Mood:
d'ohTopic: aust govt
- Prof Stuart White - UTS - Institute of Sustainable Futures (!)- Prof Peter Newman - Director of the Institute for Sustainability and Technology, Murdoch Uni- Dr Mark Diesendorf - UNSW - Institute of Environmental Studies UNSWOh and you might notice absence of Jeff Angel which may be to do with the passover clash, or my determinedpublished analysis of collaboration with ALP Govt, not least on energy assets sale.- Oh, and on sustainability, the inestimable Prof Jamie Kirkpatrick in Tas, who is so very very smart and so greatly independent of thought.
Also I think in that particular group there ought to have been a world class mountaineer like Tim McCartney Snape or Brigitte Muir or one of several actually because we are very strong as a country in this respect. Sports I hear you cry, but actually they are become cross cultural experts from all the travel and experience of montane environments which are melting first meaning dangerous climate change.
Lateral but still true, as per my report of great Blue Mountains Climbing festival report 2007 here:
http://www.sydneyalternativemedia.com/blog/index.blog/1671145/australian…
Of similar comment would be some of our awesome Antarctic scientist types - can’t think of the name but we have some beauties.
Very lastly I read worthy Sam(antha?) Mostyn’s background on Trust of Australian Museum - 2003 - ex staffer of Paul Keating, and BA/Llb - say no more eh? (The ALP stodge factor? We shall see.)
- Senator Christine Milne (Taswegian)
- Peg Putt MP
- Jill Redwood (feature in Women's Weekly)
- Dr Judith Adjani - though disagree with her on privatising NSW plantations.
- Alexandra De Blass - environmental broadcaster
- Dr Sharon Beder, engineer, educator
- Dr Mariann Lloyd-Smith (Phd law) senior adviser National toxics network
- Kirsty Ruddock, senior solicitor EDO
- Prof David Lindenmeyer (CRES)
- Clive Hamilton (principal researcher RAC, TAI)
- Senator Bob Brown
- Prof Tony Norton (CRES)
- Professor Andrew Cockburn (ANU)
- David Holmgren/Bill Mollison, founder(s) of permaculture global movement
- Scott Kinear organic farming expert
- Dr Geoff Mosley AM - heritage pioneer, world heritage issues
- Professor Tim Bonyhardy, environmental law academic, author
- Brian Preston chief judge Land & Environment Court
- Alec Marr, Director The Wilderness Society
----- Original Message -----Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 12:53 PMSubject: [chipstop] 2020 visionariesHi greenies
Delegates to the 2020 Summit have been announced. It looks pretty grim. Of the approx 100 names in the 'environment' group, there are very few known greenies. Does anyone know anybody on this list who might speak up for the forests? Hugh Possingham and Ian Lowe are possibly the most prospective.
It is also possible to make a submission directly to them.
http://www.australia2020.gov.au/submissions/index.cfm
regards
harriett
Extract:
Contributing a submission to the Australia 2020 Summit is a way for all Australians to be involved in bringing the best ideas forward to address Australia’s long term challenges.
All submissions will be made publicly available on this website and will be presented to the Australia 2020 Summit participants to stimulate discussion and ideas about addressing our future challenges.
Individuals, schools, groups, and organisations are invited to make submissions.
You can contribute a submission online, by downloading a form and mailing it, or by contacting the toll free number to have a form mailed out to you.
Submissions must be received no later than 5:00pm Wednesday 9 April 2008.
Written submissions are limited to 500 words per topic and should focus on one of the ten identified areas. You may contribute a submission in one or more policy areas.
Submissions will be collected by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, which is acting as a secretariat for the Australia 2020 Summit.
List of delegates:Population, sustainability, climate change and water
Mr Carl Eric Binning Male WA
Ms Irina Cattalini Female WA
Mr Joe Ross Male WA
Ms Cheryl Batagol Female VIC
Mr Damien Troy Bell Male VIC
Dr Grant Blashki Male VIC
Ms Larissa Brown Female VIC
Mr Russell Ronald Caplan Male VIC
Professor Ross Garnaut Male VIC
Mr Gerry Hueston Male VIC
Mr Andrew Jaspan Male VIC
Honourable Dr Barry Owen Jones Male VIC
Professor David John Karoly Male VIC
Professor Amanda Lynch Female VIC
Ms Robyn Leigh McLeod Female VIC
Dr Pam McRae-Williams Female VIC
Mr Stephen Mills Male VIC
Ms Natasha Palich Female VIC
Mr George Pappas Male VIC
Dr Graeme Ivan Pearman Male VIC
Mr Marcus Randolph Male VIC
Mr Bernard Joseph Salt Male VIC
Mr David Shelmerdine Male VIC
The Honourable John Thwaites Male VIC
Ms Georgina Elise Boon Female TAS
Ms Anne Howe Female SA
Ms Susan Barbara Jeanes Female SA
Adjunct Professor Monica Viviene Oliphant Female SA
Mrs Joanne Louise Pfeiffer Female SA
Ms Ann Kathryn Shaw Rungie Female SA
Mr Michael Peter Berwick Male QLD
Mrs Leith Boully Female QLD
Ms Erin Mara Cini Female QLD
Professor Chris (Christopher Reid) Cocklin Male QLD
Ms Cheryl Desha Female QLD
Ms Melissa-Leigh Jane George Female QLD
Professor Ross Stewart Guest Male QLD
Dr Andrew Kenneth Leonard Johnson Male QLD
Professor Ian Lowe Male QLD
Ms Elizabeth Ann Nosworthy Female QLD
Professor Hugh Possingham Male QLD
Professor John Quiggin Male QLD
Dr Russell Evan Reichelt Male QLD
Dr Lorraine Stephenson Female QLD
Dr Stuart Blanch Male NT
