2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission

Hearing Block Two: 24 Aug - 24 Sept

Transcripts and Witness List.

 Date  Witness Link to Hearing Documents
Thursday 
24.09.09









 
Causes and circumstances of Pomborneit-Weerite fire
Malcolm Fallon (Incident Controller)
Kerry-Lynne Callow (Eye Witness)
Terrence Place (CFA Captain, Pomborneit)
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
 
Inquiry into the fire-related deaths – Churchill fire
Detective Superintendant Hollowood
Transcript 23.09.09
Tuesday
22.09.09
 

Inquiry into the fire-related deaths - Churchill fire
Detective Superintendant Hollowood

Transcript 22.09.09
Monday 
21.09.09



 

Building
Jon
Traw [via video link] (American Bushfire Building Standards expert)

Inquiry into the fire-related deaths -Beechworth and Bendigo fires
Detective Superintendant Hollowood

Transcript 21.09.09
Friday
18.09.09


 
Causes and circumstances of Coleraine and Horsham fires
Bill Speirs (CFA)
Steven Cooper (eye witness)
Warren Knop (ESV)
Vince Power (Powercor)
Wayne McDonald (Powercor)
Transcript 18.09.09
Thursday
17.09.09









 
Causes and circumstances of Coleraine and Horsham fires
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)
Paul Gerdtz (Powercor)
Transcript 17.09.09
Wednesday
16.09.09
 
Causes and circumstances of Beechworth fire
Robin McDonald (Rosewhite)
Shaun Lawlor (DSE)
Peter Farrell (DSE)
Transcript 16.09.09
Tuesday
15.09.09




 

Causes and circumstances of Beechworth fire
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








 
Causes and circumstances of Beechworth fire
Shaun Lawlor (DSE)
Peter Matthews (eye witness)
Neil Higgins (eye witness)
Tracy 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

 
Introduction to inquiry into fire related deaths
Paul Hollowood, Victoria Police

iECC
Steven Warrington, CFA
Amber Dixon (St. Andrews)

Climate change
Kevin Hennessy, CSIRO
Transcript 09.09.2009
Tuesday
08.09.09 

 
iECC
Caroline Douglass, DSE
Andrew Craige Brown, DSE
John Edmonds (St. Andrews)
Joseph Nichols, iECC Situation Unit Leader
Transcript 08.09.2009
Monday 
07.09.09






 
Applications regarding Privilege and Production of Documents

iECC

Alen Slijepcevic, DSE (cont.)
Chong Ong, SP AusNet (representative in iECC)
Andrew Andreou, CFA (building topic)
Gary Hughes (St. Andrews)
Transcript 07.09.2009
Thursday 03.09.09


 
iECC
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

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


 
Building
Brian Welch, Master Builders Association Victoria (MBAV)
Geoff Woolcock, (MBAV)
Christopher Watson, Municipal Association of Victoria
Transcript
31.08.09
Thursday
27.08.09
 
Building
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



 
Building
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

 

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




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

 
Transcript
24.08.09

 

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