Report of the Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts References Committee
The Heat Is On: Australia's Greenhouse Future
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Appendix 2

Witnesses at Hearings

Canberra - Thursday, 9 March 2000

Australian Greenhouse Office

• Ms Gwenyth Andrews, Chief Executive Officer
• Mr Ian Carruthers, Manager, Greenhouse Policy Group
• Mr Phil Harrington, Executive Manager

Department of Industry, Science and Resources

• Mr Steve Irwin, Assistant Secretary, Greenhouse Response Branch

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

• His Excellency Mr Ralph Hillman, Ambassador for the Environment

Department of Environment and Heritage

• Mr Robert Butterworth, First Assistant Secretary, Policy Co-ordination
• Mr Mark Tucker, Assistant Secretary, Environment Protection Group

Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Australia

• Mr Peter Franklin, Assistant Secretary, Sustainability and Policy Co-ordination Branch

Department of Transport and Regional Services

• Mr Tony Moleta, Acting Assistant Secretary, Environment Group

Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research,
The Met Office, United Kingdom (Video link-up from Washington)

• Dr Geoff Jenkins, Director

Greenpeace International (Video link-up from Berlin)

• Mr Bill Hare, Director, Climate Policy

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United Nations
(Video link-up from Nepal)

• Dr Robert Watson, Chairman

CRC for Southern Hemisphere Meterology, Monash University

• Professor David Karoly, Director

 

Canberra – Friday, 10 March 2000

Australian Aluminium Council

• Mr David Coutts, Executive Director
• Mr Brian Wills-Johnson, Member Representative

The Australia Institute

• Dr Clive Hamilton, Executive Director

Minerals Council of Australia

• Ms Robyn Priddle, Assistant Director, Environmental Policy
• Mr Richard Wells, Executive Director

National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health,
Australian National University

• Dr Charles Guest, Senior Fellow

The Wilderness Society

• Mr Noel Ryan, Volunteer Researcher

Climate Action Network Australia

• Ms Anna Reynolds, Convenor

Orica Pty Ltd

• Mr John O'Connor, Government Relations Manager
• Mr Roy Rose, General Manager, Technology

Pacific Bioweb

• Mr Ian Fry, Regional Co-ordinator

Mr Paul Hanley (private capacity)

Mr Laurie Virr (private capacity)

 

Melbourne – Monday, 20 March 2000

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

• Dr Chris Mitchell, Key Account Manager (Greenhouse), Division of Atmospheric Research
• Dr Graeme Ivan Pearman, Chief, Division of Atmospheric Research

Bureau of Meteorology

• Dr Michael John Manton, Chief, Research Centre
• Professor John William Zillman, Director

Australian Industry Greenhouse Network

• Miss Megan Jane Davison, Network Co-ordinator
• Mr John Maxwell Eyles, Executive Director
• Mr Alistair Charles McClure, Member (representing Rio Tinto Ltd)

Australasian Railway Association

• Mr David Welbourn Hill, Research Officer
• Mr John Phillip Kirk, Executive Director

Friends of the Earth (Fitzroy)

• Ms Tristy Lee Fairfield, Finance Worker

Environment Victoria

• Ms Esther Marie Abram, Director

 

Melbourne - Tuesday, 21 March 2000

Business Council of Australia

• Mr David Anthony Buckingham, Executive Director
• Ms Karen Lynn Grady, Assistant Director

Australian Conservation Foundation

• Mr John Andrew Connor, Campaigns Director
• Mr Donald James Henry, Executive Director
• Mr Sam Van Rood, Sustainable Cities and Industries Campaign

City of Ballarat

• Mr Patrick John Garry, Environmental Health Officer
• Mr Alex Serrurier, Chief Environmental Health Officer

International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives,
Australia/New Zealand

• Mr Wayne Lance Wescott, Executive Director

Australian Cogeneration Association

• Mr Riccardo Brazzale, Executive Director

Sustainable Energy Industry Association (Australia) Ltd

• Mr John David Abba, Chief Executive Officer
• Mr Alan Kenneth Pears, Policy Adviser

Cooperative Research Centre for Clean Power from Lignite

• Dr David Brockway, Chief Executive Officer

Dr Michael George Gunter, Owner Operator, Breamlea Wind Generator

 

Sydney – Wednesday, 22 March 2000

The Cabinet Office of New South Wales

• Mr Peter Gerald Stevens, Principal Policy Officer, Greenhouse and Sustainable Development Unit

State Forests of New South Wales

• Dr David George Brand, Executive General Manager
• Mr Nigel Laurance Routh, Policy Manager

