Inquiry into Ecosystem Decline in Victoria
Hearings and Transcripts
Information on the Committee's public hearing schedule for this inquiry will be posted here as it becomes available.
Corrected transcripts of these hearings will also be published here when finalised by the Committee.
Thursday, 26 August 2021
Via Zoom
Time | Witness | Transcript |
9.15am |
David Packham OAM |
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10.00am |
South Gippsland Conservation Society Inc. |
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11.00am |
East Gippsland Conservation Management Network |
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1.30pm |
Environment East Gippsland |
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2.15pm |
The Howitt Society |
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3.15pm |
Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation |
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4.00pm |
Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland |
Wednesday, 11 August 2021
Via Zoom
Time | Witness | Transcript |
1.00pm | Prospectors and Miners' Association Rex Motton, Committee Member |
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Tuesday, 10 August 2021
Via Zoom
Time | Witness | Transcript |
10.45am |
Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Office of the Conservation Regulator Parks Victoria |
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1.00pm |
Friends of the Barwon OzFish Barbara Hill |
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2.00pm |
Dr Megan O'Shea Daryl Cochrane Jason Wood |
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3.00pm |
Geoffrey Goode Nina Earl Friends of Warrandyte State Park |
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Thursday, 17 June 2021
Via Zoom
Time | Witness | Transcript |
10.00am |
Australian Dingo Foundation |
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10.45am |
Field and Game Australia |
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11.30am |
Friends of the Earth (Melbourne) |
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1.45pm |
Protectors of Public Land |
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2.30pm |
Victorian Forest Products Association |
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Wednesday, 16 June 2021
Via Zoom
Time |
Witness |
Transcript |
10.45am |
Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation |
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11.30am |
Bellarine Landcare Group |
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1.00pm |
Geriwerd Animal Protection (GAP) Alliance |
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1.45pm |
Belfast Coastal Reserve Action Group |
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2.45pm |
Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation |
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Wednesday 12 May 2021
Meeting Rooms G.1 & G.2, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne and via Zoom
Time | Witness | Transcript |
10.00am |
Nillumbik Shire Council |
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10.45am |
Macedon Ranges Shire Council |
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1.00pm |
Grassy Plains Network |
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1.45pm |
Green Wedges Coalition |
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2.30pm | David Bennett |
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Tuesday, 11 May 2021
Meeting Rooms G.1 & G.2, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne and via Zoom
Time | Witness | Transcript |
10.00am |
Landcare Victoria |
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10.45am |
Victorian Planning Authority |
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11.30am |
Victorian National Parks Association |
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1.00pm | Victorian Farmers Federation Emma Germano, President Lisa Gervasoni, Senior Stakeholder Policy and Advocacy Advisor |
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1.45pm | The Nature Conservancy Dr James Fitzsimons, Director of Conservation and Science and Director, Protect Oceans, Lands & Waters |
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2.30pm | Mountain Cattlemen's Association of Victoria Chris Commins, Special Project Officer |
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3.30pm | Paul Mahony | |
4.15pm |
Otway Agroforestry Network |
Wednesday, 28 April 2021
Quality Hotel Parklake, 481 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, VIC 3630
Time | Witness | Transcript |
9.30am |
Bendigo and District Environment Council |
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10.15am |
Goulburn Valley Environment Group |
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11.00am |
Greater Shepparton City Council |
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Tuesday, 27 April 2021
Quality Hotel Parklake, 481 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, VIC 3630
Time | Witness | Transcript |
1.30pm |
Firesticks Alliance Indigenous Corporation Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation |
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2.15pm |
Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation |
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3.00pm |
Taungurung Land and Waters Council Aboriginal Corporation |
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
Meeting Rooms G.1 & G.2, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne and via Zoom
Time | Witness | Transcript |
9.00am |
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |
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9.45am |
Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research |
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11.00am |
EnRICHed Pursuits |
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11.45am | Dr Brian Coffey, Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University | |
1.00pm | Dr Barbara Wilson, Honorary Associate Professor in Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University | |
1.45pm | Dr Jack Pascoe, Conservation and Research Manager, Conservation Ecology Centre | |
2.45pm |
Research Centre for Future Landscape, La Trobe University |
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3.30pm |
Ecological Society of Australia |
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Tuesday, 20 April 2021
Meeting Rooms G.1 & G.2, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne and via Zoom
Time | Witness | Transcript |
10.45am |
Australian Marine Ecology |
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11.30am |
Environment Victoria |
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1.00pm | Professor Lee Godden, Director, Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, University of Melbourne |
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1.45pm | Associate Professor Craig Nitschke, Landscape Dynamics, Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, University of Melbourne | |
2.45pm |
Birdlife Australia |
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Thursday, 11 March 2021
Meeting Rooms G.1 & G.2, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne and via Zoom
Time | Witness | Transcript |
9.00am |
Dr Holly Sitters |
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9.45am |
Country Fire Authority (CFA) |
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10.45am |
Environmental Justice Australia |
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11.30am |
The Wilderness Society |
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1.00pm |
Victorian Wildlife Shelters Coalition |
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1.45pm |
Regional Victorians Opposed to Duck Shooting |
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2.30pm |
RSPCA Victoria |
Wednesday, 10 March 2021
Meeting Rooms G.1 & G.2, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne and via Zoom
Time | Witness | Transcript |
9.45am |
VicForests |
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10.30am |
Office of the Conservation Regulator |
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11.15am |
Australian Forest Products Association Wood Products Victoria |
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1.00pm |
Institute of Foresters of Australia and Forest Growers |
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1.45pm |
Professor David Lindenmayer AO |
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2.30pm |
Friends of the Leadbeater's Possum |
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Wednesday, 24 February 2021
Meeting Rooms G.1 & G.2, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne and via Zoom
Time | Witness | Transcript |
10.00am |
Invasive Species Council |
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10.45am |
Australian Deer Association |
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11.30am |
Australian Brumby Alliance |
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1.00pm |
Ecological Consultants Association of Victoria |
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1.45pm |
Association for Conservation of Australian Dingoes |
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Tuesday, 23 February 2021
Meeting Rooms G.1 & G.2, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne and via Zoom
Time | Witness | Transcript |
10.00am |
Wildlife Victoria |
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10.45am |
Threatened Species Conservancy |
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11.30am |
Australian Wildlife Society |
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1.00pm | Dr Kylie Cairns, Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
1.45pm |
Animalia Wildlife Shelter and Rescue |
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2.30pm |
Australian Wildlife Protection Council |
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3.15pm |
University of Melbourne |
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Thursday, 3 December 2020
via Zoom