Appendix 2 - Witnesses who appeared before the Committee at the Public Hearings

Appendix 2 - Witnesses who appeared before the Committee at the Public Hearings

Monday, 8 March 2004
Parliament House, Canberra

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Mr Paul Morris, Executive Manager, Market Access and Biosecurity

Biosecurity Australia
Ms Mary Harwood, Executive Manager
Mr William Magee, Senior Manager
Dr Cheryl McRae, Senior Manager, Biosecuirty Development and Evaluation

 

Wednesday, 10 March 2004
Parliament House, Canberra

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Mr Paul Morris, Executive Manager, Market Access and Biosecurity

Biosecurity Australia
Ms Mary Harwood, Executive Manager
Mr William Magee, Senior Manager
Dr Cheryl McRae, Senior Manager

 

Tuesday, 13 April 2004
Parliament House Brisbane

Australian Banana Growers' Council
Mr Leonard Collins, Chairman, Imports Committee
Mr Tony Heidrich, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Marc Jackson, Banana Grower
Dr Ian Muirhead, Consultant
Mr Richard Piper, Consultant
Mr David Pullar, Consultant

Professor James Dale (Private capacity)

Mr David Peasley (Private capacity)

Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Plant Protection
Professor John Irwin, Chief Executive Officer
Dr Mark Fegan, Lecturer

Dr Chris Hayward (Private capacity)

 

Thursday, 13 May 2004
Parliament House, Canberra

NSW Agriculture
Dr Michael Curll, Deputy Director General
Mr Robert Paton, Policy Officer (Market Access), Entomology

Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Plant Protection
Mr John Herbert, Chairman, Governing Board

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Dr William Roberts, Executive Manager, Special Projects, Product Integrity, Animal and Plant Health
Note: Relevant evidence was also given at the Committee’s hearing on budget estimates on 24 May 2004.

 

Wednesday, 16 June 2004
Parliament House, Canberra

Biosecurity Australia
Ms Mary Harwood, Executive Manager
Dr Cheryl McRae, Senior Manager, Biosecurity Development and Evaluation

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Mr Bernard Wonder, Deputy Secretary
Mr Paul Morris, Executive Manager, Market Access and Biosecurity
Dr Brian Stynes, General Manager, Plant Biosecurity

 

Wednesday, 9 February 2005
Parliament House, Canberra

Biosecurity Australia
Dr David Banks, Prinipal Scientist
Mr John Cahill, Interim Chief Executive
Dr Brian Stynes, General Manager, Plant Biosecurity
Mr Bernard Wonder, Deputy Secretary