Environment and Planning

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.

Wednesday 12 May 2021
Meeting Rooms G.1 & G.2, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne and via Zoom
Link to Broadcast

Time	Witness	Transcript
10.00am	Nillumbik Shire Council Lisa Pittle, Manager of Environment
10.45am	Macedon Ranges Shire Council Michelle Wyatt, Environment Coordinator Krista Patterson-Majoor, Biodiversity Projects Officer
1.00pm	Grassy Plains Network Dr Adrian Marshall, Facilitator Bonnie Gelman, Member Jordan Crook, Member
1.45pm	Green Wedges Coalition Alan Thatcher, Member
2.30pm	David Bennett

Tuesday, 11 May 2021
Meeting Rooms G.1 & G.2, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne and via Zoom
Link to broadcast

Time	Witness	Transcript
10.00am	Landcare Victoria Andrew Maclean, Chief Executive Officer
10.45am	Victorian Planning Authority Stuart Moseley, Chief Executive Officer Paul Cassidy, Director Streamlining Peter Murrell, Sustainability and Liveability Officer
11.30am	Victorian National Parks Association John Kotsiaris, Conservation Officer Matt Ruchel, Executive Director
1.00pm	Victorian Farmers Federation Emma Germano, President Lisa Gervasoni, Senior Stakeholder Policy and Advocacy Advisor
1.45pm	The Nature Conservancy Dr James Fitzsimons, Director of Conservation and Science and Director, Protect Oceans, Lands & Waters
2.30pm	Mountain Cattlemen's Association of Victoria Chris Commins, Special Project Officer
3.30pm	Paul Mahony
4.15pm	Rowan Reid Andrew Stewart

Wednesday, 28 April 2021
Quality Hotel Parklake, 481 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, VIC 3630

Time	Witness	Transcript
9.30am	Bendigo and District Environment Council Wendy Radford, Secretary Stuart Fraser, Member
10.15am	Goulburn Valley Environment Group John Pettigrew, Chair Louise Costa, Committee Member
11.00am	Greater Shepparton City Council Sharon Terry, Manager Environment Paul Dainton, Team Leader Sustainability and Environment

Tuesday, 27 April 2021
Quality Hotel Parklake, 481 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, VIC 3630

Time	Witness	Transcript
1.30pm	Firesticks Alliance Indigenous Corporation Victor Steffensen, Co-founder Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation Monica Morgan, Chief Executive Officer
2.15pm	Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation Rodney Carter, Group Chief Executive Officer, Dja Dja Wurrung Group Nathan Wong, Program Manager, Land Strategy Djandak Nate Perry, Program Manager Dhelkunya Dja Policy
3.00pm	Taungurung Land and Waters Council Aboriginal Corporation Matthew Shanks, Strategic Advisor, Cultural & Natural Resource Management

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 Professor David Cantrill, Executive Director Science
9.45am	Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research Dr Kim Lowe, Research Director
11.00am	EnRICHed Pursuits Dr Nadine Richings
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 Professor Andrew Bennett, Director and Professor of Ecology Dr Jim Radford, Principal Research Fellow
3.30pm	Ecological Society of Australia Dr Bek Christensen, President Dr John Morgan, Co-Chair, ESA Policy Working Group

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 Dr Matt Edmunds, Principal Ecologist
11.30am	Environment Victoria Jono La Nauze, Chief Executive Officer Dr Nicholas Aberle, Campaigns Manager Tyler Rotche, Healthy Rivers Campaigner
1.00pm	Professor Lee Godden, Director, Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, University of Melbourne
1.45pm	Associate Professor Craig Nitschke, Landscape Dynamics, Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, University of Melbourne
2.45pm	Birdlife Australia Paul Sullivan, Chief Executive Officer Dr Grainne Maguire, Coastal Birds Program Leader

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 University of Melbourne	Transcript211.44 KB Responses to QON620.07 KB
9.45am	Country Fire Authority (CFA) Daniel Idczak, Vegetation Management Team Leader Dale Tonkinson, Biodiversity Advisor Michael Sherwen, Cultural Heritage Advisor	Transcript287.35 KB Responses to QON226.35 KB
10.45am	Environmental Justice Australia Dr Bruce Lindsay, Senior Lawyer	Transcript200.85 KB Responses to QON214.36 KB
11.30am	The Wilderness Society Richard Hughes, Victorian Campaigns Manager Annie McCallum, Leader, Wilderness Society Mornington Group Jodie Gregson, Co-leader, Westside Wilderness Society Group	Transcript182.24 KB Responses to QON132.02 KB Responses to further questions30.90 KB
1.00pm	Victorian Wildlife Shelters Coalition Tina Lawrence, Co-founder	Transcript200.91 KB Responses to QON239.47 KB
1.45pm	Regional Victorians Opposed to Duck Shooting	Transcript183.25 KB Presentation27.72 MB Responses to QON545.98 KB
2.30pm	RSPCA Victoria Rebecca Cook, Head of Prevention Mhairi Roberts, Policy and Advocacy Manager	Transcript191.28 KB Responses to QON9.71 MB

