Inquiry into the Impact of Animal Rights Activism on Victorian Agriculture

Hearings and Transcripts

Tuesday 8 October 2019
Quality Hotel Gateway, 29-37 Ryley St, Wangaratta

Time	Witness	Transcripts
10.00 am	David Evans	Transcript131.50 KB
10:30 am	Timothy Kingma	Transcript126.51 KB
11:15 am	Bill Baxter	Transcript140.91 KB
1.30 pm	Nicola Fanning	Transcript199.97 KB

Monday 23 September 2019
Legislative Council Committee Room (LCCR), Parliament House, East Melbourne

Time	Witness	Transcripts
10.00 am	Agriculture Victoria Sally Fensling, Executive Director, Animal Welfare Victoria, and Agriculture Regulatory Policy Michael Rosier, Acting Executive Director, Biosecurity Services, Biosecurity and Agriculture Services Dr Cameron Bell, Acting Chief Veterinary Officer, Biosecurity and Agriculture Services	Transcript177.36 KB Response to questions on notice159.51 KB
11:00 am	Associate Professor Andrew Robinson Director, Centre for Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis, Melbourne University	Transcript177.69 KB Response to questions on notice101.89 KB
11:45 am	Law Institute of Victoria Mel Walker, Co-chair LIV Criminal Law Committee	Transcript222.93 KB LIV Evidence Clarification663.79 KB
1.30 pm	Professor Paul Hemsworth Animal Welfare Science Centre, Melbourne University	Transcript199.05 KB
2.00 pm	Victoria Police Superintendent Peter Greaney	Transcript140.17 KB Response to questions on notice131.90 KB
3.00 pm	Victorian Farmers Federation David Jochinke, President Stephen Sheridan CEO United Dairyfarmers of Victoria Paul Mumford, President	Transcript165.76 KB

Wednesday 18 September 2019
Conference Room, Horsham International Hotel, 118 Baillie St, Horsham

Time	Witness	Transcripts
10.00 am	Victorian Farmers Federation Leonard Vallance, President, Livestock Council	Transcript149.10 KB
11.00 am	Mark Wootton	Transcript150.80 KB
12.00 pm	Australian Livestock Saleyard Association Mark McDonald, Executive Officer Paul Christopher, Horsham Saleyard Manager Richard James, Naracoorte Saleyard Manager Sally Ison	Transcript167.68 KB
1.00 pm	Luv-a-Duck Daryl Bussell, CEO John Millington	Transcript157.01 KB

Tuesday 17 September 2019
Lighthouse Theatre, 185 Timor St, Warrnambool

Time	Witness	Transcripts
10.00 am	Lisa Dwyer	Transcript127.40 KB
10.30 am	Great South Coast Food and Fibre Council Antony Ford, Executive Officer Georgina Gubbins, Chair	Transcript137.97 KB
11:15 am	Katherine Cain	Transcript125.02 KB
11.45 am	LT's Egg Farm Danyel Cucinotta Brian Ahmed	Transcript137.57 KB
1.00 pm	United Dairyfarmers of Victoria, Wannon Branch Chris O’Keefe, Secretary Bernie Free, Member  Oonagh Kilpatrick, Policy Councillor	Transcript132.75 KB
1.30 pm	Simon Ramsay	Transcript127.02 KB
2.00 pm	Moyne Shire Council Daniel Meade, Councillor Jim Doukas, Councillor Ian Smith, Councillor	Transcript109.53 KB

Wednesday 4 September 2019
Legislative Council Committee Room (LCCR), Parliament House, East Melbourne

Time	Witness	Transcripts
10.00 am	Associate Professor Carrie Freeman, Georgia State University	Transcript132.56 KB
10.30 am	Aussie Farms Chris Delforce, Executive Director	Transcript149.07 KB
11.45 am	Jan Kendall	Transcript202.35 KB
12.15 pm	David Leyden	Transcript185.68 KB
1.45 pm	Edgars Mission Sanctuary Pam Ahern, Founder and Director	Transcript198.52 KB Response to question on notice211.20 KB
2.15 pm	Animal Liberation Victoria Patty Mark, Founder	Transcript206.29 KB
3.00 pm	Nichola Donovan and Moira Rayner	Transcript205.39 KB
3.30 pm	RSPCA Victoria Mhairi Roberts, Animal Welfare Policy Manager Jed Goodfellow, Science and Policy Team Lead	Transcript187.67 KB Additional material A Additional material B Additional material C
4.00pm	Abby Zonino	Transcript186.81 KB

Wednesday 21 August 2019
Mercure Warragul, 23 Mason Street, Warragul

Time	Witness	Transcripts
9.00am	Name withheld	Transcript1.06 MB
10.15am	Australian Meat Industry Council Patrick Hutchinson, CEO	Transcript143.64 KB
11.30am	Gippy Goat Farm John Gommans	Transcript155.66 KB
12.15pm	Name withheld	Transcript165.25 KB

Tuesday 20 August 2019
Bairnsdale RSL, 2 Forge Creek Road, Bairnsdale

Time	Witness	Transcripts
9.30am	John Buxton, Buxton Ag Chris Nixon	Transcript167.48 KB
10.30am	Leadoux Turkeys Judy Leadoux	Transcript138.30 KB
11.30am	Meg Parkinson	Transcript157.22 KB
12.15pm	Livestock and Rural Transporters Association of Victoria Graham Howell	Transcript144.98 KB
1.00 pm	Geoff Gooch	Transcript111.34 KB