2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission

Hearing Block One: 11 May - 6 July

Transcripts, Submissions from parties and Witness List

 Date  Witness Link to Hearing Documents
Monday 06.07.09 Oral Submissions relating to Interim recommendations Transcript - 6 July 2009

Commonwealth of Australia Submission 1 - 6 July 2009

Commonwealth of Australia Submission 2 - 6 July 2009

Commonwealth of Australia Submission 3 - 6 July 2009

AFAC Submission - 6 July 2009

Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria INC Submission - 6 July 2009

MAV Submission - 6 July 2009

Police Association Victoria Submission 1 - 6 July 2009

Police Association Victoria Submission 2 - 6 July 2009

ABC Submission - 6 July 2009
Friday 03.07.09 Oral Submissions relating to Interim recommendations Transcript - 3 July 2009

State of Victoria Submissions - 3 July 2009
 
Thursday 02.07.09 Oral Submissions relating to Interim recommendations Transcript - 2 July 2009

Counsel Assisting Submissions - 2 July 2009

SPAusNet Submission - 2 July 2009

Telstra Submissions - 2 July 2009
Wednesday 01.07.09 Ms Sarah Henshaw (Instructional Designer, Learning and Development, CFA) Transcript - 1 July 2009
Tuesday 30.06.09

Ms Kathryn Irene Venters (Manager of Customer Services, DSE)

Ms Christine Ann Millington (Manager of Customer Liaison and Education, Customer Service Centre, DSE)

Ms Carolyn Hogg (Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Centrelink)

Mr Tony Robert Cook (Deputy Secretary for the Office for Planning, Strategy and Coordination, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development)
Transcript - 30 June 2009
Monday 29.06.09

Mr Ken Robert Williamson (Whittlesea Brigade Captain, CFA)

Mr John David Nicholson (Consultant, Community Safety Services Pty Ltd)

Ms Jacqueline Ann Hainsworth (Lay witness)

Dr Kevin Gerard Tolhurst (Senior Lecturer, Fire Ecology and Management, Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne)
Transcript - 29 June 2009
Friday 26.06.09

Mr Gregory Alan Paterson (State Duty Officer, CFA)

Mr Timothy Sholl (Strath Tower Fire Spotter, Melbourne Water)

Mr Ewan Waller (Chief Officer, Fire and Emergency Management, DSE)

Transcript - 26 June 2009
Thursday 25.06.09

Mr Robert Norman Spence (Chief Executive Officer, Municipal Association of Victoria)

Mr John Joseph Williams (Lay witness)

Mr Gregory Alan Paterson (State Duty Officer, CFA)
Transcript - 25 June 2009
Wednesday 24.06.09

Mr Maxwell Roland Jennings (Director – Wireless Network Engineering, Telstra)

Mr David Roy Packham (Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University)

Ms Karen Ann Ward (Lay witness)

Mr Michael William Sutton (Manager of the Forest Resource Analysis and Modelling Section of the Forest and Parks Division, DSE)

Mr Gavin Daniel McCormack (Kangaroo Ground Fire Tower Spotter, CFA)
Transcript - 24 June 2009
Tuesday 23.06.09

Mrs Carol Ann Matthews (Lay witness)

Ms Jane Elkington (Emergency Service Answer Point National Manager of Telstra)

Mr Michael Domenic Consolo (General Manager, Telstra)

Maxwell Roland Jennings (Director – Wireless Network Engineering, Telstra)
Transcript - 23 June 2009
Monday 22.06.09

Mr Robert John Beresford (Director, Service Delivery for the Southern Region of Telstra and Chairman, Telstra’s Regional Emergency Council for Victoria)

Mr John Laurence Cowan (National Networks Manager for the Managed Radio Networks Group Enhanced Operations at Telstra and CFA member)

Mr David John O’Halloran (Lay witness)
Transcript - 22 June 2009
Thursday 18.06.09

Dr Sarah Mariah McCaffrey (Research Forester/Social Scientist at the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station in Evanston, Chicago Illinois)                           

