Public hearing - Canberra, Tuesday 9 August 2011

Inquiry into the capacity of communication networks and emergency warning systems to deal with emergencies and natural disasters

Public hearing - Canberra, Tuesday 9 August 2011

Committee Room 2S1, Parliament House, CANBERRA

Time

Witness

9.40 am

Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (No submission)
Ms Naomi Brown, Chief Executive Officer

10.20 am

Morning tea

10.35 am

Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association and the Communications Alliance (Joint Submission 33)
Mr Chris Althaus, Chief Executive Director, AMTA
Ms Lisa Brown, Manager, Policy, AMTA

11.15 am

Panel:
Local Government Association of Queensland (Submission 22) via teleconference
Mr Greg Hoffman, General Manager – Advocate
Burdekin Shire Council (Submission 36)
Mr Ken Holt, Chief Executive Officer

12.05 pm

Lunch

1.00 pm

Panel:
Internet Society of Australia (No submission)
Mr Tony Hill, President
Internode (Submission 19) via teleconference
Mr John Lindsay, GM Regulatory and Corporate Affairs

1.50 pm

Panel:
Geoscience Australia (Submission 3)
Dr Andrew Barnicoat, Acting Chief, Geospatial and Earth Monitoring Division
Mr Gordon Cheyne, Director, Operations, National Earth Observation Group
Bureau of Meteorology (Submission 42)
Mr Alasdair Hainsworth, Branch Head, Weather and Ocean Services Branch
Ms Ann Farrell, Head of Public, Marine and Agricultural Weather Services

2.50 pm

Afternoon tea

3.05 pm

Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Submission 34)
Mr Andrew Maurer, Assistant Secretary, Spectrum and Wireless Services Branch
Australian Communications and Media Authority (no submission)
Ms Maureen Cahill, General Manager, Communications Infrastructure Division
Dr Andrew Kerans, Executive Manager, Spectrum Infrastructure Branch

4.05 pm

Attorney-General's Department (Submission 24)
Mr Kym Duggan, First Assistant Secretary, National Security Capability Development
Mr Michael Rothery, First Assistant Secretary, National Security Resilience Policy
Mr James Anderson, Director, National Security Coordination and Communications Section
Ms Diane Podlich, Director, Emergency Management Policy Branch
Ms Kerryn Vine-Camp, Assistant Secretary, Crisis Coordination
Mr Michael Pahlow, Assistant Secretary, Counter-Terrorism Capability Development
Mr Peter Channells, Assistant Secretary, Emergency Management Capability Development

5.05 pm

Adjournment

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3526
Fax: +61 2 6277 5818
Email: eca.sen@aph.gov.au