Public Hearings - Canberra, Friday 4 March 2011

Inquiry into National Broadband Network Companies Bill 2010 and Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures–Access Arrangements) Bill 2010

Public Hearings - Canberra, Friday 4 March 2011

Committee Room 2S3
Parliament House
CANBERRA

9.00 am - 4.00 pm

Time

Witness

9.00am

Pipe Networks (Submission 12)
Mr Dale Clapperton, Legal Counsel by teleconference TBC
Amcom Telecom (Submission 23)
Mr Tony Dooley, Herbert Greer Lawyers by teleconference

9.40am

Energy Networks Association (Submission 4)
Ms Tanya Barden, Director
Mr Andrew Deme, Group Manager Telecommunications, Ergon Energy

10.20am

Morning tea

10.30am

Competitive Carriers' Coalition (Submission 5)
Mr Matt Healy, Chairman
Mr David Forman, Senior Advisor, Communications and Public Relations (CPR)

11.10am

Communications Expert Group (Submission 7)
Prof. Walter Green, Director

11.50am

Council of Small Business of Australia (COSBOA)
Mr Peter Strong, Executive Director

12.30pm

Lunch

1.30pm

Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee (Submission 20)
Mr Mark Needham, Member

2.10pm

Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
Mr Tim Lyons, Assistant Secretary

2.50pm

Australian Telecommunications Users Group Ltd (Submission 19)
Ms Rosemary Sinclair, Managing Director

3.30pm

Group of Eight
Prof Robin Stanton, Pro-Vice Chancellor, ANU and Convenor of the Group of Eight Digital Futures Group
Professor Nicholas Glasgow, Dean Medicine and Health Sciences, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and the Environment
Professor Kathy Griffiths, Deputy Director, Centre for Mental Health Research, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and the Environment

4.00pm

Committee adjourns

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Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications
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Australia

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