Appendix 2

Public hearings

Tuesday, 15 December 2009 – Canberra

Bureau of Meteorology

            Dr Robert Vertessy, Deputy Director, Water

Cooper’s Creek Protection Group

            Dr Bob Morrish, Chairman

Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management

            Mr Gregory Claydon, Executive Director, Strategic Water Initiatives

            Mr Thomas Crothers, General Manager, Water Accounting and Planning

National Water Commission

            Mr Ken Matthews, Chief Executive Officer

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts

            Mr Russell James, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Water Reform Division

National Farmers' Federation

            Mrs Deb Kerr, Manager, Natural Resource Management

            Mr Lawrence Arthur, Chair, Water Taskforce

Murray-Darling Basin Authority

            Dr Fraser Macleod, Executive Director, Basin Plan Division

            Dr Tony McLeod, General Manager, Water Planning

            Ms Jody Swirepik, Acting Executive Director, Natural Resource Management

National Irrigators Council

            Mr Danny O'Brien, Chief Executive Officer

Thursday, 18 February 2010 – Sydney

Australian Wetlands and Rivers Centre, University of New South Wales

            Professor Richard Kingsford, Director

New South Wales Irrigators Council

            Mr Andrew Gregson, Chief Executive Officer

            Mr Mark Moore, Policy Analyst

Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists

            Professor Michael Young

Riverina and Murray Regional Organisation of Councils

            Councillor Terry Hogan AM, Chairman

            Mr Ray Stubbs, Executive Officer

Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales

            Mr John Asquith, Convenor, Water Committee

            Ms Anne Reeves, Member and President, Inland Rivers Network

            Professor Don White, Chair

New South Wales Farmers Association

            Mr David Eyre, Policy Manager

            Ms Fiona Simson, Executive Councillor

Victorian Farmers Federation Water Council

            Mr Richard Anderson, Chair

Monday, 21 June 2010 – Canberra

Inland Rivers Network

            Ms Bev Smiles, Secretary

Moree Plains Shire Council

            Mr David Aber, General Manager

Tasco Inland

            Mr Ross Lake, Managing Director

Waterfind

            Mr Thomas Rooney, Chief Executive Officer

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