APPENDIX 2
LIST OF PUBLIC HEARINGS and WITNESSES
Tuesday, 25 June 1996: Canberra
Department of Communications and the Arts
Mr Neville Stevens, Secretary
Mr Tony Shaw, Acting Deputy Secretary
Ms Fay Holthuyzen, First Assistant Secretary, Telecommunications
Industry Division
Mr Col Lyons, Acting Assistant Secretary, Legal and Parliamentary
Branch
Mr John Neil, Assistant Secretary, Enterprise Policy Branch
Mr Tom Dale, Assistant Secretary, Regulatory Policy Branch
Mr Chris Cheah, Acting Assistant Secretary, Planning and Review Branch
Wednesday, 26 June 1996: Canberra
Department of Finance
Mr Michael Hutchinson, Deputy Secretary
Mr Roger Fisher, Acting Assistant Secretary, Transport and Communications
Branch
Ms Jan Mason, Acting Assistant Secretary,Telstra Scoping Study Task
Group
Mr David Ingham, Director, Telstra Scoping Study Task Group
Wednesday, 3 July 1996: Melbourne
Telstra Corporation
Mr Paul Rizzo, Group Managing Director, Finance and Administration
(Delegation leader)
Mr Rob Lomdahl, Manager, Regulatory Policy
Mr Gerry Moriarty, Chief Executive Officer, Telstra Multimedia Pty
Ltd
Mr Peter Shore, Managing Director, Commercial and Consumer
Mr John Stanhope, Director, Finance
Mr Graeme Ward, Group Director, Regulatory and External Affairs
Barclays de Zoete Wedd (BZW) Ltd
Mr Ian Martin, Telecommunications Analyst
Mr Simon Mordant, Head, Corporate Finance
Mr Stewart Fist - Communications Consultant
Union Research Centre on Organisation and Technology (URCOT)
Mr Bruce Wilson
Mr Peter Ewer
Dr Kerry Hinton
Unions
Ms Jennifer Doran, Senior Industrial Officer, Australian Council
of Trade Unions
Mr Colin Cooper, Divisional President (Communications) Communications,
Electrical and Plumbing Union
Mr Paul Watson, Divisional Secretary (Communications) Communications,
Electrical and Plumbing Union
Ms Ros Eason, Industrial Officer; Communications, Electrical and
Plumbing Union
Mr Pier De Carlo, Assistant Secretary (Telecommunications), Community
and Public Sector Union
Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman
Thursday, 4 July 1996: Perth
Government of West Australia
Phillip Skelton, Communications Access Branch, Public Sector Management
Office, Ministry of the Premier and Cabinet
WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Ms Nicola Cusworth, Chief Economist
Mr Ross McLean, Director, Policy
Western Australian Trades and Labor Council
Ms Stephanie Mayman, Assistant Secretary
Mr George Novak, Delegate
Conservation Council of Western Australia and Western Australian
Council of Social Services Inc.
Ms Joan Payne and Ms Beth Schultz, Conservation Council of Western
Australia
Mr Shawn Boyle, Executive Director, Western Australian Council of
Social Services Inc.