Sustainable Energy Development Authority of New South Wales

• Mr Christopher Gerard Dunstan, Manager Policy and Corporate Relations

Newcastle City Council

• Mr Peter Dormand, Project Director, Australian Municipal Energy Improvement Facility, Co-ordinator, Green Energy and Water Project
• Ms Leanne Graham, Environmental Education Officer, Australian Municipal Energy Improvement Facility, Co-ordinator, Green Energy Learning Programs

Energy Technology Investments

• Ms Catherine Radford Zoi, Managing Director

BP Amoco

• Mr Merton Ray Smith, HSE Affairs Adviser

Electricity Supply Association of Australia Ltd

• Mr Keith William Orchison, Managing Director
• Dr Harry Anthony Schaap, Assistant Director, Environment

Pacific Power

• Mr Paul James Flanagan, Assistant General Manager, Environmental Services
• Dr Robert David Lang, General Manager, Operations and Marketing
• Mr Anthony Sproule, Energy Development Engineer

Pacific Solar Pty Ltd

• Mr Peter John Lawley, Manager, Business Development

Australian Consumers Association

• Ms Lynette Thorstensen, Consultant

Railway Technical Society of Australasia

• Dr Phillip Laird, National Chairman

University of New South Wales Tranport Program
New South Wales Environment Management Program

• Dr Chloe Mason, Manager

 

Sydney – Thursday, 23 March 2000

Australian Gas Association

• Mr William Nagle, Chief Executive Officer

Australian Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association

• Mr Chris Greenhill, General Manager

Elgas Ltd

• Mr Ian James Maloney, General Manager, Commercial

School of Physics, University of Sydney

• Dr Manfred Lenzen, Research Fellow, Department of Applied Physics
• Professor David Robert McKenzie, Head of Department, Department of Applied Physics
• Dr David Mills, Principal Research Fellow, Department of Applied Physics, and Project Chair, International Solar Energy Society

World Wide Fund For Nature

• Mr Michael Rae, Program Leader, Resource Conservation

ACRE Policy Group

• Dr Hugh David Walter Saddler, Member

Australian CRC for Renewable Energy

• Dr Muriel Watt, Director, Energy Policy Group

Australian Gas Light Company

• Mrs Leith Wood, Manager, Government and Public Affairs

 

Perth - Monday, 17 April 2000

Ministry of Premier and Cabinet

• Mr Peter Francis Conran, Acting Deputy Director General

Department of Resources Development

• Dr Jim Limerick, Chief Executive Officer

Department of Conservation and Land Management

• Dr Wally Cox, Chief Executive Officer

Department of Environmental Protection

• Dr Bryan Robert Jenkins, Chief Executive Officer

Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia Inc

• Ms Jane Aberdeen, Executive Officer, Environment
• Mr Ian David Satchwell, Chief Executive Officer

Normandy Mining Ltd

• Mr Gary John Jeffrey, Executive General Manager, Cobalt

Woodside Energy Ltd

• Ms Erica Lee Smyth, External Affairs
• Mr Steven Leonard Waller, Business Manager, Greenhouse Affairs

School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
University of New South Wales

• Professor Hugh Ronald Outhred, Associate Professor

Chevron Australia Pty Ltd

• Mr Peter William Coghlan, Business Policy and HSE Manager
• Mr Alan Dunlop, Gorgon Area Gas Asset Manager, Gorgon Development
• Mr Russell David Harry Lagdon, Environmental Co-ordinator, Gorgon Development
• Dr Jim Reid McCabe, General Manager, Gas and New Opportunities

Westfarmers CSBP Ltd

• Mr Cameron John Schuster, Manager, Environment and Manufacturing Support

Australian Co-operative Research Centre for Renewable Energy

• Ms Carie Louise Sonneborn, Policy Analyst

Conservation Council of Western Australia

• Dr Sue Graham-Taylor, President

Western Australian Greenhouse Council

• Dr Brian Jenkins, Chairman

 

Perth - Tuesday, 18 April 2000

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia

• Mr William Stephen Sashegyi, Manager, Industry and Resources
• Mr Martin Taylor, Environmental Co-ordiantor

Epic Energy

• Mr Jay Holm, Chief Executive Officer
• Mr Carlton Nothling, State Manager Queensland

 

Hobart – Friday, 5 May 2000

University of Tasmania Centre for Environmental Studies

• Associate Professor John Jeffrey Todd, Co-ordinator of Environmental Studies

Antarctic Co-operative Research Centre

• Professor William Francis Budd, Leader, Modelling Program
• Professor Garth William Paltridge, Director
• Dr Thomas Trull, Program Leader, Biogeochemical Cycles

