Public hearing - Canberra, Tuesday 22 April 2008

Inquiry into the Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 and Wheat Export Marketing (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008

Public hearing - Canberra, Tuesday 22 April 2008

Committee Room 2S1
Parliament House
CANBERRA

Time

Witness

9.00 am

Eastern Wheat Growers
Mr Chris Kellock
Mr Mark Johns
Mr Justin Brennan
Mr Angus McLaren

9.30 am

NSW Growers Group
Mr Jock Munro
Mr Hugh Hart
Mr John Minogue

10.00 am

Export Wheat Commission
Mr Peter Woods, Acting Chief Executive Officer

10.30 am

Morning Tea Break

10.45 am

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
Mr Joe Dimasi, Executive General Manager, Regulatory Affairs Division
Mr Bruce Cooper, General Manager, Corporate and Regulatory Law
Mr David Salisbury, Director, Transport Monitoring and Analysis, Transport and Prices Oversight

11.15 am

Wheat Export Marketing Alliance
Mr Graham Blight [Via Teleconference, TBC]
Mr John Ridley
Mr Mark Hoskinson

11.45 am

AWB
Mr Sasha Grebe, Manager, Trade Advocacy and Government Relations
Mr Robert Hadler, General Manager, Corporate Affairs

12.15 pm

PGA Western Graingrowers [Via Teleconference]
Mr Leon Bradley, Chairman
Mr Rick Wilson, Vice-Chairman
Mr Slade Brockman, Policy Director
Mr Gary McGill, Committee Member

12.45 pm

Lunch Break

1.30 pm

WA Grain Group [Via Teleconference]
Mr Doug Clarke
Mr Robert Doney
Mr Ray Marshall

2.00 pm

NSW Farmers' Association
Mr Sean Flanery
Mr John Ridley

2.30 pm

Emerald Group
Mr Mike Chaseling, Deputy Chairman

3.00 pm

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Mr David Mortimer, Executive Manager, Food and Agriculture Division
Dr Terry Sheales, Chief Commodity Analyst, ABARE
Mr Russell Phillips, General Manager, Wheat, Sugar and Crops Branch

5.00 pm

Adjournment of Hearing

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Senate Standing Committees on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
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Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

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Email: rrat.sen@aph.gov.au