National Committee of Australian Women in Agriculture
Mrs Ann Lewis, State President
Wednesday, 10 July 1996: Townsville
Mr Michael Reynolds, AM
Director, Centre for Social and Welfare Research, James Cook University
of North Queensland
Professor John Quiggin
Department of Economics, James Cook University of North Queensland
Thursday, 11 July 1996: Brisbane
Australian Pensioners' and Superannuants' League
Mrs Jean Bowden, Representative, State Management Committee on Telecommunications
Issues
Mr John Rice
Unions
Mr Ian McLean, Branch Secretary (Queensland), Communications, Electrical
and Plumbing Union
Ms Claire Moore, Branch Secretary (Queensland), Community and Public
Sector Union
Mr Michael Trudgian, Education Officer, Community and Public Sector
Union
Brisbane City Council
Mr John Campbell, Deputy Lord Mayor
Mr Mark Theobold, Area Co-ordinator (Central), Works Department
Mr Geoff Veal, Development and Planning Department
Mr Frank Vardanega, Director, Communications Services
Friday, 12 July 1996: Sydney
Australian Telecommunications Users Group (ATUG)
Mr Allan Horsley, Managing Director
Communications Law Centre
Mr Jock Given, Director
Ms Sue Ferguson, Research and Policy Officer
Service Providers Action Network (SPAN)
Mr Brian Perkins, Chairman
Australian Photonics Co-operative Research Centre
Dr Mark Sceats, Chief Executive Officer
Consumers' Telecommunications Network
Ms Helen Campbell, Coordinator
Mr Gerard Goggin, Policy Adviser
Vodaphone
Mr Chris Dalton, Regulatory Policy Manager
Mr Graeme Holm, Senior Project Manager
Ms Fay Steward, Regulatory Policy Development Manager
Australian Consumers Association
Ms Mara Bún, Policy and Public Affairs Manager
Mr Barry Melville, Policy and Public Affairs Officer
National Womens' Media Centre
Ms Eva Cox, Convenor, Womens' Economic Think Tank
Ms Helen Leonard, Convenor, National Womens' Media Centre
Finance Sector Union of Australia and Media; Entertainment and
Arts Alliance
Mr Kevin Scott, Joint National Secretary, Finance Sector Union of
Australia
Mr Christopher Warren, Joint Federal Secretary, Media, Entertainment
and Arts Alliance
Tuesday, 23 July 1996: Adelaide
Local Government Association of South Australia
Mr Nick Scarvelis, Manager, Infrastructure and Regional Development
Councillor Vincenzina Ciccarello, State Executive Member
Councillor Lesley Purdom, Vice President
Association of Citizens Against Telecommunications Towers, with
Dr George Tallis
Ms Kate Barrett, Coordinator
Dr George Tallis
Department of Information Industry
Mr Peter Murchland, Information Industry Strategist
The Hon Robert Lawson, QC, Parliamentary Secretary
Mitcham Girls High School School Council, and City of Mitcham
Dr Margie Ripper, Chairperson, Mitcham Girls High School;
From the City of Mitcham:
Mr Tony Lawson, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Helen Walker, Director (Marketing and Customer Services)
Mr Peter Johnson, Chairperson
Councillor Christopher Shute
Representatives of Local Councils
Mr Jeff Tate, City Manager, City of Marion
Ms Annette Eiffe, Mayor of Prospect
Mr Michael Llewellyn-Smith, City Manager, Prospect
Mr Rodney Donne, Chief Executive Officer, City of Burnside
Mr Alan Taylor, Mayor of Burnside
Mr Ron Green, City of Unley
Mr Peter Tsokas, Manager (Infrastructure), City of Marion
Mr Chris Tually, Manager (Infrastructure), City of Unley
Councillor Bruce Hull, City of Marion
United Trades and Labour Council of South Australia; and the Communications,
Electrical and Plumbing Union, South Australia/Northern Territory
From the United Trades and Labour Council of South Australia:
Mr Chris White, Assistant Secretary
Ms Katherine Crispe, Executive Member
From the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union, South Australia/Northern
Territory,):
Mr Graham Thomas, Branch Organiser (Post and Telecommunications)
Mr Gerry Kandelaars, Secretary, Telecommunications and Services Branch
