Public hearing - Canberra, Wednesday 18 May 2011

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

Phone: +61 2 6277 3560
Fax: +61 2 6277 5794
Email: legcon.sen@aph.gov.au