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Legislative Council Environment and Planning Committee

Inquiry into Climate Resilience

Reports

Conducting Public Hearings

The Committee is currently holding public hearings for this Inquiry.

Previous public hearings

Corrected transcripts of these hearings are published below when finalised by the Committee.

Wednesday 4 December 2024

Wangaratta Performing Arts and Convention Centre (WPACC), 33-37 Ford Street, Wangaratta, 3677

10:00 AM
Council panel
Rural City of Wangaratta Stephen Swart, Director, Sustainability & Culture Moira Shire Council Bryan Sword, Director, Sustainable Development Indigo Shire Council Ian Ellett, Director Infrastructure Services Sam Niedra, Council’s Coordinator Environment and Sustainability
Transcript

11:00 AM
Goulburn Broken CMA Carl Walters, Interim Chief Executive Officer Joel Leister, Manager Flood Plain Implementation
Transcript

12:00 PM
Southern Hemp David Brian, Business owner Sherri Smith-Hoyer
Transcript

12:45 PM
Alpine Resorts Victoria Annie Volkering, Assets, Land Management and Strategic Development General Manager Louise Perrin, Head of Environmental Sustainability
Transcript

2:00 PM
SES panel
Benalla Unit Ailsa McMillan, Unit Controller Myrtleford Unit David Coates
Transcript

2:45 PM
Green Lab, Monash Business School Dr Michael Spencer, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
Transcript Submission

3:45 PM
Indigo Power Ben McGowan, Managing Director Heath Shakespeare, Project Manager
Transcript

4:30 PM
Benalla Sustainable Future Group David Blore, President North East Region Sustainability Alliance John Naylor, Representative Tony Lane, Representative
Transcript Benalla Sustainable Future Group - Submission
Tuesday 3 December 2024

Victorian Emergency Management Institute, 601 Mount Macedon Road, Mount Macedon, 3441

10:00 AM
Council panel
Macedon Ranges Shire Council Bernie O'Sullivan, Chief Executive Officer Tania MacLeod, Acting Manager Strategic Planning and Environment City of Greater Bendigo Ashley Fletcher, Climate Change Resilience Officer Frances Ford, Coordinator Emergency Management and Resilience Central Victorian Greenhouse Alliance Annika Kearton, Chief Executive Officer
Transcript City of Greater Bendigo - Responses to QON City of Greater Bendigo - Submission Macedon Ranges Shire Council - Responses to QON

11:00 AM
Bendigo Sustainability Group Shamir Varma, Ordinary Director
Supplemetary to Transcript Transcript Responses to QON

12:00 PM
Barmah Community Group Maureen Blair, Secretary John Jackson, Barmah Community Group Member Murray Blair, Barmah Community Group Member and First Lieutenant Barmah Rural Fire Brigade
Transcript

1:15 PM
Better Building Design Brett Franke, Registered Building Designer
Transcript

2:00 PM
Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal Natalie Egleton, Chief Executive Officer Sarah Matthee, Climate Solutions Portfolio Lead
Transcript Responses to QON Submission

3:15 PM
Catchment Management Authority panel
Wimmera CMA Luke Austin, Operational Delivery Manager North Central CMA Camille White, Manager floodplain Rohan Hogan, Water & Environment Specialist
Transcript
Wednesday 20 November 2024

Hearing Room, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002

9:00 AM
City of Melbourne Tiffany Crawford, Co-Director, Climate Change and City Resilience Mornington Peninsula Shire Renae Littlejohn, Director, Planning and Environment Melissa Burrage, Manager, Climate Change and Sustainability Andrew Joseph, Team Leader, Community Resilience and Emergency Management
Transcript Mornington Peninsula Shire - Responses to QON Mornington Peninsula Shire - Responses to QON - Attachment 1 Mornington Peninsula Shire - Responses to QON - Attachment 2 Submission - City of Melbourne Submission - Mornington Peninsula Shire

10:00 AM
Federation of Community Legal Centres Vic Dr Bronwyn Lay, Strategic Lead, Climate Justice Unit
Transcript

