Public hearing - Canberra, Wednesday 20 April 2011

Inquiry into the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 [Provisions]; Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011 [Provisions]; and the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Bill 2011 [Provisions]

Public hearing - Canberra, Wednesday 20 April 2011

Committee Room 2S3
Parliament House
CANBERRA

8.00 am - 5.30 pm

Time

Witness

8.00 am

Panel:
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) (Submission 33)
Mr Paul Morris, Deputy Executive Director
Dr Helal Ahammad, Chief Analyst
Dr David Cunningham, General Manager, Climate Change Land and Forests
Ms Edwina Heyhoe, Section Manager, Climate Change Strategy and Analysis
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) (Submission 35)
Dr Brian Keating, Director, CSIRO Sustainable Agriculture Flagship
Dr Neil McKenzie, Chief, CSIRO Land and Water
Dr Phil Polglase, Research Program Leader, Agriculture and Forest Ecosystems

8.45 am

Panel:
Australian Plantation Products and Paper Council (A3P) (Submission 17)
Mr Richard Stanton, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Marion Niederkofler, Manager, Climate Change Policy
Australian Forest Products Association (formerly the National Association of Forest Industries) (Submission 41)
Mr Allan Hansard, Acting Chief Executive Officer
Mr Mick Stephens, Manager – Strategic Policy

9.30 am

Carbon Farmers of Australia and the Carbon Farming and Trading Association (Submission 29)
Mr Michael Kiely, Chairman
Mrs Louisa Kiely, Vice Chairman

10.05 am

Morning tea

10.15 am

National Farmers' Federation (Submission 39)
Mr Charles McElhone, Manager – Economics and Trade

10.45 am

NSW Farmers Association (Submission 45)
Mr David Eyre, Policy Manager

11.15 am

Australian Landfill Owners Association (Submission 15)
Mr Colin Sweet, Chairman

11.50 am

Panel:
National Native Title Council (Submission 38)
Mr David Yarrow
Mr Warren Mundine
Mr Parry Agius
Mr Tom Jenkins
Centrefarm Aboriginal Horticulture (Submission 48)
Mr Allan Cooney, Director
Mr Rowan Foley, Project Manager
Mr Oliver Costello

12.35 pm

Lunch

1.05 pm

Conservation Land Trusts Alliance (Submission 36)
Ms Victoria Marles, Chief Executive Officer, Trust for Nature (VIC)
Mr Nathan Males, Chief Executive Officer, Tasmanian Land Conservancy

1.40 pm

Panel:
Green Institute (Submission 7)
Ms Margaret Blakers, Director
Greenpeace Australia Pacific (via teleconference) (Submission 20)
Mr Paul Winn
Mr Andrew Macintosh (Submission 46)

2.35 pm

Afternoon tea

2.45 pm

Panel:
CO2 Group Ltd (Submission 10)
Mr Andrew Grant, Chief Executive Officer
Greenfleet (Submission 27)
Mr Ian Porter, Chair
Mr Tim Powe, Senior Forester

3.30 pm

Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
Ms Shayleen Thompson, First Assistant Secretary, Land Division
Mr Matt Searson, Senior Research Scientist, Land, Accounts and Analysis Branch, Land Division
Ms Maya Stuart-Fox, Assistant Secretary, Carbon Farming Policy Branch, Land Division
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Mr Mark Gibbs, General Manager, Climate Change Policy

5.30 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