Appendix 2Public Hearings
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Cooma Ex-Services Club
106 Vale St
Cooma
Snowy Monaro Regional Council
Mr Chris Hanna, Mayor
Lake Eucumbene Community Association
Mr Robert Lawton, Secretary
Mrs Susan Lawton, Member
National Rural Health Alliance
Ms Susanne Tegen, Chief Executive
Ms Gigi O'Sullivan, Strategic Projects Manager
Mr James Parker, Private capacity
National Farmers Federation
Ms Charlotte Wundersitz, General Manager, Rural Affairs
Mr Charles Thomas, Deputy Chief Executive Officer
NSW Farmers
Ms Kathy Rankin, Head of Policy and Advocacy
Ms Debra Charlton, Executive Councillor and Chair
Mrs Sarah Thompson, Executive Councillor and Deputy Chair
Surveyors Australia
Mrs Michelle Blicavs, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Melanie Gibbons, Head of Advocacy and Stakeholder Engagement
Jack Atkinson Surveying
Mr Jack Atkinson, Director
NSW Telco Authority
Mr James Pickens, Acting Managing Director
Wednesday, 24 July 2024
Committee Room 2S3
Parliament House
Canberra
Telstra
Mr John Hewitt, Manager, Government Relations
Ms Justine Rowe, Executive, Sustainability Policy Engagement
Mr Gerard Tracey, Principal Engineer, Network Connectivity Service, Global Networks and Technology
Optus
Mr Andrew Sheridan, Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs
Mr Harvey Wright, Head, New Products
Mr Michael Reynolds, Head, Network Products, Programs and Services
TPG Telecom
Mr Ross Mitchell, Head, Government Relations
Mr Gary Chant, Head, Wireless Engineering
Mr Paul Tierney, General Manager, Customer Lifecycle Management and Felix
Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
Mr Ryan Klose, Executive General Manager
Ms Lauren Gale, Director, Policy, Advocacy and Strategy
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Dr Jodie Trembath, Director, Skills, Employment and Small Business
Ms Samantha McKenna, Policy Adviser
Australian Communications and Media Authority
Mr Michael Brealey, General Manager, Communications Infrastructure Division
Ms Cathy Rainsford, General Manager, Consumer Division
Mr Paul Nicholas, Manager, National Interests Section
Mr Allan Major, Executive Manager, Licensing and Infrastructure Safeguards Branch
Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman
The Hon. Bruce Billson, Ombudsman
Ms Donna Boulton, Director, Policy & Advocacy
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Ms Sarah Proudfoot, Executive General Manager, Infrastructure Division
Ms Tara Morice, General Manager, Mobiles, Transmission and Consumer Branch
Telecommunication Industry Ombudsman
Ms Cynthia Gebert, Ombudsman
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Mr James Chisholm, Deputy Secretary, Communications and Media Group
Ms Lisa La Rance, First Assistant Secretary, Communications Infrastructure Division
Dr Jason Ashurst, Assistant Secretary, Digital Inclusion and Deployment Branch
Ms Shanyn Sparreboom, Assistant Secretary, Competition and Spectrum Branch
Ms Kathleen Silleri, Assistant Secretary, Consumer Safeguards Branch, Communications Services and Consumer Division
First Nations Digital Inclusion Advisory Group
Ms Dot West OAM, Co-Chair
Associate Professor Lyndon Ormond-Parker, Co-Chair