Public hearing - Canberra, Tuesday 30 January 2007

Airports Amendment Bill 2006

Public hearing - Canberra, Tuesday 30 January 2007

Committee Room 2S3
Parliament House, Canberra

Time

Witness

9.00 am – 9.45 am

Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) (Submission 45)
Mr Adrian Beresford-Wylie, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Andy Hrast, Director, Transport Policy

Australian Mayoral Aviation Council (Submission 16)
Mr Greg Harragon, Project Manager
Mr Peter Fitzgerald, Executive Director

9.45 am – 10.30 am

Queanbeyan City Council (Submission 24)
Councillor Tom Mavec, Deputy Mayor
Mr David Carswell, Manager, Strategic Planning

City of Sydney
Councillor John McInerney

10.30 – 10.45

Morning Tea Break

10.45 am – 11.20 am

City of West Torrens (Submission 35)
Mayor John Trainer
Mr Trevor Starr

11:20 am – 12.00 pm

City of Hobart (Submission 1)
Mr Gary Randall, Acting Director, Executive Management
Mr Tim Short, Economic Development Officer

12.00 pm -12.45 pm

Lunch Break

12.45 pm – 1.15 pm

Shopping Centre Council of Australia (Submission 40)
Mr Milton Cockburn, Executive Director

1.15 pm – 1.45 pm

Virgin Blue (Submission 54)
Mr David Hanlon, Acting General Manager (Ground Operations)
Mr Mike Thomas, Government Relations Advisor

1.45 pm – 2.15 pm

Airports Association of Australia(Submission 57)
Mr Ken Keech, Chief Executive Officer
Mr John McArdle, National Chairman
Mr Stephen Skehill, Legal Counsel
Dr Russell Synnot, Submission Facilitator

2.15 pm – 3.00 pm

Brisbane Airport Corporation (Submission 48)
Mr Mark Willey, Executive Manager, Airport Planning

Canberra Airport (Submission 49)
Mr Stephen Byron, Managing Director
Mr Noel McCann, Director, Planning
Mr Alex Ananian-Cooper, Manager, Aviation Planning and Operations

3.00 pm – 3.15 pm

Afternoon Tea Break

3.15 pm – 4.00 pm

ACT Minister for Planning
Mr Simon Corbell, MLA

Planning Institute Australia (Submission 2)
Ms Liz de Chastel, National Policy Co-ordinator

4.00 pm – 5.00 pm

Department of Transport and Regional Services
Mr Mike Mrdak, Deputy Secretary
Mr Neil Williams, General Manager, Airports
Mr Dave Southgate, A/g General Manager, Aviation Services
Mr Terry Conway, Director, Policy and Coordination

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