APPENDIX 2

REPORT ON THE IMPORTATION OF COOKED CHICKEN MEAT INTO AUSTRALIA

APPENDIX 2

LIST OF WITNESSES APPEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
Public Hearing Wednesday 28th August 1996
Committee Room 1S2, Parliament House, Canberra

Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service

Mr Paul Hickey, Executive Director

Mr Digby Gascoine, Director, Development & Evaluation Division

Dr Sarah Kahn, Assistant Director, Animal Quarantine Branch

Dr Linda Corner, Senior Veterinary Officer

Dr Kevin Doyle, Australian Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer

Mr Steve Bailey, Principal Executive Officer, Imported Foods Inspection

Dr Ann McDonald, A/g Principal Veterinary Officer, Animal Program Section

Ms Stephanie Whitelaw, Executive Secretariat

Department of Primary Industries and Energy

Ms Gail Stevenson, Assistant Secretary, Economic Policy Branch

Mr Dennis Gebbie, Assistant Secretary, International Branch

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Mr Paul Tighe, Assistant Secretary, Agriculture and Resources Branch

Mr Iain Dickie, Director, Agriculture and Trade Policy Section

Mr Robert Arnott, Director, GATT Section

Australian and New Zealand Food Authority

Mr Dan McCullum, Senior Food Technologist

Ms Ann Naco, Senior Professional Officer

Dr Gordon Birch, Scientific Director

Mr Richard Souness, Hygiene Director

PUBLIC HEARING FRIDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 1996

MAITLAND, NEW SOUTH WALES

BAILEY, Mr Graeme Alfred, Joint Managing Director, Chickadee Foods, Cutrock Road, Lisarow, New South Wales 2250

BAINS, Dr Balkar Singh, Consultant, Australian Chicken Growers Association, 57 Laurence Street, Pennant Hills, New South Wales 2120

BALDWIN, Mr Robert Charles, MP, Parliament House, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

BRAJKOVICH, Mr Lennard Steve, President, Western Australian Broiler Growers Association, Lot 51, Swan Road, Middle Swan, Western Australia 6056

CLARKE, Mr John Leslie, President, Chickenmeat Group, Victorian Farmers Federation, Farrer House, 24/28 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria

EVANS, Mrs Kathleen May, Assistant Secretary, Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union (Newcastle and Northern Branch), 34 Union Street, Newcastle West, New South Wales

FAIRBROTHER, Dr Jeffory Graham, Executive Director, Australian Chicken Meat Federation and Australian Poultry Industries Association, PO Box 579, North Sydney, New South Wales 2059

GILCHRIST, Dr Paul Thomas, Consultant, Australian Chicken Growers Association, 2729 Oxford Street, Ingleburn, New South Wales 2565

GOLLAN, Dr Ian Robert, Veterinarian, Chicken Producer, Beef Producer, Lot 11 Tocal Road, Mindaribba, New South Wales 2320

JONES, Mr Chris, Senior VicePresident, Victorian Farmers Chicken Meat Group, VFF Farrer House, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000

LARKIN, Mr John Terence, Director, Economics and Agribusiness Research, Instate Pty Ltd, Suite 6, 98 Alfred Street, Milsons Point, New South Wales 2061 LUCKHURST, Mr Timothy Anderson, Executive Officer, Australian Chicken Growers Council, PO Box 187, Ingleburn, New South Wales 2565

MacKENZIE, Dr Margaret Anne, General Manager,Technical Services, Chicken Meat Federation, Inghams Enterprises, PO Box 579, North Sydney, New South Wales 2059

MADSEN, Mr John Sidney, Member, Mangrove Mountain and District Community Group, RMB 4370, Ironbark Road, Mangrove Mountain, New South Wales 2250

MARVEN, Mrs Gisela Hilde, President, Australian Chicken Meat Federation, PO Box 579, North Sydney, New South Wales 2059 and Joint Managing Director, Marven Poultry Pty Ltd, PO Box 812, Lilydale, Victoria 3140

PARKER, Mr Colin, Field Research Officer, New South Wales Chicken Growers Association, former AQIS inspector, PO Box 187, Ingleburn, New South Wales

RAYWARD, Mr Digby, District Veterinarian, Rural Lands Board, and Broiler Grower, Lot 16 Pywells Road, Lochinvar, New South Wales 2321

RAZBORSEK, Mr Ernest Francis, Industrial Officer, Newcastle and Northern Regions, Labour Council of New South Wales, Level 3, Room 302, Ironworkers Centre, 161 Maitland Road, Mayfield, New South Wales

READING, Mr Max, Joint President, Australian Workers Union, Newcastle Branch, 4th floor, 161 Maitland Road, Mayfield, New South Wales

SANSOM, Mr Gary William, President, Queensland Chicken Growers Association Inc., 27 Peel Street, South Brisbane, Queensland

WILKINSON, Mr John Charles, President, New South Wales Chicken Growers Association, Ingleburn, New South Wales

WRIGHT, Mr Barrie Raymond, Area Manager, Central Coast Mid North Coast and Hunter Region, NSW Farmers Association, 1 Bligh Street, Sydney, New South Wales

PUBLIC HEARING, MONDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 1996

CANBERRA

BAILEY, Mr Stephen Barry, Principal Executive Officer, Imported Food Inspection Program, Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, Edmund Barton Building, Parkes, Australian Capital Territory 2600DOYLE, Dr Kevin Adrian, Australia Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer, Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, Edmund Barton Building, Parkes, Australian Capital Territory 2600

GASCOINE, Mr Digby Frank, Director, Development and Evaluation Division, Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, Edmund Barton Building, Parkes, Australian Capital Territory 2600

HEARN, Dr Simon Eric, First Assistant Secretary, Corporate Policy Division, Department of Primary Industries and Energy, Edmund Barton Building, Barton, Australian Capital Territory 2600

HICKEY, Mr Paul William, Executive Director, Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, Edmund Barton Building, Parkes, Australian Capital Territory 2600

HIRD, Miss Joan Margaret, Director, GATT Projects, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Parkes Place, Parkes, Australian Capital Territory 2600

JEWELL, Mr Paul, Acting Executive Director, Wildlife Management, Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Nature Conservation House, 153 Emu Bank, Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory

KAHN, Dr Sarah Ann, Assistant Director, Animal Quarantine Policy Branch, Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, Edmund Barton Building, Parkes, Australian Capital Territory 2600

MAYNES, Dr Gerald Michael, Director, Population Assessment Unit, Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Nature Conservation House, 153 Emu Bank, Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory

McGRANE, Mr Timothy Bernard, Desk Officer, Agriculture Trade Policy Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Parkes Place, Parkes, Australian Capital Territory 2600

STEVENSON, Ms Gay Frances, Acting Assistant Secretary, Economic Policy Branch, Corporate Policy Division, Department of Primary Industries, and Energy, Barton, Australian Capital Territory 2600

TIGHE, Mr Paul Joseph, Assistant Secretary, Agriculture and Resources Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Parkes Place, Parkes, Australian Capital Territory 2600