Impacts of native vegetation and biodiversity regulations
Public hearings
The following public hearings were held before the release of the draft report.
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Brisbane, 28 July 2003 (PDF 316.2 KB)
Brisbane, 28 July 2003 (RTF 328.8 KB)| Participants at Brisbane, 28 July 2003 | Pages |
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| Gecko (Sheila Davis) | 3-13 |
| Lynton Freeman | 14-23 |
| Gerard Flanagan | 24-29 |
| William Fritz | 30-38 |
| East End Mine Action Group (John Kelly, Alec Lucke, Peter Brady) | 39-54 |
| Timber Communities Australia - Grafton Branch (Susan Doust) | 55-66 |
| Agforce (Larry Acton) | 67-85 |
| Canegrowers (Eric Danzi) | 86-98 |
| Brisbane Regional Environment Council (Edward Fensom) | 99-103 |
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| Participants at Cairns, 31 July 2003 | Pages |
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| NRM Board (Wet Tropics) Inc (Charley Loudon) | 106-116 |
| Member For Kennedy - Bob Katter | 117-129 |
| Bonnie Bauer | 130-136 |
| Robert Sing | 137-141 |
| Innisfail Canegrowers Association (Wayne Thomas) | 142-149 |
| Timber Communities Australia (Bob Stewart, Ian Stewart, Wayne Thomas, Charlie Loudon) | 150-155 |
| Longan Association Australia (Neil Sing) | 156-158 |
| Mulgrave Landcare Catchment Group (Bruce Corcoran) | 159-162 |
| Roz Burtenshaw | 163-166 |
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| Participants at Canberra, 4 August 2003 | Pages |
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| National Association of Forest Industries (Kate Carnell, Phil Townsend) | 168-187 |
| Rural Conservation Service (Garry Orr) | 188-196 |
| Len Wheatley, John 'Darcy, Warren Page | 197-216 |
| Greening Australia (Carl Binning) | 217-234 |
| Constitutional Property Rights Committee (August Weston) | 235-252 |
| National Farmers Federation (Larry Acton, James Florent, Charlie Beasley) | 253-270 |
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| Participants at Perth, 7 August 2003 | Pages |
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| Western Australian Farmers Federation (Andy Mcmillan, Colin Nicholl, Garry English, Len Buckingham, Ken Harris) | 272-301 |
| John Dival | 302-313 |
| West Australian Government (Ross Ireland, Ken Atkins, Rod Banyard, Michael Bennett) | 312-328 |
| Ferguson Kenneison and Associates (Jim Ferguson, John O'Dea) | 329-339 |
| Landcare (Geoff Cockerton) | 340-350 |
| National Farmers Federation (Craig Underwood) | 351-362 |
| Pastoralists and Graziers Association of Western Australia (John Hyde, David Wren, Sue Walker, Gary Peacock, Geoff Gare, Eric Simkin, Craig Underwood, Peter Wren) | 363-383 |
| Conservation Council of Western Australia (Rachel Siewert, James Duggie, Cameron Poustie, Chris Tallentire) | 384-412 |
| Ron Collins, J. Collins | 413-429 |
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| Participants at Adelaide, 8 August 2003 | Pages |
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| Kevin Parker, Neville Parker | 431-442 |
| Tatiara District Council (Bryan Paech) | 443-451 |
| Edward Davis | 452-460 |
| Sally Mckay, Jim McDowell | 461-474 |
| Scott Donner, Kent Martin, Libby Hunt | 475-496 |