(by telephone from Darwin)
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Ms Cathy Picone and Ms Yumi Lee, Joint National Coordinators
Local Councils
Mr Guy Bayly, Special Projects Officer, District Council of Ceduna
(by telephone)
Mr Andrew Hemming, Chief Executive Officer, District Council of Coober
Pedy (by telephone)
Mr John Brazel, Administrator, Municipal Council of Roxby Downs
The Hon Mike Rann MA, MP, Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament
of South Australia
Conservation Council of South Australia
Ms Margaret Bolster, Vice President
Councillor Jane Henderson
Friday, 26 July 1996: Canberra
Department of Finance
Mr Michael Hutchinson, Deputy Secretary
Mr Roger Fisher, Assistant Secretary, Transport and Communications
Branch
Ms Jan Mason, Acting Assistant Secretary,Telstra Scoping Study Task
Group
Mr David Ingham, Director, Telstra Scoping Study Task Group
Mr John Edge, Director, Telstra Scoping Study Task Group
Mr Neil Williams, Assistant Director, Telstra Scoping Study Task
Group
Department of Communications and the Arts
Mr Anthony Shaw, Acting Deputy Secretary
Mr John Neil, Assistant Secretary, Enterprise and Standards Branch
Mr Tom Dale, Assistant Secretary, Regulatory Policy Branch
Mr Mark Dunstan, Director, Transport and Industry Section
Mr Col Lyons, Acting Assistant Secretary, Legal and Parliamentary
Branch
National Farmers Federation
Mr Donald McGauchie, President
Dr Wendy Craik, Executive Director
Ms Julie Austin, Assistant Director
Mr Mark Needham, Manager, Information Technology
Telstra Corporation
Mr Paul Rizzo, Group Managing Director, Finance and Administration
Mr Rob Cartwright, Group Managing Director, Employee Relations
Mr Graeme Ward, Group Director, Regulatory and External Affairs
Mr Peter Shore, Managing Director, Commercial and Consumer
Mr John Stanhope, Director, Finance
Mr David Krasnostein, Strategic Planning and Development
Mr Ross Marshall, National General Manager, Planning and Products
Ms Judy Slatyer, General Manager, Cable Services
Mr Rob Lomdahl, Manager, Regulatory Strategy
Australian Local Government Association
Mayor David Plumridge, President
Mr Ross Kelso, Technical Adviser
Optus
Mr Robert Simpson, Director, Legal and Regulatory, Optus Communication
Mr Brent Gerstle, Manager, Environmental Affairs, Optus Communication
Mr Paddy Costanzo, Manager, Policy, Optus Communication
Mr Andrew Bedogni, Manager, Regulatory Affairs, Optus Communication
Ms Samantha Mostyn, Director, Corporate Affairs, Optus Vision
Attorney-General's Department
Mr Don Markus, General Counsel to the Dept. of Communications and
the Arts
Tuesday, 30 July 1996: Melbourne
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Professor Alan Fels, Chairman
Mr David Lieberman, Commissioner
Mr Ron Cameron, Project Manager
Mr Chris Pattas, Project Manager
Victorian Local Governance Association
Councillor Mike Hill, Secretary
Mr Peter Johnstone, Chief Executive Officer
Cables Downunder
Mr Michael Kennedy, Chief Executive Officer, City of Boroondara,
Chairman
Ms Sheila O'Sullivan, Strategic Adviser
Mr Noel Matthews, from the City of Boroondara
Centre for International Research on Communication and Information
Technologies (CIRCIT); and Telecommunications Needs Research Group,
RMIT
Mr John Burke, Director
Ms Dianne Northfield, Research Fellow
Assoc. Prof Patricia Gillard, Director, Telecommunications Needs
Research Group, RMIT
Tasmanian Consumers' Union
Ms Cora Trevarthen, President, Tasmanian Consumer Union
Australian Telecommunications Authority (AUSTEL)
Business Council of Australia
Mr Claude Piccinin, Assistant Director, (Economics)
Electronic Commerce Australia
Mr Peter Blanchard, Chief Executive Officer
Municipal Association of Victoria
Mr Robert Barnes, Chief Executive Officer, Banyule City Council
Mr Frank Austin, Policy Analyst, Banyule City Council
Mr Doug Owens, Chief Executive Officer, Banyule City Council