11:00 AM
Geelong Sustainability Dan Cowdell, Chief Executive Officer
Transcript Responses to QON Submission

11:45 AM
Sustainability Team, Deakin University Zoe Roloff, Acting Director, Sustainability Partnerships
Transcript

1:00 PM
AusNet Andrew Linnie, Executive General Manager Distribution Charlotte Eddy, General Manager Strategy and Regulation (Distribution) Powercor Renate Vogt, General Manager, Regulation Adam Gellie, General Manager, Network Services
Transcript

2:00 PM
Council Alliance for a Sustainable Built Environment Natasha Palich, Executive Officer
Transcript Responses to QON Submission

3:00 PM
Housing Industry Association Keith Ryan, Executive Director, Victoria Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) Victoria Jane Keddie, Vice President
Transcript Submission - HIA Submission - PIAVic

4:00 PM
Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) John Bradley, Secretary Carolyn Jackson, Deputy Secretary, Regions, Environment, Climate Action and First Peoples Group Department of Transport and Planning Natalie Reiter, Deputy Secretary, Strategy and Precincts Andrew McKeegan, Deputy Secretary, Planning and Land Services Stuart Menzies, Acting Executive Director, State Planning Services
Transcript DEECA - Responses to QON DTP - Responses to QON DTP - Responses to QON1 - Attachment
Wednesday 6 November 2024

Davui Room, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002

9:45 AM
Victorian Forest Products Association (VFPA) Andrew White, Chief Executive Officer
Transcript Responses to QON Submission

10:30 AM
Natural Turf Alliance Garnet Brownbill John Englart
Transcript

11:30 AM
Aurecon Michael Nolan, Director, Climate Physical Risk and Resilience Smartcrete CRC Hugh Ong, Portfolio Director
Transcript Aurecon - Responses to QON

12:15 PM
Australian Institute of Architects David Wagner, President Victorian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects James Legge, Founding Director, Six Degrees Architects Xavier Cadorel, Lecturer, Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne Dr. Chris Jensen, Lecturer in Construction Management, University of Melbourne Katie Skillington, PhD candidate, University of Melbourne
Transcript Responses to QON

1:30 PM
Community Housing Industry Association Victoria Alex Trudzik, Policy Officer
Transcript Responses to QON Submission

2:15 PM
Sustainable Builders Alliance Jeremy Spencer, Director
Transcript

3:15 PM
Polar Enviro Dylan Broomfield, Principal Adviser Dave Jones, Technical Advisor
Transcript Submission
Wednesday 23 October 2024

Aireys Inlet Community Centre, 6 Great Ocean Road, Aireys Inlet, 3231

10:00 AM
Surf Coast Shire Robyn Seymour, Chief Executive Officer Chris Pike, Placemaking and Environment Borough of Queenscliffe Martin Gill, Chief Executive Officer City of Greater Geelong Pete Mercouriou, Senior Sustainability Officer (and Chair/President of Alliance) Barwon South West Climate Alliance Sue Phillips, Executive Officer
Transcript

11:00 AM
Victorian Marine and Coastal Council Jacquie White, VMaCC Deputy Chair Dr Tom Kompas, Director, Australian Centre for Biosecurity and Environmental Economics, ANU; Chief Investigator, Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis, University of Melbourne
Transcript Responses to QON Responses to QON - Q4 Attachment 1 Responses to QON - Q4 Attachment 2 Responses to QON - Q5 Attachment

12:15 PM
Port Fairy Coastal Group David Bills-Thompson, Technical Officer
Transcript

1:00 PM
Corangamite Catchment Management Authority Amber Clarke, Chief Executive Officer Chris Pitfield, Investigations and Program Development Manager
Transcript

1:45 PM
Aireys Inlet and District Association Ian Laging, President
Transcript Responses to QON
Thursday 10 October 2024

