APPENDIX 2

REPORT ON THE BREW REPORT AND ON THE CONTINUING ROLE OF THE COMMONWEALTH IN THE AUSTRALIAN RAIL INDUSTRY

APPENDIX 2

PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND WITNESSES WHO APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE

Old Methodist Meeting Hall

Adelaide Town Hall Function Centre

25 Pirie Street, Adelaide SA

Tuesday 28th January, 1997

PROGRAM

    9:30am Mr Mark Carter

      Chair, Rail 2000

    10:00am Mr Jack Smorgon

      Chairman, Australian National Railways Commission

      Mr Andrew Neal

      Acting General Manager,

      Australian National Railways Commission

    11:00am Mr Wayne Cornish

      President, SA Farmers Federation

    12:00pm Mr Alan McNeill

      Secretary, Australian Workers Union

    1:00pm Adjournment

Cooinda Hall

Commercial Road, Port Augusta SA

Wednesday, 29th January 1997

PROGRAM

    9:00 am Cr Joy Baluch

      Mayor, Port Augusta City Council

      Mr Ian McSporran

      Manager, Port Augusta City Council

    10:00 am Ms Colleen Hutchison

      CEO, Northern Development Board

    10:45 am Morning Tea

    11:00 am Mr Tim Scholz

      President, Regional and Economic Development Organisation

    11:45 am Mr Frank Horvat

    12:30 pm Lunch

    1:30 pm Mr Doug Morton

      Secretary, Public Transport Union

    2:15 pm Mr Ron Nobbs

      Combined Rail Union

    3:00 pm Adjournment

Broken Hill Entertainment Centre

Chloride Street, Broken Hill NSW

Thursday 30th January 1997

PROGRAM

    9:00am Cr. Peter Black

      Mayor, Broken Hill City Council

    10:00am Mr Howard Astill

      President, Broken Hill Chamber of Commerce

    10:45am Morning Tea

    11:00am Mr Eddie Butcher

      President, Barrier Industrial Council

    11:45am Mr Ray Longfellow

      Ivanhoe

    12:30pm Adjournment

Launceston Convention Centre

Tamar Street, Launceston TAS

Friday 31st January, 1997

PROGRAM

    9:00am Cr John Lees

      Mayor, City of Launceston

    10:00am Mr Peter Cooper

      President, Launceston Chamber of Commerce

    10:45am Morning Tea

    11:00am Mr Tom Black

      Executive Officer, Northern Tasmanian Regional

      Development Board

    11:45am Mr Scott McLean

      Transport spokesperson

      Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union

    12:30pm Lunch

    1:30pm Mr Michael Cook

      Secretary, Public Transport Union

    2:15pm Mr Don McQuestin

      Chief Executive Officer

      Port of Launceston Authority

    3:00pm Mr Jim Bacon

      Shadow Minister for Transport

      Mr Brenton Best

      Labor Member for Braddon

    3:45pm Adjournment

Committee Room 2S1

Parliament House, Canberra

Monday 3rd February 1997

PROGRAM

    9:00am Mr Bruce Gemmell, First Assistant Secretary, Land Transport

      Ms Robyn Beetham, Assistant Secretary, Rail

      Department of Transport and Regional Development

    10:00am Mr Geoff Plummer

      Manager Australian Logistics, BHP Transport

    11:00am Mr Roger Jowett

      National Secretary, Public Transport Union

    12:00pm Mr Ted Butcher AM

      Chairman, National Rail Corporation

      Mr Vince Graham

      Managing Director, National Rail Corporation

    1:00pm Lunch

    2:00pm Mr John Brew, Consultant

      Mr Ken Baxter, KPMG

    4:00pm Adjournment

Committee Room 2S1

Parliament House, Canberra

Wednesday 5th February 1997

PROGRAM

8:00pm The Hon. Mr John Cleary

    Minister for Transport, Tasmania

8:45pm Assoc. Prof. Phil Laird

    University of Wollongong

9:30pm Mr Marinus van Onselon, General Manager

    Boxcar Pty. Ltd.

10:15pm Mr Bruce Gemmell, First Assistant Secretary, Land Transport

    Department of Transport and Regional Development

11:00pm Adjournment