Professor Stephen Thomas Garnett Male NT
Mr Joe Morrison Male NT
Ms Maria Atkinson Female NSW
Professor Marcela Bilek Female NSW
Mr Greg Bourne Male NSW
Ms Petrea Bradford Female NSW
Ms Jillian Broadbent Female NSW
Mr Peter Coates Male NSW
Professor Mary Elizabeth Crock Female NSW
Mr Stewart Ellis Male NSW
Ms Penelope Figgis (AO) Female NSW
Professor Timothy Flannery Male NSW
Ms Tanya Ha Female NSW
Mr Michael Hawker Male NSW
Professor Lesley Margaret Head Female NSW
Dr Judy Isabel Henderson Female NSW
The Hon Roslyn Joan Kelly Female NSW
Professor Shahbaz Khan Male NSW
Mr Ian Bruce Kiernan Male NSW
Mr Eric Ronald Wing-Fai Knight Male NSW
Dr Gabrielle Sarah Kuiper Female NSW
The Hon Susan Mary Lenehan Female NSW
Ms Romilly Madew Female NSW
Ms Sam Mostyn Female NSW
Ms Elaine Prior Female NSW
Ms Tania Ritchie Female NSW
Ms Anna Rose Female NSW
Dr Paul Simshauser Male NSW
Professor Will Steffen Male NSW
Dr Tony Paul Wilkins Male NSW
Emeritus Professor Valerie Anne Brown Female ACT
Dr Peter J Cook Male ACT
Dr Wendy Craik Female ACT
DR Brian Fisher Male ACT
Dr Geoff Garrett Male ACT
Dr Steve Hatfield Dodds Male ACT
Professor Warwick james McKibbin Male ACT
Professor Patrick Nicol Troy, AO Male ACT
Dr Karen Elizabeth Hussey Female
Dr Chloe Munro Female
Dr Bev Ronalds Female WA
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Postscript #1 1st April 2008
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 9:26 PMSubject: Re: [chipstop] 2020 visionariesDoes anyone know any of the other names besides our few 'good guys'?Unbelievable, 100 (Give or take a few) people interested in this area and I have heard of about 10 of them. And I've been around these issues for over 3 decades. I wonder how many are ALP hacks?It would be useful if someone could google a bunch and dig a bit of dirt to show how inappropriate they are to be on the country's 'sustainability climate and water' group. There's dirt on at least two so far.-----------------
These are my comments on those I know for what its worth (See list below)
Most lack an environmental perspective - indicative of the deired outcomes.
I expect each will read a prepared statement and at the end of the process we will have a report that someone is already writing...
Not really worth the greenhouse gases spent getting there.
Anyone here going?Population, sustainability, climate change and waterHe was head of atmospheric science in CSIRO in 2000 - he may be one who lost his job or left during the final grim years of climate change denial.Professor Ross Garnaut Male VIC
Dr Graeme Ivan Pearman Male VICEcological scientistProfessor Ian Lowe Male QLD
Professor Hugh Possingham Male QLDWWFProfessor John Quiggin Male QLD
Mr Greg Bourne Male NSWWorked at ACF when I was there - a lobbyist with a glancing but not detailed understanding of forest issuesMs Penelope Figgis (AO) Female NSWFount of knowledgeProfessor Timothy Flannery Male NSWWonderful Judy who has campaigned on Tassie's forests, Lake Pedder, stood for the Greens, has been Chair of orgs such as Aust Ethical. Probably the best advocate we could haveDr Judy Isabel Henderson Female NSWNow which bit of the topic is she addressing?The Hon Roslyn Joan Kelly Female NSWWas Property Council in ACT, actively involved in Green Building Council of Aus - don't think she knows much about forestsMs Romilly Madew Female NSWWell, he is ACT actually - Director of what was Centre for Resource Development ANU (Fenner School now?) I have hear d him speak effectively about climate change science and issues.Professor Will Steffen Male NSWVal writes about sustainability issues with a focus on the social side of things. She would be sympathetic of forest issues in the broad sense without knowing the detail.
Emeritus Professor Valerie Anne Brown Female ACTthe Chief Executive of the Co-operative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC)Dr Peter J Cook Male ACTChief Executive of the Murray-Darling Basin Commission (MDBC) in August 2004 - not a great advocate for the environment (and Great Barrier Reef before that)Dr Wendy Craik Female ACTABARE (whose stats have led us down so many wrong forest paths)DR Brian Fisher Male ACTHead of CSIRO manager of its de skilling and commercialisationDr Geoff Garrett Male ACTEconomist with an environmental perspective. Husband of Lyn HAtfied Dodds, the President of ACOSS and Executive Director (so equivalent) of Uniting Care. Steve works for CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems’ as Integration Science and Public Policy researcher.Dr Steve Hatfield Dodds Male ACTProfessorial Fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy. He is also Director of the Centre of Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA) at the Australian National University. He is also a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, and President of McKibbin Software Group. He is a member of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia and a member of the Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council. He also recently served on the Prime Minister's Uranium Mining and Nuclear Energy Review.Professor Warwick james McKibbin Male ACTPatrick is an academic with an interest in planning - was a key person during the Whitlam era and used to argue repeatedly with PEter Newman about urban form. He is currently writing about Canberra issues such as water, and proably doesn't give a lot of thought to forests.Professor Patrick Nicol Troy, AO Male ACT