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 Monique Dawson, Chief Executive Officer Deon Kriek, General Manager Operations Bill Paul, Manager Environmental Performance	Transcript228.42 KB Responses to QON162.09 KB Presentation11.59 MB Responses to further questions103.66 KB
10.30am	Office of the Conservation Regulator Kate Gavens, Chief Conservation Regulator	Transcript198.20 KB Responses to further questions206.58 KB
11.15am	Australian Forest Products Association Ross Hampton, Chief Executive Officer Wood Products Victoria Boris Iskra, National Codes and Standards Manager	Transcript221.21 KB
1.00pm	Institute of Foresters of Australia and Forest Growers Dr Michelle Freeman, Vice President Jacqui Martin, Chief Executive Officer	Transcript192.56 KB Responses to QON4.48 MB
1.45pm	Professor David Lindenmayer AO Fenner School of Environment and Society, The Australian National University	Transcript263.94 KB Response to QON170.51 KB Responses to further questions729.01 KB
2.30pm	Friends of the Leadbeater's Possum Steve Meacher, President	Transcript271.26 KB Responses to QON1.81 MB Responses to further questions411.05 KB

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 Mr Andrew Cox, Chief Executive Officer	Transcript196.94 KB
10.45am	Australian Deer Association Mr Barry Howlett, Executive Officer	Transcript195.17 KB
11.30am	Australian Brumby Alliance Ms Jill Pickering, President Ms Ginny Imhoff, Field Officer	Transcript198.39 KB Presentation5.52 MB Responses to QON82.70 MB
1.00pm	Ecological Consultants Association of Victoria Ms Fiona Sutton, President Yasmin Kelsall Dr Melanie Birtchnell	Transcript210.31 KB Presentation38.86 MB Responses to QON140.02 KB
1.45pm	Association for Conservation of Australian Dingoes Dr Ernest Healy, Secretary	Transcript207.88 KB Presentation4.43 MB Responses to QON180.89 KB

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 Lisa Palma, Chief Executive Officer	Transcript181.19 KB
10.45am	Threatened Species Conservancy Anna Murphy, Director and Head of Flora Ecology	Transcript195.48 KB Presentation7.38 MB
11.30am	Australian Wildlife Society Patrick Medway AM, Honorary Secretary, Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer	Transcript200.14 KB
1.00pm	Dr Kylie Cairns, Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW	Transcript192.22 KB Presentation1.41 MB Responses to QON174.47 KB
1.45pm	Animalia Wildlife Shelter and Rescue Michelle Thomas, President and Shelter Director Steven Kuiter, Wildlife Rescuer, Surveyor and Photographer	Transcript202.85 KB Presentation74.98 MB
2.30pm	Australian Wildlife Protection Council Peter Hylands, President	Transcript188.82 KB
3.15pm	University of Melbourne Brendan Wintle, Professor of Conservation Ecology	Transcript224.42 KB Presentation7.38 MB

Thursday, 3 December 2020
via Zoom

Time	Witness	Transcript
10.30am	Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Dr Gillian Sparkes, Commissioner Dr Scott Rawlings, Director of Science and Reporting	Transcript216.57 KB Responses to QON90.88 KB
11.30am	Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Hamish Webb, Director - Knowledge and Planning James Todd, Executive Director - Biodiversity Division Kylie White, Deputy Secretary - Environment and Climate Change Parks Victoria Dr Mark Norman, Chief Conservation Scientist	Transcript384.48 KB
2.00pm	Zoos Victoria Dr Jenny Gray, Chief Executive Officer	Transcript222.24 KB

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 May 2021

Inquiry into Ecosystem Decline in Victoria

Hearings and Transcripts

Wednesday 12 May 2021Meeting Rooms G.1 & G.2, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne and via ZoomLink to Broadcast

Tuesday, 11 May 2021Meeting Rooms G.1 & G.2, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne and via ZoomLink to broadcast

Wednesday, 28 April 2021 Quality Hotel Parklake, 481 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, VIC 3630

Tuesday, 27 April 2021Quality Hotel Parklake, 481 Wyndham Street, Shepparton, VIC 3630

Wednesday, 21 April 2021Meeting Rooms G.1 & G.2, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne and via Zoom

Tuesday, 20 April 2021Meeting Rooms G.1 & G.2, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne and via Zoom

Thursday, 11 March 2021Meeting Rooms G.1 & G.2, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne and via Zoom

Wednesday, 10 March 2021Meeting Rooms G.1 & G.2, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne and via Zoom

Wednesday, 24 February 2021Meeting Rooms G.1 & G.2, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne and via Zoom

Tuesday, 23 February 2021Meeting Rooms G.1 & G.2, 55 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne and via Zoom

Thursday, 3 December 2020via Zoom