Mr Rocky Joseph Barca (Manager, Werribee Park, Parks Victoria and Deputy Incident Controller at Kangaroo Ground Incident Control Centre)

Mr Peter Ross Brown (Lay witness)

Mr Alan Norman Rhodes (Manager, Community Safety Research and Evaluation, CFA)

Mr Grant Alan Johnstone (General Manager of ACE Radio’s Traralgon-based TRFM and Gold 1242)
Transcript - 18 June 2009
Wednesday 17.06.09

David Anderson Cooper (Group Deputy Officer Lower Yarra Group, CFA)

Mr Alexander Caughey (Community Education Coordinator, CFA)

Mr Alan Norman Rhodes (Manager, Community Safety Research and Evaluation, CFA)

Ms Gwendoline Mary Alice Barber (Lay witness)

Mr Alan Norman Rhodes (Manager, Community Safety Research and Evaluation, CFA)
Transcript - 17 June 2009
Tuesday 16.06.09

Prof John William Handmer (Disaster Management Expert)

Mr John Colin O’Neill (Lay witness)

Ms Colleen Mary Keating (Kangaroo Ground Fire Tower Spotter, CFA)
Transcript - 16 June 2009
Monday 15.06.09

Mr Norman John Free (Manager of the State Fire Management Planning Support Team hosted by the CFA)

Mr Andrew Edmond Willans (Mt Gordon Fire Tower Spotter, DSE)

Dr Lachlan Clyde Fraser (Lay witness)
Transcript - 15 June 2009
Friday 12.06.09

Mr Stuart Andrew Lawson (Deputy Chief Officer, Country Fire Service of South Australia)

Ms Jillian Andrew Edwards (Manager Strategy and Knowledge, AFAC)

Ms Anastasia Scott (Lay witness)

Ms Naomi Patricia Brown (Chief Executive Officer, AFAC)
Transcript - 12 June 2009
 
Thursday 11.06.09

Mr Russell James Rees (Chief Officer, CFA)

Ms Naomi Patricia Brown (Chief Executive Officer, AFAC)

Mr John Bryan Gledhill (Chief Executive Officer and Chief Officer, Tasmania Fire Service)

Mr Illiya Joseph Ananiev (Lay witness)

Mr Simon Seear (Member, Walhalla Brigade, CFA)
Transcript - 11 June 2009
Wednesday 10.06.09

Mr Russell James Rees (Chief Officer, CFA)

Mr Douglas Elliot Walter (Lay witness)
Transcript - 10 June 2009
Tuesday 09.06.09

Mr Russell James Rees (Chief Officer, CFA)

Ms Sharon Lisa McCulloch (Lay witness
Transcript - 9 June 2009
Monday 08.06.09 Victorian Public Holiday - Non hearing day  
Thursday 04.06.09

Prof Douglas Paton (Chair in the school of Psychology, University of Tasmania)

Mr Christopher Leonard William Casey (Lay witness)
Transcript - 4 June 2009
Wednesday 03.06.09

Mr Rod William Collins (Superintendant, Victoria Police)

Dr Christopher Harvey (Lay witness)

Mr David Victor McGahy (Arthurs Creek Brigade Captain, CFA)
Transcript - 3 June 2009
Tuesday 02.06.09

Mr Neil Francis Foster (Chief Executive Officer, ESTA)

Mr Owen Michael Kiernan (Operations Manager (Support), ESTA)

Mr Kenneth James Dwight (Lay witness)
Transcript - 2 June 2009
Monday 01.06.09

Ms Samantha Ross Stayner (Acting Program Director, 774 ABC Melbourne)

Mr Peter Geoffrey Olorenshaw (Lay witness)

Mr Russell James Rees (Chief Officer, CFA)
Transcript - 1 June 2009
 
Friday 29.05.09

Ms Leonie Jane Hunter (Information Officer at Alexandra Group Headquarters and Information Team Leader at Kilmore Incident Control Centre, CFA)

Dr Kevin Gerard Tolhurst (Senior Lecturer, Fire Ecology and Management, Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne)
Transcript - 29 May 2009
Thursday 28.05.09