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| Participants at Melbourne, 14 August 2003 | Pages |
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| Peter Pacers | 498-508 |
| Ian Jack | 509-519 |
| Gippsland Farm Plantations (Rob Willersdorf) | 520-531 |
| West Wimmera Shire Council (James Mckay, Bruce Meyer, Ron Hawkins, Warren Wait) | 532-551 |
| Anthony Wait | 552-558 |
| Australian Conservation Foundation (Tim Fisher, Charlie Sherwin) | 559-583 |
| Mr Fern Pty Ltd (Les Vulcz, Rosemary Vulcz) | 584-600 |
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| Participants at Melbourne, 15 August 2003 | Pages |
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| Canegrowers (Herbert River) (Peter Sheedy, Gavan Hughes) | 602-613 |
| Gilbert Tippett | 614-621 |
| Janet Mary Leeshman Blake, Kevin John Blake | 622-645 |
| Victorian Apiarists Association (Linton Briggs, Gavan Jamieson) | 646-661 |
| Victorian Farmers Federation (Ron Hards, Clay Manners, Cathy Tischler, Murray Davis, Lawrence Boyd, Harry Haralambous, Reg Holt, John Croft, Matthew Croft) | 662-706 |
| Murray Davis | 707-710 |
| Reg Holt | 711-717 |
| Gilbert Tippett | 718-718 |
| Ian Jack | 718-720 |
| Rosemary Vulcz | 720-721 |
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| Participants at Hobart, 18 August 2003 | Pages |
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| Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association (Brendan Thompson, Ian Whyte, Robert Downie) | 724-743 |
| Tasmanian Conservation Trust (Alistair Graham) | 744-766 |
| Southern Midlands Council (Colin Howlett, Damien Mackey) | 767-779 |
| Forests and Forest Industry Council of Tasmania (Trevor Bird, Terry Edwards, Ian Dickenson) | 780-795 |
| Reserve Design and Management (Greg Blake) | 796-809 |
| Robert Downie | 810 |
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| Participants at Sydney, 19 August 2003 | Pages |
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| Institute of Public Affairs (James Alfred Hoggett) | 813-827 |
| Ricegrowers Association of Australia (Dedee Woodside) | 828-840 |
| World Wildlife Fund of Australia (Andreas Glanznig, Warwick Moss) | 841-860 |
| Frederick Stewart Hespe | 861-871 |
| New South Wales Farmers Association (Michael John Keogh, Stephen Renton, Jonathan Russell Streat) | 872-894 |
| The Wilderness Society (Noel Ryan) | 895-909 |
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| Participants at Moree, 20 August 2003 | Pages |
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| Moree Plains Shire Council (David Aber) | 912-923 |
| Jack Sinden | 924-942 |
| Narcoona Regional Vegetation Committee (Rod Young) | 943-954 |
| University of New England (Bryan Pape) | 955-966 |
| Murray Darling Lippia Management Group (Tony Norman Woods, Bruce Southern) | 967-976 |
| Constitutional Property Rights Committee (Bevan O'Regan) | 977-987 |
| Moree Plains Shire Council (Allan Boardman) | 988-992 |
| Country Womens Association (Merna Harris) | 993-999 |
| Andrew Schmidt, Kathy Schmidt | 1000-1017 |
| Rod Young | 1018-1020 |
| Peter Voller | 1021-1023 |
| Denzil Mills | 1024-1025 |
| Geoff Manchee | 1026-1026 |
| Bevan O’Regan | 1027-1027 |
The following public hearings were held after the release of the draft report.
