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Appendix C – List of public hearings

Wednesday, 13 November 2002 - Individuals Professor Peter Cullen

Wednesday, 11 December 2002 - Canberra Land & Water Mr Andrew Campbell, Executive Director

Monday, 17 February 2003 - Boonah, Qld. Beaudesert Community Advisory Panel Cr. Judy Harvey Mr Stephen Struss Beaudesert Shire Council Mr Chris Lawson, Director Civil Operations Cr. Ronald Munn, Mayor Boonah Shire Council Cr John Brent, Mayor Mr Patrick Murphy, Director of Works and Technical Services Mr Cameron Seagrave, Commmunity and Industry Development Officer Cr. Heather Wehl 204 GETTING WATER RIGHT(S) – THE FUTURE OF RURAL AUSTRALIA

Esk Shire Council Mr Ralph Ash, Utilities Engineer Mr Vimalan Balachandran, Manager, Operations Mrs Jean Bray, Mayor Tamborine Mountain Progress Association Incorporated Mr Philip J Giffard, Member Mrs Jennifer Peat, Honorary Secretary Mr Jack Ralston, Member of Management Committee

Tuesday, 18 February 2003 - Brisbane Chinchilla Shire Council Mr Ed Hoffmann, Chief Executive Officer Cr. Bill McCutcheon, Mayor Chinchilla Water Users Association Mr Darryl O'Leary, President Department of Natural Resources and Mines Mr Peter Beavers, Senior Engineer Pioneer Valley Water Board Mr John Palmer, Manager Upper Lockyer Water Users Association Inc., Central Lockyer North, Central Lockyer South, Central Lockyer

Mr Paul Emmerson Water Users Forum (Central Lockyer North) Mr Jeffrey Logan, Delegate (Area Representative) Mr Gordon Van Der Est, Executive

Wednesday, 19 February 2003 - Brisbane Individuals Mr Lin M Hall APPENDIX C – LIST OF PUBLIC HEARINGS 205

Land & Water Australia Dr Barry White, Coordinator, Climate Variability in Agriculture R&D Program (LWRRDC) Logan & Albert Rivers Catchment Association Mr Andy Grodecki, Interim President Miss Brooke Hynch, Catchment Coordinator Queensland Department of Primary Industries Dr Jeffrey Clewett, Scientist, Leader Landscape Systems Group, Queensland Centre for Climate Applications, Agency for Food and Fibre Sciences

Dr Roger Stone, Director, Qld. Centre for Climate Applications Queensland Farmers Federation Mr Ian Johnson, Water Advisor Mr Gary Sansom, President

Wednesday, 19 March 2003 - Canberra Landholders for the Environment Mr Leon Ashby, Convenor/Founder

Wednesday, 26 March 2003 - Canberra Individuals Mr Bob Charles, MP, Federal Member for La Trobe

Monday, 7 April 2003 - Lawson Consultancy Pty. Ltd Mr John Lawson, Principal 206 GETTING WATER RIGHT(S) – THE FUTURE OF RURAL AUSTRALIA

Pratt Water Pty Ltd Dr William Hurditch, Assistant Project Director Mr John Nixon-Smith, Financial & Commercial Advisor

Tuesday, 8 April 2003 - Melbourne Individuals Mrs Jenny Blake Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology Dr Mike Manton, Chief of Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre

Mr Bruce Stewart, Assistant Director, Climate, Consultative and Hydrological Services Dr John Zillman, Director of Meteorology National Competition Council Mr Ross Campbell, Director, Water Reform Section Ms Deborah Cope, Acting Executive Director Victorian Farmers Federation Mr Clay Manners, General Manager, Policy Mr John O'Brien, Chairman, Water Resource Committee

Monday, 28 April 2003 - Adelaide Individuals Mr Christopher Pyne MP, Member for Sturt Dr John C Radcliffe AM, FTSE Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality and Treatment Professor Don Bursill, Chief Executive Officer Mr Darryl Day, Regional Water Supplies Leader Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation Mr Peter Hoey, Executive Director, Murray Darling Division APPENDIX C – LIST OF PUBLIC HEARINGS 207

South Australian Farmers Federation Dr Scott Donner, Executive Officer, Natural Resources Committee Mr Kent Martin, Chair, Natural Resources Committee South Australian Government Mr Martin Allen, Senior Policy Officer, Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation

Tuesday, 29 April 2003 - Port Lincoln Individuals

Cr. Peter Davis Eyre Peninsula Catchment Water Management Board Mr Brian Foster, Board Member Mr Geoff Rayson, General Manager Eyre Peninsula Local Government Association Mr Vance Thomas, Executive Officer

