Science and Research
John Voumard, Inquiry Chair
© Commonwealth of Australia, 2000
ISBN 0642547157
Public hearings were held in Canberra on 30 May and in Brisbane on 1 June 2000.
Notices of the public hearings were placed in The Canberra Times, The Australian and The Courier Mail on Saturday 20 May 2000. Organisations which had made submissions to the Inquiry were sent letters inviting them to make presentations. Nine individuals or organisations made presentations. The Chair also held informal discussions with Dr Simon Hearn and Ms Kristiane Herrmann, from Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry--Australia, about issues arising from that Department's submission to the Inquiry.
Mr Mikael Hirsch, Mr Stephen Midgley and Mr Stephen Trowell, CSIRO.
Mr Michael Davis, Canberra.
Ms Eleanor Gilbert on behalf of Mr Anderson of the Euahlayi: Nyoongar
Ghurradjong Murri Clan Group and Sovereign Union, NSW.
Mr Michael Kerr, Australian Conservation Foundation, Melbourne (by telephone).
Mr Don Anton, Environmental Defenders Office Network, Melbourne (by telephone).
Mr Peter McMahon, Mr Bob Phelps, Australian GeneEthics Network, Melbourne, in association with Gunggalidda Association, and Ms Wadjularbinna, Doomadgee Aboriginal Association, Qld (by telephone).
Ms Jessica Wyers, IP Australia, Canberra.
Ms Christine Morris, Australian Key Centre for Cultural and Media Policy, Griffith University, Brisbane.
Mr Charles Lawson, Brisbane.
24-25 January 2000: Department of the Environment and Heritage, Canberra.
20 March 2000: Mr Leon Morris and Mr Peter Cooke, Northern Land Council, Darwin.
21 March 2000: Mr Fred Haala, Manager, Kakadu National Park.
22 March 2000: Mr Fraser Vickery, Manager Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park; Mr Paul Josif, Office of Joint Management, and Ms Kathy Bannister, Assistant Coordinator; Mr Graham Lightbody and Mr Tony Keys, Central Land Council, Alice Springs; Tony Tjamiwa and Ginger Wikilyiri, Traditional Owners of Uluru-Kata Tjuta; Leroy Lester, Park Ranger and interpreter.
23 March 2000: Mr Tony Keys, Central Land Council, Alice Springs.
5 April 2000: Ms Dawn Waddy, Chair, Board of Management, and Mr Scott Suridge, Manager, Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay Territory.
6 April 2000: Mr Reuben Ardler, Community Liaison Officer, Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council, Wreck Bay, Jervis Bay Territory.
26 April 2000: Mr Peter Rogers, President, Australian Biotechnology Association, Melbourne; Dr Howard Wildman, Manager, ExGenix, Melbourne.
3 May 2000: Queensland Department of State Development and Department of Premier and Cabinet, Brisbane.
4 May 2000: Professor Ron Quinn, AstraZeneca R&D Griffith University, Nathan Queensland.
9 May 2000: Mr Greg Eaton, Director of Science, Bio-Gene Bioprospecting Limited, West Perth; Western Australian Department of Premier and Cabinet, Perth; Ms Maxine Chi, Perth.
19 May 2000: Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Board of Management, Mutitjulu Community.
22 May 2000: Board of Management, Kakadu National Park.
16 June 2000: Ms Evelyn Scott, Chair, Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation .
1st meeting, 31 January 2000, Adelaide
2nd meeting, 27 and 28 April 2000, Melbourne
3rd meeting, 1 and 2 June 2000, Brisbane
4th meeting, 3 July 2000, Adelaide
