Public hearing - Canberra, Wednesday 10 August 2011

Inquiry into a Carbon Tax

Public hearing - Canberra, Wednesday 10 August 2011

2S1 Committee Room
Parliament House
Canberra

8.30 am - 4.30 pm

Time Witness

8:30am–12:00pm

Department of the Treasury 
Dr David Gruen, Executive Director – Macroeconomic Group Domestic
Mr Rob Heferen, Executive Director – Revenue Group
Mr Marty Robinson, Manager – Household Modelling & Analysis Unit
Ms Meghan Quinn, General Manager – Macroeconomic Modelling Division
Ms Luise McCulloch, General Manager – Industry, Environment & Defence Division
Mr Rob Raether, Principal Adviser – Industry, Environment & Defence Division

12:00pm–1:00pm

Department of Climate Change
Mr Blair Comley, Secretary, Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
Dr Steven Kennedy, Deputy Secretary, Frameworks Group
Ms Jenny Wilkinson, First Assistant Secretary, Climate Strategy and Markets Division

1:00pm­–1:30pm

Suspension - lunch break

1:30pm–2:15pm

Professor John Quiggin (via videoconference)
Australian Research Council Federation Fellow, School of Economics, University of Queensland

2:15pm–3:00pm

Professor Henry Ergas
Professor of Infrastructure Economics, University of Wollongong

3:00pm–3:45pm

Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Mr Greg Evans, Director, Economic and Industry Policy

3:45pm–4:30pm

The Climate Institute
Mr Erwin Jackson, Deputy Chief Executive Officer

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