Public Hearing - Canberra, Wednesday 20 May 2009

Inquiry into the Senate Select Committee on Climate Policy

Public Hearing - Canberra, Wednesday 20 May 2009

8:30am – 4:30pm
Committee Room 2S1, Parliament House
Canberra ACT

Time Witness

8:30am – 9:30am

Department on Climate Change
Mr Blair Comley, Deputy Secretary
Mr Tas Sakellaris, Assistant Secretary, Legislation & Governance Branch

Treasury
Mr Steve French, General Manager, Industry, Environment and Defence Division (IEDD)
Ms Meghan Quinn, Manager, Climate Change Modelling Unit (IEDD)
Ms Natalie Horvat, Manager, Climate Change and Environment Unit, IEDD
Mr Glen McCrea, Manager, Indirect Tax Unit, Indirect Tax Division

9:30am – 10:45am

ROUNDTABLE, CONSERVATION GROUPS

Climate Institute (Sub 406, 406a)
Mr John Connor, Chief Executive Officer

Australian Conservation Foundation  (Sub 392)
Mr Owen Pascoe, Climate Campaigner

Australian Youth Climate Coalition (Sub 599)
Ms Amanda McKenzie, Co-Director

Friends of the Earth
Mr Damien Lawson, National Climate Justice Coordinator

Climate Emergency Network (Sub 320)
Mr Phillip Sutton

World Wildlife Fund Australia (Sub 317)
Mr Karl Mallon, Climate Risk Director

Greenpeace (Sub 514)
Mr John Hepburn, Coordinator, Climate & Energy Campaign
Mr Jeremy Tager, GE Rice Campaigner  

10:45am – 12:00pm

ROUNDTABLE, ECONOMISTS

Professor Stephen Howes
ANU Crawford School of Economics and Government

Dr Richard Denniss
Executive Director, The Australia Institute

Mr Salim Mazouz
Director, EcoPerspectives

Dr Brian Fisher
Chief Executive, Concept Economics

12:00pm – 12:45pm

Lunch

12:45pm – 2:00pm

ROUNDTABLE, INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES

Australia Industry Group  (Sub 605)
Mr Peter Burn, Associate Director, Public Policy

Investor Group on Climate Change (Sub 499)
Mr Nathan Fabian

Clean Energy Council (TBC) (Sub 378)
Mr Russell Marsh, Policy Manager

Energy Supply Association of Australia (Sub 424)
Ms Clare Savage, Chief Executive Officer

National Farmers Federation (Sub 507)
Mr Charlie McElhone, Manager, Economics and Trade
Ms Deb Kerr, Manager, National Resource Management

National Association of Forestry Industries (Sub 755)
Mr Michael Stephens, Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Mr Allan Hansard, Chief Executive

Food & Grocery Council (Sub 330)
Ms Kate Carnell, Chief Executive

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (Sub 395)
Ms Belinda Robinson, Chief Executive

2:00pm – 3:15pm

ROUNDTABLE, COMPANIES

Citi Investment Research
Ms Elaine Prior, Director

Teys (Sub 611)
Mr Brad Teys, Chief Executive Officer

Woodside (Sub 375)
Mr Tom Maguire, GM Corporate Affairs and Innovation
Mr Robert Cole and Mr Ben Coetzer

Caltex (Sub 730)
Mr Frank Topham, Government Affairs Manager

ERM Power (Sub 388)
Mr Trevor St Baker, Executive Chairman
Mr Peter Stark, Head of Carbon

Westpac (Sub 386)
Ms Emma Herd, Director, Emissions and Environment
Ms Heather Gilmore, Senior Manager Government and Industry Affairs

NAB (TBC)

Bega Cheese (TBC)

3:15pm – 4:30pm

ROUNDTABLE, SOCIAL GROUPS

Australian Council of Social Service
Mr Tony Westmore, Senior Policy Officer (Electricity)

Australian Manufacturing Workers Union
Mr Tim Ayres, Assistant State Secretary, NSW Branch

World Vision (Sub 628)
Dr Brett Parris, Chief Economist

4:30pm

ADJOURNMENT

For further information, contact:

Senior Clerk's Office
Department of the Senate
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3555
Fax: +61 2 6277 3899
Email: seniorclerk.committees.sen@aph.gov.au