Public Hearing - Canberra, Monday 30 June 2008

Inquiry into Climate Change and the Australian Agricultural Sector

Public Hearing - Canberra, Monday 30 June 2008

Senate Committee Room 2S1
Parliament House
CANBERRA

Time

Witness

9.00

CSIRO (sub 32)
Dr Mark Howden, Theme Leader, Adaptive Primary Industries & Enterprises

10.00 am

Bureau of Meteorology (sub 7)
Dr Mike Coughlan, Chief Climatologist
Dr Scott Power, Principal Research Scientist

10.45 am

Morning Tea Break

11.00 am

Mr Tim Wiley & Mr Bob Wilson (sub 41)
Australian Soil Carbon Accreditation Scheme (sub 42)
Dr Christine Jones, Founder

11.45 am

Land & Water Australia (sub 3) (on behalf of the Joint Strategy Team for the development of the National Climate Change Research Strategy for Rural Industries)
Dr Michael Robinson, Executive Director Land & Water Australia
Chair, Joint Strategy Team, National Climate Change Research Strategy for Primary Industries

12.30 pm

Lunch Break

1.00 pm

Murray Darling Basin Commission (sub 35)
Mr Jason Alexandra, Director, Water Policy Co-ordinator
Ms Katrina Maquire, Senior Manager Climate Change Program

1.45 pm

Future Farm Industries CRC (sub 38)
Mr Kevin Goss, Chief Executive Officer

2.30 pm

CRC for Australian Weed Management (sub 19)
Dr Chris Preston

3.15 pm

Afternoon Tea Break

3.30 pm

National Association of Forest Industries (sub 6)
Mr Allan Hansard, Chief Executive Officer
Mr David de Jongh, Senior Forest Policy Analyst

4.15 pm

The Green Institute (sub 10)
Ms Margaret Blakers

5.00 pm

Adjournment of Hearing

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