Public Hearing - Canberra, Friday 26 September 2008

Inquiry into water management of the Coorong and Lower Lakes

Public Hearing - Canberra, Friday 26 September 2008

9.00am 4.00pm
Committee Room 2S1
Parliament House, Canberra ACT

Time

Witness

9.00am 9.30am

Bureau of Meteorology – via teleconference
Mr Neil Plummer, A/g Superintendent, National Climate Centre
Dr David Jones

9.30am 10.00am

NSW Farmers Association (Submission 63) – via teleconference
Ms Louise Burge

10.00am 10.30am

Australian Conservation Foundation (Submission 69)
Dr Arlene Buchan, Healthy Rivers Campaigner

10.30am 11.00am

Murrumbidgee Irrigation Ltd
Mr Dick Thompson, Chairman

11.00am 11.10am

Morning Tea Break

11.10am 11.40am

Plug the Pipe (Submission 42)
Mr Bob Richardson
Mr Ken Pattison
Mr Chris Harrison

11.40am 12.10pm

Australian Floodplain Association
Ms Deborah Kaluder

12:10pm 1.10pm

Lunch Break

1.10pm 2.35pm

Murray Darling Basin Commission (Submission 76)
Dr Wendy Craik, Chief Executive Officer

Murray Darling Basin Authority
Mr Robert Freeman, Chair/Chief Executive Officer

2.35pm 3.05pm

Victorian Farmers Federation – via teleconference
Mr Richard Anderson, Chair, VFF Water Council
Mr Graeme Ford, Executive Manager, Policy

3.05pm 3.15pm

Afternoon Tea Break

3.15pm 4.00pm

Snowy Hydro Ltd
Mr David Harris, Executive Officer, Regulatory Strategy and Legal
Mr Andrew Nolan, Manager, Water

4.00pm

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