Public Hearing - Canberra, Wednesday 27 April 2011

Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2011

Public Hearing - Canberra, Wednesday 27 April 2011

Committee Room 2S3
Parliament House
Canberra

1.30pm – 5.00pm

Inquiry into the Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2011

1.30pm – 2.30pm

Balkanu Cape York Development Corporation (joint submission 11)
Mr Terry Piper, Chief Operating Officer
Cape York Land Council
Mr Richie Ahmat, Chairman
Mr Peter Kyle, Traditional Owner

2.30pm – 3.15pm

Queensland Government (submission 6)  (via teleconference)
Ms Debbie Best, Deputy Director General, Dept Environment and Resource Management. (DERM)
Ms Leslie Shirreffs, General Manager, DERM
Mr Andrew Luttrell, Director, Native Title Policy and Legal Services, DERM
Mr Terry Boyle, Team Leader (Wild Rivers), DERM

3.15pm - 3.30pm

Break

3.30pm – 4.15pm

Wilderness Society (submission 8) (via teleconference)
Dr Tim Seelig, State Campaign Director (Qld)
Mr Anthony Esposito, National Manager, Indigenous Conservation Program

4.15pm – 5.00pm

Wild Rivers Interdepartmental Committee (submission 10)
Mr Andrew Tongue, Deputy Secretary, FaHCSIA
Ms Sally Moyle, A/g Group Manager, FaHCSIA
Ms Katherine Jones, First Assistant Secretary, Attorney-General’s Department
Mr James Lennane A/g Branch Manager, FaHCSIA

5.00pm

Adjournment

Chair: Senator Trish Crossin; Deputy Chair: Senator Guy Barnett; Inquiry Secretary: Mr Tim Watling

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Legal and Constitutional Committees
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

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