Public Hearing - Canberra, Monday 14 May 2012

Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012

Public Hearing - Canberra, Monday 14 May 2012

Committee Room 2S3
Parliament House
Canberra

9.45 am - 4.15 pm

Time

Witness

Sub No.

9:45 am

Wheat Exports Australia
Mr Peter Woods, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Jason Lucas, Senior Manager, Operations
Mr Hugh Cooke, Senior Manager, Corporate

12

10:30 am

GrainCorp Operations Limited
Mr Angus Trigg, Director, Government and Media Relations
Mr Nigel Hart, Group General Manager, Storage and Logistics

CBH Group   (via teleconference)
Mr Andrew Crane, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Richard Codling, General Counsel
Mr Paul Scott, Government Relations Manager
Ms Jodie Ransom, Supply Chain Manager

10

 

14

11:15 am

Australian Securities Exchange Limited
Mr Dougal Hunter, Manager, Agricultural Derivatives

16

12:00 pm

Lunch

 

12:45pm

AgForce Queensland Industrial Union of Employers   (via teleconference)
Mr Wayne Newton, President

Grain Producers Australia
Mr Peter Mailler, Chairman

Victorian Farmers Federation
Mr Andrew Weidemann, President
Mr Stephen Sheridan, Manager, Grains Group

NSW Farmers' Association
Ms Fiona Simson, President
Mr Justin Crosby, Policy Director

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9
 



11

1:30 pm

Productivity Commission
Ms Angela MacRae, Commissioner
Mr John Salerian, Assistant Commissioner

 

2:15 pm

Break

 

2:30 pm

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Mr Mark Pearson, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Regulation
Ms Rose Webb, Executive General Manager, Mergers and Adjudication
Mr David Salisbury, Deputy General Manager, Fuel Transport and Prices Oversight Branch

 

3:15 pm

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Mr Allen Grant, First Assistant Secretary, Agricultural Productivity Division
Mr Peter Ottesen, Assistant Secretary, Crops, Horticulture and Wine Branch
Ms Roxanna Auld, Policy Officer, Crops Policy Section, Crops, Horticulture and Wine Branch
Ms Stephanie Helm, Policy Officer, Crops Policy Section, Crops, Horticulture and Wine Branch
Dr Jammie Penm, Assistant Secretary, Agricultural Commodities and Trade Branch, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences

 

4:15 pm

Adjournment

 

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3511
Fax: +61 2 6277 5811
Email: rrat.sen@aph.gov.au