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Appendix 5: Meetings and witnesses to date

Victorian meetings

August 6^th 1996

• Ms Judy Tyers, Assistant Secretary; Mr John Sullivan, Senior Policy Officer; Mr Tim Barta, Policy Officer, Intergovernmental Relations Branch, Department of Premier and Cabinet.

• Mr Douglas Brown, Visiting Doctoral Candidate, Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne, former Executive Director, Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Queen’s University, Canada.

• Mr Howard Ronaldson, Director of Housing; Mr Bruce Prosser, Acting Assistant Director, Business Planning and Analysis Branch, Department of Human Services.

• Mr Warren McCann, Secretary; Mr Bruce Prosser, Acting Assistant Director - Business Planning and Analysis Branch; Ms Sharon Willcox, Manager - Intergovernmental Relations and Acute Health Division; Ms Rosemary Calder, Aged Care Services Redevelopment, Department of Human Services.

• Dr John Paterson, Secretary, Department of Infrastructure; Professor Jeff Richardson, Director, Centre for Health Evaluation, Monash University; Mr Francis Sullivan, Executive Director, Australian Catholic Health Care Association.

• Dr Phyllis Rosendale, Director; Mr Dean Yates, Senior Policy Analyst, Intergovernmental Financial Relations Branch, Department of Treasury and Finance.

• Ms Fiona Hanlon, Acting Head, Cabinet Office; Mr Tony Thomas, Senior Adviser, Government Branch, Department of Premier and Cabinet.

• Professor Brian Galligan, Director, Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne; Professor Cheryl Saunders, Director, Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, University of Melbourne; Associate Professor Mark Considine, Visiting Lecturer, Political Science Department, Deakin University; Mr Doug Brown, Visiting Doctoral Candidate, Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne, former Executive Director, Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Queen’s University, Canada.

• Mr Ken Baxter, Director, Management Consulting, KPMG.

• Mr Bill Scales, Chairman; Mr Robert Kerr, Head of Staff; Mr A Dolling, Industry Commission.

• Professor Iva Deutchman, Visiting Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Melbourne.

• Professor Cheryl Saunders, Director, Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, University of Melbourne; Ms Kris Walker, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne; Professor Brian Galligan, Director, Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne; Mr Bill Campbell, First Assistant Secretary, Office of International Law, Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department; Senator Vicki Bourne, Senator for New South Wales; Dr David Kinley, Legal Specialist, Australian Law Reform Commission.

• Mr John Waugh, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne.

• The Hon Brian Howe, Professorial Associate, Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne, former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia.

• Mr Gary Sturgess, Principal, Sturgess Australia.

• Associate Professor Neville Norman, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne; Ms Claire Thomas, Director, Taxation and Revenue Policy Branch; Mr Brett Rowse, Director, Intergovernmental Financial Relations Branch, Department of Treasury and Finance; Mr Nick Economou, Lecturer, Department of Politics, Monash University; Associate Professor Martin Painter, Department of Government and Public Administration, University of Sydney; Mr Dick Rye, Chairman, Commonwealth Grants Commission; Ms Bronwyn Pike, Executive Officer, Evatt Victoria Centre.

• Mr Mark Paterson, Chief Executive, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Professor John Freebairn, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne; Ms Alison McLelland, Director, Social Action and Research, Brotherhood of St Laurence; Ms Ann Sherry, General Manager, Human Resources, Westpac Bank.

• Senator Helen Coonan; The Hon Dick Adams MP; Mr Gary Hardgrave, Joint Standing Committee on Treaties

• Professor Leslie Holmes, Department of Political Science, University of Melbourne.

• Dr Ray Nicholls, Head, Department of Politics, Monash University.

• The Hon Stephen Hatton, Chairman; Mr Rick Gray, Executive Officer, NT Legal and Constitutional Committee.

• The Hon Bill Hartley MLA, Deputy Speaker, Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.

• The Hon Kevin Minson MLA, Chairman, Mrs Monica Holmes MLA; Mr Peter Frantom, Clerk of the Committee; Ms Melina Newnan, Legal/Research Officer, Western Australian Standing Committee on Uniform Legislation and Intergovernmental Agreements.