Wednesday, 14 May 2003 - Canberra Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics Dr Stephen Beare, Research Director

Wednesday, 28 May 2003 - Canberra Murray- Darling Basin Commission Dr Don Blackmore, Chief Executive Mr Kevin Goss, Deputy Chief Executive

Wednesday, 4 June 2003 - Canberra Australian Management Consolidated Pty Ltd Mr Aron Gingis

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Wednesday, 18 June 2003 - Canberra Australian Greenhouse Office Dr David Ugalde, Manager-Greenhouse Science & Agriculture Team Environment Australia Mr Theo Hooy, Acting Assistant Secretary, Water Branch

Wednesday, 25 June 2003 - Canberra CSIRO Dr Wayne S Meyer, Business Director, Land & Water

Dr Brian Ryan, Leader, Earth Systems Modelling Program Prof. Michael Young, Director, Policy Economic Research Unit

Thursday, 31 July 2003 - Deniliquin Coleambally Co-operative Limited Mr Murray Smith, Acting Chief Executive Officer Irrigators Inc Mr Lawrence Arthur, Chairman Mrs Deborah Kerr, Executive Moira Private Irrigation District Mr Mick Barlow, Chairman Mr Rodney Barnett, Vice Chairman Murray Irrigation Limited Mr William Hetherington, Chairman Mr George Warne, General Manager Murray Valley Groundwater Users Association Mr Leigh Chappell, Executive Officer, Secretary/Treasurer Murrumbidgee Irrigation Mr John Howe, Water Policy Manager APPENDIX C – LIST OF PUBLIC HEARINGS 209

Southern Riverina Irrigation Districts Council Mr Trevor Clark, Chairman Mr Scott Glyde, Chief Executive

Wednesday, 13 August 2003 - Canberra Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry-Australia Mr Ross Dalton, General Manager, Water and Murray-Darling Basin Mr Ian Thompson, Executive Manager, Natural Resource Management

Friday, 15 August 2003 - Sydney Australian Water Association Mr Chris Davis, Chief Executive Director Mr Rod Lehmann, President Irrigation Association of Australia Mr Jolyon Burnett, Chief Executive Officer Local Government Association of NSW Cr. Patrick Brassil AM, Chairperson, Water Management Committee Local Government Association; and Shires Association of NSW Ms Stephanie Smith, Senior Policy Officer - Water, Strategic Services Nature Conservation Council of NSW Ms Rachael Young, Water Policy Officer NSW Irrigator's Council Ms Jacqueline Knowles, Policy Analyst Mr Doug Miell, Executive Director Ms Michelle Ward, Consultant Twynam Agricultural Group Mrs Christine Campbell, Executive Chairman Mr Bruce Finney, Central Region Manager Mr Johnny Kahlbetzer, Operations Director 210 GETTING WATER RIGHT(S) – THE FUTURE OF RURAL AUSTRALIA

World Wide Fund for Nature Australia Mr Warwick Moss, Natural Resource Economist, Resource Conservation Programme

Wednesday, 20 August 2003 - Canberra Engineers Australia Mr Hugh Crawley, Past President Canberra Division, Past Chair Environmental Engineering Society Mr Malcolm Palmer, Research Officer, Public Policy Unit Snowy Hydro Ltd.

Mr Terry Charlton, Chief Executive Officer Mr Barry Dunn, Executive Officer-Water

Wednesday, 10 September 2003 - Canberra CSIRO Dr Christopher Moran, Chief Scientist-Healthy Country Flagship Program Land & Water Australia Mr Colin Campbell, Executive Director

Wednesday, 17 September 2003 - Canberra Western Australian Farmers Federation Mr Andy McMillan, Director of Policy Mr Colin Nicholl, President Western Australian Government Mr Ed Hauck, Manager, Hydrology & Water Resources Branch, Department of Environment Mr Fred Tromp, Director, Resource Science Division, Department of Environment

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Wednesday, 8 October 2003 - Canberra Individuals Professor Peter Cullen CSIRO Land and Water Dr John Williams, Chief Wentworth Group Mr Peter Cosier, Member

Wednesday, 15 October 2003 - Canberra

National Farmers' Federation Mr Ralph Leutton, Member of the NFF Water Task Force National Farmers' Federation Limited Mr James Florent, Policy Manager, Environment

Wednesday, 5 November 2003 - Canberra Pratt Water Pty Ltd Mr Tony Gray, Public Affairs Manager Dr William Hurditch, Assistant Project Director Mr Ian Wisken, Assistant Project Director

Wednesday, 26 November 2003 - Canberra Murray- Darling Basin Commission Dr Don Blackmore, Chief Executive Mr Andrew Close, Manager Water Resources Group