Puffing Billy Railway, Emerald Lake Road, Emerald, 3782

10:00 AM
Cardinia Shire Council Warren Smith, Coordinator Climate Change and Heritage Yarra Ranges Council Kim O'Connor, Acting Director Built Environment and Intrastructure South East Councils Climate Change Alliance Helen Steel, Chief Executive Officer Daniel Pleiter, Operations Manager
Transcript

11:00 AM
Emerald Village Association Trevor Budge, Chair, Planning, Tourism and Environment sub-committee Claude Cullino, Committee Member, Planning, Tourism and Environment sub-committee Kate Forster, Committee Member, Planning, Tourism and Environment sub-committee
Transcript Responses to QON Responses to QON - Attachment Submission

11:45 AM
Emerald Community House Centre of Resilience Mary Farrow, Resilience project
Transcript

1:00 PM
Local emergency support groups
Emerald and Cockatoo Emergency Support Team Rachelle Mechielsen, Team Leader Monbulk and District Community Working Group Dr Dan Jeyaseelan, Member Monbulk Emergency Management Group Peter Edyvane, Member
Transcript

2:00 PM
Local CFA brigades panel
Bill Robinson, Captain, Kalorama and Mt Dandenong Fire Brigade Klaus Brodeck, Captain, Emerald Fire Brigade
Transcript

3:00 PM
Mountain Ash Developments Victoria Pty Ltd Ben Selby-Hele, Director
Transcript

4:00 PM
OPEN MIC
Frank Archer Caroline Spencer Trevor Budge Kate Forster
Transcript
Wednesday 9 October 2024

Davui Room, 55 Saint Andrews Place, East Melbourne, 3002

10:00 AM
The Network Outage Review Panel
Rosemary Sinclair AM, Chair Kevin Kehl, Panel Member
Transcript Responses to QON

11:00 AM
ARC Centres of Excellence for Climate Extremes and the Weather of the 21st Century
Associate Professor Ailie Gallant, Chief Investigator, School of Earth Atmosphere and Environment, Faculty of Science, Monash University Dr Kimberley Reid, Research Fellow, School of Earth Atmosphere and Environment, Faculty of Science, Monash University
Transcript Responses to QON Submission

12:30 PM
Infrastructure Victoria
Dr Jonathan Spear, Chief Executive Officer Llewellyn Reynders, Director Research and Policy Caroline Evans, Principal Policy Officer
Transcript Responses to QON Submission Submission - attach 1 Submission - attach 2
Tuesday 3 September 2024

Century Inn Traralgon, 5 Airfield Road, Traralgon, 3844

10:00 AM
East Gippsland Shire Council Cr Tom Crook, Mayor Stuart McConnell, General Manager, Assets and Environment Bass Coast Shire Council Donna Taylor, Acting General Manager, Place Making Gippsland Alliance for Climate Action Tiffany Harrison, Coordinator
Transcript BCSC - Responses to QON Submission - Bass Coast Shire Council

11:15 AM
Associate Professor Rakibuzzaman Shah, Smart Power Systems Engineering, Federation University Associate Professor Jessica Reeves, Future Regions Research Centre, Federation University
Transcript

12:15 PM
Gunaikurnai Land and Water Aboriginal Corporation Daniel Miller, Chief Executive Officer
Transcript Responses to QON Responses to QON - Attachment

1:45 PM
Niels Olsen, Beef Farmer, Founder of Soilkee Ryzo Philip Mulvey, Chief Executive Officer, Ryzo
Transcript

2:30 PM
Loch Sport Business and Tourism Association Tony Patchell, Secretary Gippsland Ports Chris Waites, Chief Executive Officer Inverloch Surf Life Saving Club Glenn Arnold, President Stephen Duncan, Treasurer
Transcript

3:45 PM
Gippsland Climate Change Network Inc Stephen Angus, Deputy Chair Wellington Climate Action Network Dr Jillian Carroll, Vice President Brian Burleigh, Member
Transcript GCCN - Responses to QON Submission - Gippsland Climate Change Network Submission - Wellington Climate Action Network