2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission

Hearing Block Two: 24 Aug - 24 Sept

Transcripts, Suppression Orders and Witness List.

 Date  Witness Link to Hearing Documents
Thursday 
24.09.09









 

Malcolm Fallon (Incident Controller)

Kerry Lynne-Callow (Eye Witness)

Terrence Place (Eye Witness)
Raymond Place (Fire Tower Spotter)
Mark Gunning (CFA Fire Investigator)
John Hensler (Metallurgist)

Peter Hay  (Weerite)
Malcolm Fallon (Incident Controller)

Gary De Vercelli (ESV Investigator)
Ross Polvere (Powercor)

 

 
Transcript 24.09.09
Wednesday 
23.09.09
 
Detective Superintendant Hollowood (Inquiry into fire-related deaths – Churchill area) Transcript 23.09.09
Tuesday
22.09.09
 

Detective Superintendant Hollowood (Inquiry into fire-related deaths – Churchill area)

Transcript 22.09.09
Monday 
21.09.09



 

Jon Traw [via video link] (American Bushfire Building Standards expert)
Detective Superintendant Hollowood (Inquiry into fire-related deaths – Beechworth and Bendigo area)

Transcript 21.09.09
Friday
18.09.09


 
Bill Speirs (CFA)
Steven Cooper (eye witness)Warren Knop (ESV)
Vince Power (Powercor)
Wayne McDonald (Powercor)
Transcript 18.09.09
Thursday
17.09.09









 
Dale Russell (CFA)
David Brennan (DSE)
Warren Knop (ESV)
Vince Power (Powercor)
Vince Power (Powercor)
Sue Exell (Haven)
Wayne McDonald (Powercor)
Dale Russell (CFA)
Trevor Coulthard (fire spotter)
Robert McGennisken (Horsham)
Graeme Arthur (DERC)
Dean Gerdtz (Powercor)
Transcript 17.09.09
Wednesday
16.09.09
 
Robin McDonald (Rosewhite)
Shaun Lawlor (DSE)
Peter Farrell (DSE)
Transcript 16.09.09
Tuesday
15.09.09




 

Rob Van Dorsser (CFA) 
John Kelleher (Scientist)
Colin Bertuch (Arborist)
Matthew Peters (SP Ausnet)
Pat Easterbrook (Mudgegonga)
Matthew Peters (SP Ausnet) cont.
Brian Leith McKenzie (DSE)

Transcript 15.09.09
Monday
14.09.09








 
Shaun Lawlor (DSE)
Peter Matthews (eye witness)
Neil Higgins (eye witness)
Tracey Johns (eye witness)
Brett Collins (eye witness)
Jeremy Barrett (eye witness)
Mark Peterson (SP Ausnet)
Tim McDonnell (SP Ausnet)
Michael Graham (SP Ausnet)
Paul Lane (SP Ausnet)
Chris Shawyer (Energy Safe Victoria [ESV])
Transcript 14.09.09
Thursday 
10.09.09


 
Opening statement on Fires/Overview of electricity issues
Jim Cowdery (Kinglake)
Overview of electricity issues (cont.)
Ken Gardner, Energy Safe Victoria
Transcript
10.09.2009
Wednesday 
09.09.09

 
Paul Hollowood, Victoria Police
Steven Warrington, CFA
Amber Dixon (St. Andrews)
Kevin Hennessy, CSIRO
Transcript 09.09.2009
Tuesday
08.09.09 

 
Caroline Douglass, DSE
Andrew Craige Brown, DSE
Gary Hughes (St. Andrews)
David Nichols, iECC Situation Unit Leader
Transcript 08.09.2009
Monday 
07.09.09






 
Applications regarding Privilege and Production of Documents
Alen Slijepcevic, DSE (cont.)
Chong Ong, SP AusNet (representative in iECC)
Andrew Andreou, CFA (building topic)
John Edmonds (St. Andrews)
Transcript 07.09.2009
Thursday 03.09.09


 
Geoff Conway, CFA (cont.)
Graeme Davis, DSE
John Bennet (Kinglake West)
Peter Baker, CFA
Alen Slijepcevic, DSE
Transcript
03.09.09
Wednesday
02.09.09

 
Andrew Graystone, DSE
Andrew Berry (Kinglake)
John Haynes, CFA
 
Transcript
02.09.09
Tuesday
01.09.09
 
Chris Orr, Fire Protection Association Australia
Justin Leonard, CSIRO
Transcript
01.09.09
Monday
31.08.09


 
Brian Welch, Master Builders Association Victoria (MBAV)
Geoff Woolcock, (MBAV)
Christopher Watson, Municipal Association of Victoria
Suppression Order 31.08.09

Transcript
31.08.09
Thursday
27.08.09
 
Mike Harding, HIA
Stuart McLennan, Australian Institute of Building Surveyors
Michael Wasley, (Marysville) 
Juliet Moore, (Kinglake West)
Tony Arnel, Building Commissioner (GBCA)  
Transcript
27.08.09
Wednesday
26.08.09



 
Mark Chladil, AFAC
Justin Leonard, CSIRO
Wayne Haggar, (Kinglake)
Ivan Donaldson, Australian Building Codes Board (via video link)
 
Transcript
26.08.09
Tuesday
25.08.09

 

 
John Tucker, Standards Australia
Barry Eadie, Standards Australia
Peter Wiltshire, (St Andrews)
Mark Chladil, AFAC
 
Transcript
25.08.09
Monday
24.08.09




 
Tony Arnel, Building Commissioner (GBCA) 
Judy Frazer-Jans, (Marysville)
John Tucker, Standards Australia

 
Suppression Order 24.08.09

Transcript
24.08.09

 

<< Back to Hearing Schedule page

Terms of Reference



Download Terms of Reference (PDF, 389kb)


Practice Notes



Download Practice Notes