• Mr Ralph Lysyshyn, Executive Director, International Forum of Federations.

• Dr Hans Otto Braeutigam, Chairman of the Permanent Advisory Council and Plenipotentiary of the State of Brandenburg to the Federal Government and for Europe; State Secretary Heide Doerrhoefer-Tucholski, Plenipotentiary of the State of North-Rhine Westphalia to the Federal Government; State Secretary Norbert Schueren, Plenipotentiary of the State of Hesse to the Federal Government; State Secretary Dr Karl-Heinz Klaer, Plenipotentiary for Federal and European Affairs of the Rhineland Palatinate State Government; State Councillor Mr Erik Bettermann, Plenipotentiary of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen to the Federal Government; State Minister (retired) Professor Ursula Maennle; Ms Ute Müller, Head of the Bundesrat Presidial Office; Dr Christian Daestner, Deputy Director of the Bundesrat.

• The Hon John Bannon, former Premier of South Australia; Dr Nick Economou, Lecturer, Department of Politics, Monash University; His Execellency Ambassador Aneurin Hughes, Delegation of the European Commission to Australia and New Zealand; Professor Cheryl Saunders, Director, Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, University of Melbourne; The Hon Angus Redford MLC, Presiding Member, South Australian Legislative Review Committee; Professor David Collins, Division of Economic and Financial Studies, Macquarie University; Professor Bhajan Grewal, Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University of Technology; Dr John Nieuwenhuysen, Chief Executive, Committee for Economic Development of Australia; Dr Michael Keating, Visiting Fellow, Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University; Mr Mike Reynolds AM MLA, Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier of Queensland; The Hon Brian Howe, Professorial Associate, Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne, former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia; Professor Brian Galligan, Director, Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne; Dr Christine Fletcher, Director, North Australia Research Unit, The Australian National University; The Hon Andrew Thomson MP, Chairman, Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, Commonwealth Parliament

Canberra

February 26^th 1997

• Mr Ian Biggs, Executive Director; Ms Kate Sumner, Executive Officer, Treaties Secretariat, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Ms Colleen McBrien, Commonwealth-State Relations Secretariat, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

• Mr Bill Taylor MP, Chairman, Joint Standing Committee on Treaties.

• Ms Jenny Macklin MP, Shadow Minister for the Aged, Family and Community Services.

• Dr John Uhr, Senior Fellow, Reshaping Australian Institutions Project, Australian National University.

• Mr Rod Nockles, Senior Adviser to Senator Newman, Minister for Social Security; Mr J Jordan, Acting Assistant Secretary, Housing Programs Branch, Department of Social Security.

• His Execellency Ambassador Aneurin Hughes, Delegation of the European Commission to Australia and New Zealand.

• Dr Richard Madden, Director; Mr Geoff Sims, Head of Division; Mr N Mercer, Database Management Group, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

• Mr Bill Taylor MP, Chairman, Joint Standing Committee on Treaties.

• Senator The Hon Brian Gibson, Chairman, Tax Consultative Task Force.

February 28^th 1997

• Mr Peter Hendy, Policy Manager; Mr Mark Duckworth, Policy Adviser; Intergovernmental Relations Unit, New South Wales Cabinet Office.

• Mr Alan Rose, President, Australian Law Reform Commission.

• Dr Kerrie Bigsworth, Acting Director, New South Wales Office of Housing Policy.

• The Hon Nick Greiner, former Premier of New South Wales.

• The Hon Patricia Forsythe MLC, Shadow Minister for Community Services, Disability Services and on Ageing, Shadow Minister for Housing and Shadow Minister for Women’s Affairs; Ms Jillian Skinner MP, Shadow Minister for Health and Youth Affairs.

• The Hon Bob Hawke, former Prime Minister of Australia.

• Associate Professor David Collins, Division of Economics & Financial Studies, Macquarie University.

June 26^th 1997

• Associate Professor Glyn Davis, Centre for Australian Public Sector Management, Griffith University.

• The Hon Mike Horan MLA, Minister for Health; Ms Geri Taylor, Director, Health Systems Strategic Branch, Queensland Health.

• The Hon Wayne Goss MP, Member for Logan, former Premier of Queensland.

