Time

Witness

Submission

8.30 am

The Hon. Gary Nairn
Former Chair, House of Representatives Select Committee on the Recent Australian Bushfires

35

15

9.45 am

Attorney-General's Department (including EMA)
Mr Tony Pearce, Director General, Emergency Management Australia

38

10.30 am

Morning Tea Break

10.45 am

Professor Peter Kanowski
Professor of Forestry, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University

11.30 am

Volunteer Firefighters Association of NSW
Mr Peter Cannon, President VFFA, Group Captain Mid Lachlan Zone, Forbes (40 years in RFS)
Mr Brian Williams, Vice President of VFFA, Captain of Kurrajong Heights Zone, Leader of Hawkesbury Remote Area Firefighting Team (42 years in RFS)
Mr Michael Scholz, Captain in RFS (33 years in RFS)
Mr Andrew Scholz, Deputy Captain in RFS (33 years in RFS)

46

12.15 pm

Nature Conservation Council (Via Teleconference)
Mrs Anne Reeves, Member, NCCNSW Executive Committee and Member, NCC Bushfire Advisory Committee
Ms Sally Hunt, Project Coordinator, Hotspots Fire Project
Ms Waminda Parker, Project Strategist, Hotspots Fire Project

8/22

1.00 pm

Lunch Break

1.45 pm

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Mr Gerard Early, Deputy Secretary (DEWHA)
Mr Alasdair Hainsworth, Bureau of Meteorology
Mr Graham Mills, Bureau of Meteorology

45

2.30 pm

NSW Rural Fire Service Association
Mr Peter Olah, Executive Director
Mr Brian McKinlay, President
Mr Trevor Anderson, Policy Manager

36

3.15 pm

Dr Christine Finlay

2

4.00 pm

Adjournment of Hearing