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Appendix 4 Witnesses at Hearings

5 February 1998 / New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties
Sydney /
  • MrTimAnderson, Secretary

Australian Press Council
  • MrJackHerman, Executive Secretary

  • MrJohnMorgan, Member

Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF)
  • MsJohannaPlante, Chief Executive Officer

Australian Telecommunications Users Group (ATUG)
  • MrAllanHorsley, Managing Director

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
  • MsMoiraScollay, Federal Privacy Commissioner

  • MsLindy Smith, Director, Privacy Policy

Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA)
  • MrGilesTanner, General Manager

  • MsLesleyOsborne, Acting DirectorProgramServices

  • MsJonquil Ritter, Manager Codes and Conditions

  • MrStephenNugent, Manager Research

  • MrStephenAtkins, Assistant Manager Codes and Conditions

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
  • MsPaulineGarde, General Manager Corporate Policy

  • MrGeorgeNegus, ABC Current Affairs

  • MrWalterHamilton, ABC News

Federation of Australian Commercial Television Stations (FACTS)
  • MrTonyBranigan, General Manager

6 February 1998 / MrJohnTebbutt, Lecturer in Journalism, MonashUniversity
Melbourne
Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), AJA Section
  • MsPrueInnes, Chairman, Ethics Committee (Vic),

6 February 1998 / Telstra
cont. /
  • MrPeterDarling, Group Manager, Self Regulation

  • MrDennisHambleton, Senior Advise, Regulatory

  • MrBertCiavarra, Manager, Consumer & Industries Standards

Australian Communications Authority (ACA)
  • DrBobHorton, Deputy Chairman

  • MsEstherAlter, Member

  • MrPeterGilmartin, Acting Executive Manager

  • MrGrantSymons, Executive Manager,
    Telecommunications Standards

  • MrJohnHaydon, Executive Manager,
    Telecommunications Licensing

  • Mr Peter Stackpole, Executive Manager,
    Customer Services Group

Optus Communications Pty Ltd
  • MrAndrewBedogni, Manager, Regulatory Affairs

  • MrPeterLeonard, Regulatory and Legal Adviser

  • MrMikeElsegood, Technical Regulatory and
    Standards Manager

  • MrBruceMeagher, Manager, Government Affairs

Australian Children’s Television Action Committee (ACTAC)
  • MrsMaryMurdoch, Member, Executive Committee

16 February 1998 / Department of Communications and the Arts
Canberra /
  • DrBeverlyHart, A/g First Assistant Secretary,
    Licensed Broadcasting and Information Services Division

  • MrTomDale, Assistant Secretary, Regulatory Policy Branch, Telecommunications Industry Policy Division

  • MrJimAdamson, Director, Broadcasting Services Section, Licensed Broadcasting and Information Services Division

  • MrHughSherwin, A/g Director, Content Regulation Section

National Missing Persons Unit (NPMU)
  • MsCarolKiernan, National Coordinator, NPMU

  • Detective Inspector BronwynKillmier, Manager,
    Australian Violent Crime Analysis Centre

  • MrNevilleHewett, Manager, Information Technologies,
    Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence

  • MrsMareeDawes, Secretary,
    Family and Friends of Missing Persons Group Inc.

  • Auxiliary Captain MaeSchorer,
    Salvation Army Family Tracing Service

16 February 1998 / Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
cont. /
  • MrAllanAsher, Acting Chairman

  • MrBillDee, Director, Liaison and Self-Regulation

  • MsJacquiPearce, Project Officer, Liaison & Self-Regulation

Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA)
  • Mr Peter Upton, Executive Director and Company Secretary

  • MrJohnMacDonald, Manager, Government Purchasing

Asia Pacific Smart Card Forum
  • MrAlexGosman, Executive Director

Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA)
  • MrTomBurton, Federal President

26 February 1998 / Press Complaints Commission – UK
Canberra/London video link /
  • The Rt Hon. Lord Wakeham, Chairman

15 April 1998 / Internet Industry Association (IIA)
Canberra /
  • MrPeter Coroneos, Executive Director

National Office for the Information Economy (NOIE)
  • MrSimonBryant, Director

  • MrBrianStewart, Assistant Secretary

  • DrPaulTwomey, Chief Executive Officer

Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO)
  • MrJohnPinnock, Ombudsman

MrPaulBongiorno, Private Citizen
Australian Bankers’ Association
  • MrIanGilbert, Director

Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
  • MsVirginiaWalsh, Executive Director

22 April 1998 / Federation of Australian Commercial Television Stations (FACTS)
Sydney /
  • MrTonyBranigan, General Manager

  • Mr Peter Manning, Head, Current Affairs, Seven Network Ltd

  • MsCatherineRothery, Legal Counsel, Regulatory and Business Affairs, Seven Network Ltd

22 April 1998
cont. /
  • MrJohnRudd, Network Director of News,
    Seven Network Ltd

  • MsJessicaBlock, Corporate Counsel, Nine Network

  • MrPeterMeakin, Director, News and Current Affairs,
    Nine Network

  • Mr Dermot O’Brien, News Manager, Network Ten Ltd

  • Ms Susan Oddie, General Manager, Business Affairs, Network Ten Ltd

Federation of Australian Radio Broadcasters Ltd (FARB)
  • MrGraemeCarroll, Manager, Public Affairs

  • MrGeorgeBuschman, Chief Executive Officer,
    Macquarie Radio Network

MrStewartFist, Journalist
Australian Privacy Charter Council
  • MrTimothyDixon, Secretary

  • MrNigelWaters, VicePresident

MrPeterHarvey, Private Citizen
Service Providers Industry Association (SPAN)
  • MrMahaKrishnapillai, Representing the Chairman

ProfessorMarkPearson
Mr Ramin Marzbani, Principal, Pty Ltd
27 April 1998 / MrStephenPalyga, Private Citizen
Adelaide
Young Media Australia
  • MsBarbaraBiggins, Executive Director

  • MsToniJupe, Project and Publications Officer

Tasmania Police
  • MrGeoffreyEaston, Manager Public Affairs

Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA)
  • MsBrendaAynsley, Vice-Chair

  • DrMichaelBaker, Board Member

Western Australian Internet Association Incorporated (WAIA)
  • MrKimberley Heitman, Spokesperson

27 April 1998 / WA Government, Department of Commerce and Trade
cont. /
  • MrStephenCollins, Executive Director,
    Office of Information and Communications

11 June 1998 / Federation of Australian Commercial Television Stations (FACTS)
Canberra /
  • MrTonyBranigan, General Manager

Federation of Australian Radio Broadcasters (FARB)
  • MrGraemeCarroll, Manager, Public Affairs

  • MsCathyO’Connor, General Manager,
    Today FM and MMM (Austereo Network)

11 August 1998 / Federation of Australian Commercial Television Stations (FACTS)
Canberra /
  • Mr Tony Branigan, General Manager

Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA)
  • Mr Robert Koltai, Vice President

  • Ms Helen Fraser, Executive Administrator,
    Advertising Standards Bureau

Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA)
  • Mr Gareth Grainger, Deputy Chairman

  • Ms Margaret Cupitt, Senior Research Officer,
    Research and Policy Section

  • Ms Rosalie O’Neale, Assistant Manager,
    Codes and Conditions

  • Ms Lesley Osborne, Manager, Standards

  • Ms Jonquil Ritter, Acting Director,
    Policy and Content Regulation