Provisions of the Water Act 2007
Public hearing - Canberra, Wednesday 18 May 2011
Senate Committee Room 2S3, Parliament House
9.45am – 4.30pm
Provisions of the Water Act 2007 inquiry |
9.45am – 10.15am |
Professor John Briscoe (Submission 2) (via teleconference) |
10.15am – 11.00am |
NSW Irrigators' Council (Submission 12)
Mr Andrew Gregson, Chief Executive Officer
National Irrigators' Council (Submission 19)
Mr Danny O'Brien, Chief Executive Officer |
11.00am – 11.15am |
Break |
11.15am – 12.00pm |
Australian Network of Environmental Defender's Offices (Submission 16 ) (via teleconference)
Mr Brendan Sydes, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Nicola Rivers, Law Reform Director |
12.00pm – 12.30pm |
National Farmers' Federation (Submission 38)
Mr Matt Linnegar, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Deborah Kerr, Manager, Natural Resource Management |
12.30pm – 1.00pm |
Rural Issues Committee, Law Society of New South Wales (Submission 51)
Ms Georgiena Ryan, O'Halloran Deal Lawyers |
1.00pm – 1.45pm |
Lunch break |
1.45pm – 2.15pm |
Associate Professor Alex Gardner and Dr Anita Foerster (Joint Submission 75) (via teleconference) |
2.15pm – 2.45pm |
Ms Josephine Kelly, Barrister (Submission 54) |
2.45pm – 3.15pm |
Ms Vicki Dunne MLA and Mr Kerry Corke (Submission 96) |
3.15pm – 3.30pm |
Break |
3.30pm – 4.30pm |
Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
Mr David Parker, Deputy Secretary
Mr Tony Slatyer, First Assistant Secretary
Murray-Darling Basin Authority
Mr Rob Freeman, Chief Executive Officer
Attorney-General's Department
Mr James Faulkner PSM, Assistant Secretary, Constitutional Policy Unit
Mr Stephen Bouwhuis, Assistant Secretary, Office of International Law |
Chair: Senator Guy Barnett; Deputy Chair: Senator Trish Crossin; Secretary: Julie Dennett
For further information, contact:
Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia