APPENDIX 2
WITNESSES WHO APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
Wednesday 29 April 1998, Jacaranda Room, Gazebo Hotel, Elizabeth Bay,
NSW
Ord Minnett Limited
Mr Stephen Chipkin, Director, Ord Minnett Corporate Finance
Mr Robert Lipman, Head, Investment Planning
Mr David Wilson, Telecommunications Analyst, Ord Minnett Securities Ltd
Australian Consumers' Association
Ms Mara Bun, Policy Manager
Mr Steve Horrocks, Senior Policy Officer, Information Technology and
Communications
Australian Telecommunications Users Group
Mr Allan Horsley, Managing Director
Mr Stewart Fist
Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union, New South Wales Telecommunications
and Services Branch
Mr Guy Robins, Assistant Secretary
Mr Malcolm Tulloch, Branch Organiser
Australian Telecommunications Industry Association
Mr Alex Gosman
Country Women's Association
Mrs Margaret Smith, National President
Mrs Jan Brill, National Secretary
Mrs June Southwell, NSW State Vice President
AAPT Telecommunications
Mr Brian Perkins, Director, Regulatory and Legal
Mr Alasdair Grant, Manager, Regulatory
Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications
Mr Maha Krishnapillai, Manager Regulatory
Ms Jenny Fox, General Counsel
Global One Communications
Mr Craig Brendish, Manager, Commercial and Regulatory Affairs, ANZ
Consumer Telecommunications Network
Ms Helen Campbell, Coordinator
Tuesday 5 May 1998, Reception Room, Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne
Telstra Corporation Ltd
Mr Paul Rizzo, Group Managing Director, Finance and Administration
Mr Gerry Moriarty, Group Managing Director, Network Technology and Multimedia
Mr Peter Shore, Group Managing Director, Commercial and Consumer
Mr John Stanhope, Director Finance
Mr Graeme Ward, Group Director, Regulatory and External Affairs
Australian Communications Authority
Ms Esther Alter, Member
Ms Roslyn Kelleher, Executive Manager, Consumer Affairs Group
Mr Steve Thurston, Manager, Consumer Safeguards
Mr Neill Whitehead, Manager, Universal Service Obligations
Government of Western Australia, Commerce and Trade
Mr Phillip Skelton
Communications Expert Group
Dr W Green
Mr Lance Sanderson
Communications Electrical Plumbing Union
Mr Colin Cooper, Divisional President, Communications Division
Ms Rosalind Eason, Senior Industrial Research Officer, Communications
Division
Communications Law Centre
Mr Jock Given
Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman
Mr John Pinnock
Western Murray Development
Mr Laurie Eakin
Australian Secondary Principals' Association
Mr Peter Martin, Executive Officer
Victorian Association of State Secondary Principals
Mr Ted Brierly, President
Wednesday 6 May 1998, Committee Room 2S1, Parliament House, Canberra
Department of Communications and the Arts
Mr Neville Stevens, Secretary
Ms Fay Holthuyzen, First Assistant Secretary, Telecommunications Industry
Division
Mr John Neil, Assistant Secretary, Enterprise and Radio Communications
Branch
Mr Chris Cheah, Assistant Secretary, Regulatory and Networks Branch
Department of Finance and Administration
Mr Stephen Bartos, General Manager
Mr Phillip Prior, Assistant Secretary
Mr Paul Goodwin, Branch Manager, Budget Policy, Coordination
Ms Sandra Wilson, Branch Manager, Commonwealth Superannuation Group
Prof John Quiggin, Professor of Economics, James Cook University (By
teleconference)
Mr Martin Tolar, Associate Lecturer, University of Western Sydney,
Macarthur Campus (By teleconference)
Office of Asset Sales and Information Technology Outsourcing
Mr Mike Hutchinson, Chief Executive
Optus Communications
Mr Bruce Meagher, Manager, Government Affairs
Mr Adam Suckling, Group Manager, Regulatory Policy
Ms Deirdre O'Donnell, Manager, Regulatory Strategy
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
Mr Rod Shogren, Commissioner for Telecommunications
Mr Ron Cameron, Directory, Telecommunications Policy Coordination
Australian Local Government Association
Mr Graham Sansom, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Kristin Stewart, Senior Policy Officer
Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia
Mr Rob Bastian, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Vincent Mitchell, Consultant
National Farmers' Federation
Mr John Watson, Senior Vice-President
Dr Wendy Craik, Executive Director
Mr Robert Ceramidas, Chief Executive Officer, Farmwide Pty Ltd
Mr Mark Needham, Director, Infrastructure Development, Farmwide Pty Ltd