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| Participants at Mackay, 2 February 2004 | Pages |
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| Canegrowers (Bern Ashburner, Rod Reedman) | 1031-1043 |
| Mackay Whitsunday Natural Resource Management Group (Sandy Heit) | 1044-1046 |
| Dalrymple Landcare Committee Inc (Marie Vitelli) | 1047-1056 |
| Sunfish Mackay (Noel Whitehead) | 1057-1060 |
| Mackay Conservation Group and Mackay Whitsunday Natural Resources Management Group (Patricia Julien) | 1061-1065 |
| Ray Greaves | 1066-1070 |
| Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland (Andrew Dinwoodie) | 1071-1075 |
| Harold Smith | 1076-1082 |
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| Participants at Toowoomba, 3 February 2004 | Pages |
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| Tamborine Mountain Landcare (Donald John Lynch Julie Elizabeth Lake) | 1084-1101 |
| Russell Turkington, Beverley Turkington | 1102-1116 |
| Colin Clift | 1117-1119 1141-1142 |
| Boonah Shire Council (Stephen Smith) | 1120-1126 |
| AgForce Queensland (Larry Acton, Amanda Parker) | 1127-1140 |
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| Participants at Sydney, 4 February 2004 | Pages |
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| Mick O'Neill | 1144-1159 |
| Keith Campbell | 1160-1167 |
| F. Hespe | 1168-1181 |
| Australian Network of Environmental Defenders Offices (Jeff Smith) | 1182-1203 |
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| Participants at Dubbo, 5 February 2004 | Pages |
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| New South Wales Forest Products Association Ltd. Cypress and Ironbark Division (Heather Andrews, Roy Matthews, Tom Underwood) | 1206-1224 |
| Charles Reynolds | 1225-1239 |
| Doug Arnott, Jim Edwards, Richard Stanton, Rod Young | 1240-1259 |
| Alan Hall, Shirley Hall | 1260-1265 |
| Brewarrina Regional Vegetation Committee (Karen Kneipp) | 1266-1278 |
| Clyde Cook | 1279-1279 |
| Doug Menzies, Peter Weston | 1280-1297 |
| Elizabeth Tomlinson | 1298-1302 |
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| Participants at Albury, 11 February 2004 | Pages |
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| Dennis E. Toohey and Associates (Dennis Toohey) | 1305-1319 |
| Euroka Station Partnership (John Webb) | 1320-1332 |
| Paul McGowan | 1333-1342 |
| Geoff Lucas | 1343-1351 |
| Bryan Ward | 1352-1361 |
| John Richard (Jack) Jones | 1362-1370 |
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| Participants at Hobart, 13 February 2004 | Pages |
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| Tasmanian Conservation Trust (Alistair Graham) | 1373-1391 |
| John Oldaker | 1392-1404 |
| Don Mcshane | 1405-1416 |
| Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association (Brendon Thompson, Ian Whyte) | 1417-1431 |
| Northern Midlands Council (David Downie) | 1432-1439 |
| Peter Innes-Smith | 1440-1451 |
| Southern Midlands Council (Colin Howlett, Damian Mackey) | 1452-1465 |
| Denise Swan | 1466-1470 |
| John Hammond | 1471-1478 |
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| Participants at Perth, 17 February 2004 | Pages |
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| Pastoralists and Graziers Association OF WA Inc (John Martin Hyde, John Dival, Peter Alex Wren, Henry Ebenshade, Geoff Gare) | 1481-1498 |
| Western Australian Government (Rosh Ireland, David Hartley, Keiran Mcnamara, Rod Banyard, Ian Briggs) | 1499-1517 |
| WA Farmers Federation (Colin Nicholl, Andy Mcmillan, Garry English) | 1518-1529 |
| Murray Nixon | 1530-1537 |
| Ferguson Kenneison Associates (Jim Ferguson, John Fernie) | 1538-1554 |
| Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council (Mick McCarthy, Lesley Thomas) | 1555-1568 |
| Conservation Council of WA (Cameron Poustie, James Duggie, Chris Tallentire) | 1569-1594 |
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| Participants at Melbourne, 23 February 2004 | Pages |
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| Robin Weatherald | 1596-1607 |
| Geoff Sebire | 1608-1622 |
| Australian Conservation Foundation (Tim Fisher, Charlie Sherwin) | 1623-1656 |
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| Participants at Melbourne, 24 February 2004 | Pages |
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| Gilbert Tippett | 1658-1664 |
| Ian Jack, Sue Jack | 1665-1681 |
| Sally McKay, Jim Mcdowall | 1682-1701 1712-1713 |
| South Australian Farmers Federation (Scott Donner, Kent Martin) | 1702-1711 |
| Victorian Farmers Federation (Ron Hards, Clay Manners, Kathy Tischler) | 1714-1729 |
| Timber Towns Victoria (Malcolm Hole, Phil Millar, Naree Atkinson) | 1730-1744 |
| Threatened Species Scientific Committee (Robert Beeton, Anne-Marie Delahunt) | 1745-1757 |
| Murray Davis | 1758-1761 |
