensland State Manager
QR Concrete
Mr Chris Jones,
Managing Director
Superior Walls and Ceilings
Mr Paul
Lathouras, Director
Perth,
Tuesday, 16 March 2004
Gadens Lawyers
Mr Allan
Drake-Brockman, Partner
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy
Union ,WA branch
Mr Kevin Reynolds,
Secretary
Mr Timothy Kucera,
Industrial Officer
Ms Karen Scoble,
Industrial Officer
Unions WA
Ms Stephanie Mayman,
Secretary
CEPU
Mr Les Mclaughlan,
Organiser
Mr John OConnor
Perth, Wednesday, 17 March 2004
Master Builders Association of Western
Australia
Mr Michael McLean,
Executive Director
Mr Kimberley
Richardson, Industrial Relations Manager
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western
Australia
Mr Bruce Williams,
Divisional Director, Employee Relations
Adelaide, 18
March 2004
Building Industry Specialist Contractors
Organisation of South Australia
Mr Keith Bleechmore,
Director
Construction Industry Training Board
Mr Stephen Larkins,
Chief Executive Officer
Mr John OConnor,
Finance and Administration Manager
Ms Catherine Carn,
Entry Level Training Manager
Office of the Employee Ombudsman
Mr Gary Collis,
Employee Ombudsman
Australian Institute of Building
Mr Graham Fricker,
International President and Past National President
Mr John Thomas, Chairman, National Building Professionals Register
Committee and Past National President
Mr Leslie Thompson,
Honorary Secretary, South Australian Chapter
Mr Donald Dalby,
Director, D. and R. Dalby Pty Ltd
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy
Union
Mr Martin OMalley,
Secretary
Mr Harold Ennis,
Director, Construction Industry Training Centre
United Trades and Labor Council of South
Australia
Ms Janet Giles,
Secretary
Mr Graham Warren,
VET Project Officer
Master Builders Association of South
Australia Inc
Mr Robert Stewart,
Chief Executive Officer
Mr Maurice Howard,
Industrial Relations Manager
Northern
Territory, Tuesday, 6 April 2004
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy
Union
Mr David Noonan,
Assistant National Secretary
Mr Joseph Gallagher,
Organiser,
Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union
Mr Alan Paton, Organiser,
Electrical Division
Masonry and Concrete
Mr Vernon Cridland,
Owner
Sydney,
Wednesday, 7 April 2004
Professor Denny McGeorge
Professor Martin Loosemore
Associate Professor Braham Dabscheck
Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy
Union
Mr Andrew Ferguson,
Secretary, New South Wales Branch
Mr David Glass,
State Official, New South Wales Branch
Ms Keryn McWhinney,
Senior Claims Officer, New South Wales Branch
Australian Expert Group in Industry Studies
Dr Phillip Toner,
Senior Research Fellow, University of Western Sydney
Property Council of Australia
Mr Peter Verwer,
Chief Executive
Melbourne,
Wednesday, 19 May 2004
Victorian Trades Hall Council
Mr Brian Boyd,
Senior Industrial Officer
Master Builders Association of Victoria
Mr Brian Welch,
Executive Director
Ms Kim Attwood,
Manager, Industrial Relations and Occupational Health and Safety
Australian National Committee of the
International Centre for Trade Union Rights
Mr Mordy Bromberg,
International Vice-President
Mr David Chin,
Vice-President
Mr Anthony Lawrence,
Secretary-Treasurer
Mr Mark Gibian,
Member, Executive Committee
Central Equity Ltd
Mr Vincent
Cerritelli, General Manager, Building and Construction
Australian Taxation Office
Mr Mark Konza,
Deputy Commissioner, Small Business
Mr Ian Read, Assistant
Deputy Commissioner, Small Business
Private capacity
Mr Robert Merriman
Slater and Gordon
Mr Marcus Clayton,
Partner in charge of Industrial, Employment and Public Interest Unit
Melbourne, Thursday, 20 May
2004
Plumbing Division,
Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing
and Allied Services Union of Australia
Mr
Earl Setches, State/Federal Secretary
Mr
Nazzareno Ottobre, President, Plumbing Division
Mr
Justin Cooney, Industrial Officer, Plumbing Division
Mr
Barney Cooney, Senate amicus
Construction,
Forestry, Mining and Energy Union
Mr
Tommy Watson, State Secretary
Mr
Martin Kingham, State Secretary, FEDFA branch
Enviro Electrics Pty Ltd
Mr
Charles Dixon, Managing Director
Maxim Electrical Services
(Vic) Pty Ltd
Mr
Mark Birkett, Contracts Manager
Communications, Electrical,
Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of
Australia (CEPU)
Mr
Dean Mighell, Secretary, Southern States Branch
Mr
David Mier, Organiser, Southern States Branch
Private capacity
Mr
Alan Allpress, Manager, Western Ceilings
Mr
John Allpress
Mr
Warwick John
Mr
Gordon Stevens
Melbourne, Friday, 21 May 2004
Contrax Plumbing
Mr
Greg Fowler, Chief Executive Officer
Collingwood Plumbing
Mr
Frank Dagostino, Managing Director
Liberty Victoria
Mr
Christopher Maxwell, Immediate Past President
National Electrical
Contractors Association
Mr Peter Glynn,
Secretary and Chief Executive Officer
Mr
Philip Green, Chief Executive Officer, Victorian Chapter
Master Plumbers and Mechanical
Services Association of Australia
Mr
Ray Herbert, Executive/Secretary
Australian Workers Union
Mr
Bill Shorten, National and Victorian Branch Secretary
PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal
Mr
Ross Levin, Partner
Civil Contractors Federation
Mr
Geoff Stevenson, National Industrial Relations Adviser
Mr
Douglas Williams, National Chief
Executive
Canberra, Tuesday, 25 May 2004
Econtech
Mr
Christopher Murphy, Director
Department of Employment and
Workplace Relations
Ms
Barbara Bennett, Group Manager, Workplace Relations Implementation Group
Mr
Nigel Hadgkiss, Director, Building Industry Taskforce
Mr
John Lloyd, Deputy Secretary, Workplace Relations
Mr
James Smythe, Chief Counsel, Workplace Relations Legal Group