Appendix 2

Public hearing and witnesses

Monday, 27 February 2023
Main Committee Room
Parliament House
Canberra
Environmental Defense Fund
Mr Matt Watson, Vice President, Energy Transition
Ember
Mr Anatoli Launay-Smirnov, Coal Mine Methane Analyst
Dr Sabina Assan, Coal Mine Methane Analyst
Mx Annika Reynolds, Climate Policy Advisor
Grattan Institute
Mr Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy and Climate Change
Ms Alison Reeve, Deputy Program Director, Energy and Climate Change
Carbon Market Institute
Mr John Connor, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Kurt Winter, Director, Corporate Transition
AiGroup
Mr Tennant Reed, Director, Climate Change and Energy
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Mr Peter Grist, Principal Economist
Mr David Alexander, Chief of Policy and Advocacy
The Australia Institute
Dr Richard Denniss, Executive Director
Ms Polly Hemming, Climate and Energy Program Director
Australian Conservation Foundation
Ms Suzanne Harter, Climate Change and Clean Energy Policy Adviser
Mr Gavan McFadzean, Manager, Climate Change and Clean Energy Program
Climate Action Network Australia
Dr Barry Traill, Director, Solutions for Climate Australia
Lock the Gate Alliance
Ms Carmel Flint, National Coordinator
Sam Moorhead, Research Coordinator
Climateworks Centre
Ms Kylie Turner, Program Impact Manager
Ms Anna Malos, Australia – Country Lead
The Australian National University and the University of New South Wales, Canberra Emissions Reduction Fund research team
Associate Professor Andrew Macintosh
Professor Don Butler
Dr Megan Evans, Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor Dean Ansell
Ms Marie Waschka, Senior Research Officer
National Environmental Law Association
Mr Tom Webb, Director & Secretary
Mr Mark Beaufoy, Director
Environmental Defenders Office
Ms Rachel Walmsley, Head of Policy & Law Reform
Ms Briana Collins, Solicitor
Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility
Mr Alex Hillman, Lead Carbon Analyst
Investor Group on Climate Change
Mr Erwin Jackson, Director, Policy
Smart Energy Council
Mr Leigh Heaney, Government Relations Manager
Mr Wayne Smith, External Affairs Manager
Orica
Mr Paul Evans, Global Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability
Ms Mel Cheesman, Head, Government and Regulation
Ms Meredith Read, Manager, Decarbonisation
Institute of Public Affairs
Mr Daniel Wild, Deputy Executive Director
Mr Morgan Begg, Director of Research
Tuesday, 28 February 2023
Main Committee Room
Parliament House
Canberra
Minerals Council of Australia
Ms Tania Constable, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Daniel Zavattiero, General Manager, Climate and Energy
National Farmers' Federation
Mr Warwick Ragg, General Manager, Natural Resource Management
Australian Forest Products Association
Mr Victor Violante, Deputy Chief Executive
Mr Tim Lester, Senior Policy Manager
GreenCollar
Mr James Schultz, Chief Executive Officer
Dr Jenny Sinclair, Chief Scientist
Australian Workers' Union
Mr Daniel Walton, National Secretary
Business Council of Australia
Mr Tim Reed, President
Ms Jennifer Westacott, Chief Executive Officer
INPEX
Mr John Williams, Government Affairs and Approvals Manager
Mr Cameron McPhie, General Manger, Commercial
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Ms Jo Evans, Deputy Secretary
Ms Edwina Johnson, General Manager, Safeguard Mechanism Taskforce
Ms Alannah Pentony, General Manager, Land and Climate Active Branch
Ms Melanie Ford, A/g Head of Emissions Reduction Division
Mr Peter Wood, A/g Manager, Safeguard Mechanism Taskforce
Department of Industry Science and Resources
Mr Chris Golding, General Manager, NGER & Safeguard Branch
Mr Mark Weaver, General Manager, Industrial Competitiveness & Strategy Branch, Industry Growth Division
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Ms Stephanie Werner, First Assistant Secretary, Domestic Aviation and Reform Division
Ms Janet Quigley, First Assistant Secretary, Regional Development and Local Government Division
Mr Andrew Madsen, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Surface Transport Emissions and Policy Division
Mr Tristan Kathage, Assistant Secretary, Reducing Surface Transport Emissions Branch
Ms Natalie Weddell, Acting Assistant Secretary, Regional Policy Branch
Clean Energy Regulator
Mr David Parker, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Shayleen Thompson, Executive General Manager, Scheme Operations Division
Ms Jane Wardlaw, General Manager, NGER & Safeguard Branch
Woodside Energy
Mr Tony Cudmore, Executive Vice President Strategy and Climate
Mr Peter Metcalfe, Vice President Climate Sustainability

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