• The Hon Dr David Watson MLA, Minister for Public Works and Housing; Mr Mal Grierson, Deputy Director-General; Mr Eric Carfoot, Executive Director, Department of Public Works and Housing.

• Professor Kenneth Wiltshire, Department of Government, University of Queensland.

• Mr Chris Goodreid, Director; Mr Denzil Scrivens, Senior Adviser, Intergovernmental Relations Branch, Department of Premier and Cabinet.

• Ms Wendy Edmond MLA, Shadow Minister for Health, Queensland.

• The Hon Terry Mackenroth MLA, Shadow Minister for Housing, Local Government and Planning, Communication and Information.

• Mr Robert Harper MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Premier, Treasurer and Minister for the Arts; Mr Walter Ivessa, Assistant Under-Secretary for Social Services, Queensland.

July 3^rd 1997

• Professor Cliff Walsh, Director, South Australian Centre for Economic Studies, University of Adelaide.

• Professor Peter Howell, Department of History, Flinders University, Chair, South Australian Constitutional Advisory Council.

• Ms Christine Charles, Deputy Chief Executive, Strategic Policy and Cabinet, Department of the Premier and Cabinet; Dr David Philby, Executive Director, Policy and Budget, South Australian Health Commission.

• The Hon John Bannon, former Premier of South Australia.

• Mr Bob Solly, Chief Executive Officer; Mr Peter Mylius-Clark, Manager of Housing Policy, Department of Housing and Urban Development; Mr Rob Schwartz, Assistant Under-Treasurer; Mr John Henderson, Manager, Commonwealth-State Relations, South Australian Treasury.

• Mr Ian Dickson, Chief Executive Officer; Ms Caroline Procter, Officer of Local Government; Ms Caroline Cranwell, Adviser to the Minister for Local Government.

August 21^st 1997

• Dr Christine Fletcher, Director, North Australia Research Unit, The Australian National University.

• Mr Peter Carew, President; Ms Carole Frost, General Manager, Northern Territory Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

• Mr Rick Gray, Executive Officer; Mr Graham Nicholson, Legal Adviser, Sessional Committee on Constitutional Development.

• Mr Lyal Macintosh, Chief Executive; Mr Neil Almond; Mr Nathan Sammy, Department of Asian Relations, Trade and Industry.

• Professor Marcia Langton, Centre for Indigenous and Natural and Cultural Resource Management, Northern Territory University.

• Mr Peter Blake, Secretary; Dr Eric Nunn, Department of Mines and Energy.

• Mr Phil Luck, Director of Administration, Trade Development Zone Authority.

Canada

Victoria, British Columbia

June 15^th - 16^th 1998

• The Hon Glen Clark, Premier of British Columbia.

• Mr David Harris, Chief of Protocol, Parliament of British Columbia.

• Mr Anthony Humphreys, Sergeant-at-Arms, Parliament of British Columbia.

• Mr Craig James, Clerk of Committees; Mr Geoff Plant MLA, Member of Parliament of British Columbia.

• The Hon Gretchen Mann Brewin, Speaker; Mr E George MacMinn QC, Clerk, Legislative Assembly, Parliament of British Columbia.

• Mr Chris Johnson, Policy Advisor; Mr Paul Flanagan, Policy Analyst, Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations.

• Mr Bill Hartley MLA, Deputy Speaker, Parliament of British Columbia.

• The Hon Andrew Petter, Minister of Intergovernmental Relations, British Columbia.

• Dr Norman Ruff, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Victoria.

• Mr Bruce Morgan, Manager, Corporate Policy Branch, Ministry of Environment and Lands.

June 18^th - 19^th 1998

• The Hon Stephane Dion, Minister for Intergovernmental Relations; His Excellency Mr Greg Wood, High Commissioner for Australia.

• The Hon Don Boudria PC MP, Leader of the Government, House of Commons.

• The Hon Herb Dhaliwal PC MP, Minister for National Revenue.

• Professor Ron Watts, Fellow, Institute for Intergovernmental Relations; Associate Professor Douglas Brown, Policy Studies, Queen’s University.

• Mr Peter Gusen, Director, Federal-Provincial Relations Division; Ms Shauneen Furlong, Chief, Federal-Provincial Relations Division; Mr Geoff Hughes, Tax Policy Branch, Department of Finance.