Hydro-Electric Corporation

• Mr Richard Anthony Perrin, Senior Environmental Officer
• The Hon Peter Elliott Rae, Chairman
• Mr John Philip Titchen, Manager, Renewable Energy Projects
• Mr Geoffrey Livingston Willis, Chief Executive Officer

Mr Richard Calitz (private capacity)

 

Brisbane - Friday, 26 May 2000

Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society

• Dr Clyde Norman Anderson, Committee Member
• Mr David Mills, Secretary, Queensland Branch

Stanwell Corporation Ltd

• Mr Kuan Chia, Regulatory Counsel
• Mr Trevor Neil Gleeson, Project Manager, Business Development
• Mr Peter Mark Lello, Environmental Adviser

Origin Energy Ltd

• Ms Petrea Bradford, Business Analyst, Sustainable Energy Development
• Dr Lorraine Carmel Stephenson, Manager, Sustainable Energy Development
• Mr Andrew Stock, General Manager, Major Industry and Power

Professor Ian Lowe (private capacity)

Australian Institute of Marine Science

• Dr Peter Julian Doherty, Research Director
• Dr Janice Mary Lough, Principal Research Scientist

Centre for Maritime Studies, University of Queensland

• Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Director and Foundation Professor

Australian Coal Association

• Mr Michael Kenneth Pinnock, Joint Executive Director
• Mr Christopher David Rawlings, Executive Member

Queensland Conservation Council

• Mr James Martin Whelan, Project Officer

 

Canberra – Thursday, 22 June 2000

Australian Greenhouse Office

• Ms Kay Margaret Abel, Manager, Greenhouse Inventory and Science Team
• Ms Gwenyth Jane Andrews, Chief Executive
• Mr Ian Carruthers, Senior Executive Manager, Greenhouse Policy Group
• Mr Philip Jeffrey Harrington, Senior Executive Manager, Sustainable Energy Group
• Dr David Harrison, Special Adviser, Emissions Trading
• Ms Linda Ruth Powell, Executive Manager, Partnerships Group
• Mr David Rossiter, Acting Executive Manager, Sustainable Energy Group

Department Industry, Science and Resources

• Mr Doug Cooke, Electricity Reform Section
• Mr Stephen Brent Irwin, General Manager, Greenhouse Response Branch

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

• His Excellency Mr Ralph Hillman, Ambassador for the Environment

Environment Australia

• Mr Mark John Tucker, Assistant Secretary, Policy and Compliance Branch, Environment Protection Group

Department of Environment and Heritage

• Mr Robert George Butterworth, Chief Finance Officer

Department of Transport and Regional Services

• Mr Malcolm Thompson, Assistant Secretary, Environment Group

Dr Albert Barrie Pittock, former leader CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research Climate Impact Group (private capacity)

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impacts Research

• Professor Hans-Jachim Schellnhuber, Director

 

Canberra - Friday, 23 June 2000

Greenpeace

• Mr Shane Stephen Rattenbury, Political Liaison Officer
• Mr Benedict Southworth, Campaigns Manager

Great Southern Energy

• Mr Colin Crawford-Smith, Consultant
• Mr John Maxwell Smith, General Manager Retail

Pulp and Paper Manufacturers Federation of Australia

• Mr Bridson Cribb, Executive Director

Cement Industry Federation

• Dr John William Tilley, Chief Executive
• Ms Adrienne Margaret Williams, Policy Development Manager

Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association

• Mr Barry Richard Jones, Executive Director

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics

• Dr Brian Fisher, Executive Director

National Competition Council

• Ms Michelle Groves, Director
• Mr Ed Willett, Executive Director

 

Canberra - Wednesday, 16 August 2000

Round Table Discussion

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics

• Mr Stephen Brown, Modelling Co-ordinator, Trade and International Policy Branch
• Mr Vivek Tulpule, Research Director, Trade and International Policy Branch

Australia Institute

• Dr Clive Hamilton

Sustainable Solutions

• Mr Alan Pears

Canberra - Wednesday, 6 September 2000

Co-operative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting

• Professor Graham Douglas Farquhar, Deputy Chief Executive Officer
• Ms Rowena Emilie Mueller, Communications Manager
• Mr Mark John O'Brien, Research Officer

Australian Greenhouse Office

• Dr Gary Phillip Richards, Manager and Principal Scientist, National Carbon Accounting System