Public hearing - Canberra, Friday 21 November 2008

Inquiry into the economic and security challenges facing Papua New Guinea and the island states of the southwest Pacific

Public hearing - Canberra, Friday 21 November 2008

9.00am – 4.45pm
Senate Committee Room 2S1, Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Time Witness Submission
9.00am – 11.00am

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Mr Geoffrey Tooth, Assistant Secretary,
PNG and Fiji Branch

Ms Sarah Hooper, Director, Solomon Islands Section

Mr Tony Huber, A/g Assistant Secretary, Pacific Islands Branch, Pacific Division

Mr Ian Turland, A/g Assistant Secretary, Pacific Regional & NZ Branch

Mr Peter Budd, Director, Pacific Regional Section

Ms Corinne Tomkinson, Director, Pacific Regional Section

Mr Patrick Cole, Assistant Secretary, Pacific Partnerships Taskforce

Mr Richard Rowe, First Assistant Secretary, Pacific Division

Mr Rick Nimmo, Director, Pacific Partnerships Taskforce

Dr Claus Dirnberger, Executive Officer, Pacific Regional Section

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11.00am – 12.00pm

Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Ms Malissa Dryden, A/g Assistant Secretary, International Cooperation Branch, Refugee Humanitarian & International Division

Mr Kruno Kukoc, Principal Adviser, Migration Strategies, Migration and Visa Policy Division

Mr Todd Frew, First Assistant Secretary, Border Security Division

Ms Elizabeth Beate Hoffmann, A/g Assistant Secretary, Special Labour Market Initiatives Branch, Migration & Visa Policy Division

36
12.00pm – 12.30pm

Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC)
Mr Neil Jensen, Chief Executive Officer

Mr Peter Clark, General Manager, Domestic & International Relations

45

12.45pm–1.45pm

Lunch  
1.30pm – 2.30pm

Attorney-General's Department and Customs
Mr Steven Marshall, Assistant Secretary

Mr Nick Morgan, Director

Ms Lucinda Atkinson, Director

Ms Gemma Smyth, A/g Director, Illicit Drugs Section, National Law Enforcement Policy Branch

Mr Lee Gordon, Director, International Programs (Customs)

Ms Sachi Wimmer, National Manager, International (Customs)

40
2.30pm – 3.30pm

Australian Federal Police
Assistant Commissioner Frank Prendergast, National Manager, International Deployment Group

Dr Tony Murney, Manager, International Deployment Group

Commander Paul Osborne, Manager, International Network

62

3.30pm – 3.45pm

Afternoon tea  
3.45pm – 4.45pm

Department of Defence
BRIG Andrew Nikolic, Acting First Assistant Secretary Regional Engagement

18

 

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3535
Fax: +61 2 6277 5818
Email: fadt.sen@aph.gov.au