• Mr Denis Meunier, Director; Ms Marilyn Viger, Federal-Provincial Division; Mr Stan Farber, Goods and Services Tax Amendments, Revenue Canada.

• Mr George Anderson, Deputy Minister for Intergovernmental Affairs, Privy Council Office.

• Mr James Lahey, Deputy Secretary, Integovernmental Policy and Communications; Mr Philip Ventura, Director-General, Coordination and Advisory Service, Privy Council.

June 22^nd 1998

• Mr Leonard Guttman, Assistant Vice President, Intergovernmental Affairs; Mr Peter Klemperer, Assistant Vice President, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation.

• Ms Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Director, Human Development Report Office, United Nations.

• Mr Hermann Habermann, Director, Statistics Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations.

• Mr Sabbir Cheema, Director; Mr Thord Palmlund, Special Advisor, Management Development and Governance Divisions, United Nations Development Program.

June 23^rd 1998

• The Hon Henry Heller, House Chairman, Joint Committee on Federal Relations, House of Delegates of Maryland.

• Ms Frances May, Policy Analyst and Legal Adviser, Department of Legislative Services, Government of Maryland.

• Ms Karen Morgan, Principal Analyst and Counsel, Joint Committee on Federal Relations, Department of Legislative Services.

• Ms Jenny Lazarus, Visits Coordinator, Maryland Parliament.

June 24^th - 26^th

• Ms Kristine Simmons, Professional Staff Member, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.

• Father Robert Drinan, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center.

• Mr Dennis Bartlett, Director of External Affairs, American Legislative Exchange Council.

• Mr Michael Messinger, National Partnership for Reinventing Government.

• Mr Ed Ferguson, Deputy Director, National Association of Counties.

• Mr Charles Griffiths, Executive Director; Ms Donna Schwartz, Research Coordinator, Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations; Ms Winifred Lyday, National Association of Counties.

• Mr Bob Silvanik, Director, Policy and Program Development Branch, Council of State Governments; Ms Jennifer Lakins Mellow, Senior Staff Assistant, National Governors’ Association.

• Mr Peter Cleveland, Professional Staff Member, Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate.

• His Excellency The Hon Andrew Peacock, Ambassador for Australia.

• Senator Jim Lack, State of New York; Mr Carl Tubbesing, Deputy Executive Director, National Conference of State Legislatures.

• Mr Edward Meese, Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow, The Heritage Foundation.

June 30^th 1998

• Mr Siegfreid Herrman and Members of Parliament, Parliament of Rhineland Palatinate.

July 1^st 1998

• Mr Uwe Leonardy, Office of the State of Lower Saxony.

• Professor Ursula Maennle, Bavarian Minister for Federal Affairs.

• Dr Christian Daestner, Vice-Director of the Bundesrat; Mr Josef Hoffmann, Assistant to the Vice-Director of the Bundesrat.

July 2^nd - 3^rd 1998

• Mr Francis Vermeiren, Senior Vice President; Mr Marc Olivier, Senior Vice President; Mr Kris Van Esbroeck, Director, External Relations; Mr Frank Swaelen MP, President of the Senate, Vlams Parliament.

• Mr Yves Quitin, Principle Administrator, Interparliamentary Delegations Secretariat, European Parliament.

• Mr James Nicholson MEP, Chairman, Delegation for Relations with Australia and New Zealand, European Parliament.

• Mr Ricardo Gosalbo Bono, Legal Advisor, European Commission Legal Service.

• Mr Dietrich Pause, Secretary-General, Committee of the Regions.

• Ms Nathalie De T’Serclaes MP, President, Standing Committee for Revision of the Constitution, Belgian Parliament.

• Mr Robert Delathouwer MP, Belgian Parliament

July 6^th 1998

• Rt Hon Dafydd Wigley MP; Mr Robert Corbett MP, House of Commons.

• Mr Arthur Donahoe QC, Secretary-General, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.

• Mr Paul Jackson, Assistant Secretary, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association United Kingdom Branch, House of Commons.

• Mr Mark Batho, Assistant Director of Finance, Scottish Office.