Mrs Serafina Yvette Munns (Facilitator and Fire Ready Presenter for Region 13 and Member of Information Unit, Kangaroo Ground Incident Control Centre, CFA)

Mr John David Brown (Lay witness)

Mr Paul Gerard O’Halloran (Detective Inspector, Victoria Police)

Mr Jason Robert Lawrence (Operations Officer, CFA)

Mr Alexander Caughey (Community Education Coordinator, CFA)
Transcript - 28 May 2009
 
Wednesday 27.05.09

Mr Anthony Charles Pearce (Director General, Emergency Management Australia)

Mr Bevan Brett Gobbett (Lay witness)
Transcript - 27 May 2009
Tuesday 26.05.09

Mr Gregory Peter Murphy (Kilmore Brigade Captain, CFA)

Mr Stewart Duncan Kreltszheim (Region 23 Operations Manager and Incident Controller at Kilmore Incident Control Centre, CFA)

Ms Christine Mandie Glassford (Lay witness)

Mrs Serafina Yvette Munns (Facilitator and Fire Ready Presenter for Region 13 and Member of Information Unit, Kangaroo Ground Incident Control Centre, CFA)
Transcript - 26 May 2009
Monday 25.05.09

Dr Kevin Gerard Tolhurst (Senior Lecturer, Fire Ecology and Management, Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne)

Mr Daryl Roger Hull (Lay witness)

Mr Kieran James Walshe (Deputy Commissioner, Victoria Police)
Transcript - 25 May 2009
Thursday 21.05.09

Mr Simon Matthew Langdon (EyeFi)

Dr Kevin Gerard Tolhurst (Senior Lecturer, Fire Ecology and Management, Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne)

Ms Jillian Gay Kane (Lay witness)
Transcript - 21 May 2009
Wednesday 20.05.09

Mr Anthony Stephen Griffiths (Acting Manager, Fire Information & Systems Group, DSE)

Mr Paul Hendrie (Kinglake Brigade Captain, CFA)

Mr Lou Mario Sigmund (Group Officer, Morwell Group, CFA)

Dr John Walton Ferguson (Lay witness)
Transcript - 20 May 2009
Tuesday 19.05.09

Mr Kieren Walshe (Deputy Commissioner, Victoria Police)

Dr Mark Williams (Meteorologist, Bureau of Meteorology)

Mrs Joan Frances Davey (Lay witness)

Mr Anthony Stephen Griffiths (Acting Manager, Fire Information & Systems Group, DSE)
Transcript - 19 May 2009
Monday 18.05.09

Mr Bruce Esplin (Emergency Services Commissioner, State of Victoria)

Mr Kieran James Walshe (Deputy Commissioner, Victoria Police)

Mr Kenneth George Rogers (Lay witness)
Transcript - 18 May 2009
Friday 15.05.09 Mr Dennis John Spooner (Lay witness) Transcript - 15 May 2009
Thursday 14.05.09

Mr Brian David Patten (Lay witness)

Dr Katharine Augusta Haynes (Centre for Risk and Community Safety at RMIT University Melbourne and Risk Frontiers at Macquarie University, Sydney)
Transcript - 14 May 2009
Wednesday 13.05.09

Mr Bruce Esplin (Emergency Services Commissioner, State of Victoria)

Mr Peter Graham Newman (Lay witness)
Transcript - 13 May 2009
Tuesday 12.05.09

Mr Ewan Waller (Chief Officer, Fire and Emergency Management, DSE)

Mr Russell James Rees (Chief Officer, CFA)

Ms Jesse Monica Odgers (Lay witness)

Mr Bruce Esplin (Emergency Services Commissioner, State of Victoria)
Transcript - 12 May 2009
 
Monday 11.05.09

Mr Luke Andrew Corbett (Operations and Planning Officer, CFA)

Mr Russell James Rees (Chief Officer, CFA)

Mr Ewan Waller (Chief Officer, Fire and Emergency Management, DSE)
Transcript - 11 May 2009


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