Public hearing - Canberra, Monday 26 September 2011

Inquiry into recent ABC programming decisions

Public hearing - Canberra, Monday 26 September 2011

Committee Room 2S1
Parliament House
Canberra

9.30am - 5.00pm

Time (AEST)

Witness

9.30 am

Community and Public Sector Union (Submission 145)
Mr Graeme Thomson, ABC Section Secretary

10.10 am

Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (Submission 255)
Mr Simon Whipp, Federal Director of the Equity Branch[teleconference]

Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (SA & NT) (Submission 249)
Ms Angelique Ivanica, Branch Secretary [teleconference]

10.45 am

Morning tea

11.00 am

Australian Children’s Television Foundation (Submission 141)
Ms Jenny Buckland, Chief Executive Officer

11.30 am

Friends of the ABC (Vic) (Submission 254)
Ms Glenys Stradijot, Campaign Manager

12.00 pm

Mr Quentin Dempster (Submission 80)
Ms Bobbie Mackley (Submission 159) [teleconference]

12.30 pm

Panel: Sports
AFL Northern Territory Ltd  (Submission 69)
Mr Stephen Nugent, Commercial Operations Manager [teleconference]

South Australian National Football League Inc  (Submission 70)
Mr Darren Chandler, General Manager, Football & Corporate Operations

West Australian Football Commission  (Submission 132)
Mr Grant Dorrington, Director of Football

1.15 pm

Lunch

2.00 pm

Panel: State Government Film bodies
Screen NSW (Submission 140) [teleconference]
Ms Tania Chambers, Chief Executive

ScreenWest (Submission 129)
Mr Ian Booth, Chief Executive [teleconference]

SA Film Corporation (Submission 189)
Mr Richard Harris, Chief Executive Officer [teleconference]

2.45 pm

Panel: Independent Producers
Cordell Jigsaw Productions Pty Ltd, Princess Pictures Pty Ltd, Zapruder’s Other Films Pty Ltd, Giant Dwarf Pty Ltd, Token Artists Pty Ltd (Submission 171)
Mr Nick Murray, Managing Director, Cordell Jigsaw Productions
Mr Julian Morrow, Executive Producer, Giant Dwarf

360 Degree Films (Submission 127)
Ms Sally Ingleton, Executive Producer

Screen Producers Association of Australia (Submission 139)
Mr Brian Rosen, President

3.30 pm

Afternoon tea

3.45 pm

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Submission 138)
Mr Mark Scott, Managing Director
Mr Kim Dalton, Director of Television

5.00 pm

Adjournment

 

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