Appendix 2

Public hearings

Thursday, 7 June 2012, Canberra

Doctors for the Environment Australia

Dr Peter Tait, Member

Dr Marion Carey, Member, National Management Committee

The Wilderness Society and Northern Inland Council for the Environment

Ms Carmel Flint, Spokesperson, Northern Inland Council for the Environment

Miss Naomi Hogan, Campaign Manager, The Wilderness Society

Friends of the Earth

Mr Cam Walker, National Liaison Officer

Caroona Coal Action Group

Mr Timothy Duddy, Spokesman

Basin Sustainability Alliance

Mr Ian Hayllor, Chairman

Mrs Anne Bridle, Vice-Chair

National Farmers’ Federation

Ms Deborah Kerr, Manager, National Resource Management

Mr Duncan Fraser, Chair, Mining and Coal Seam Gas Taskforce

Minerals Council of Australia

Ms Melanie Stutsel, Director, Health, Safety, Environment and Community Policy

Mr Chris McCombe, Assistant Director for the Environment

NSW Irrigators’ Council

Mr Andrew Gregson, Chief Executive Officer

Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

Ms Alex Rankin, First Assistant Secretary, Office of Water Science

Mr Tony Slatyer, First Assistant Secretary, Water Reform Division

Mr Malcolm Forbes, Assistant Secretary, Office of Water Science

Ms Bernadette O’Neil, Executive Officer, Office of Water Science