Program
| Wednesday 22 October | |||
| 1730 | Welcome Reception and Registration | ||
| Thursday 23 October | |||
| 0800 | Registration Opens | ||
| Session 1- Plenary Session Session Coordinator: Greg Sullivan Sirius Room |
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| 0845 | Seating and housekeeping messages (including Welcome to Country) | ||
| 0900 | Minister for the Environment WA Welcome and Official Opening |
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| 0925 | Keiran McNamara, Director General of DEC |
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| 0955 | Commissioner Len Roberts-Smith, Crime and Corruption Commission Anti-corruption challenges in a time of change |
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| 1035 | Morning Tea | ||
| Session 2 – Plenary Session Session Coordinator: Stuart Cowie Sirius Room |
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| 1105 | Professor Richard Macrory, University College London Rethinking Regulatory Sanctions-revolution or nightmare? |
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| 1145 | Dr Paul Leinster, Environmental Agency of England and Wales Operationalising Regulatory Reform in the UK |
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| 1225 | Greg Sullivan, AELERT Chair 2008 Achievements and the path ahead |
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| 1240 | Lunch | ||
| Session 3 - Breakout Sessions | |||
3A Wildlife Coordinator: Russell Harrison |
3B Good Sentencing Coordinator: Sonya Krishnan |
3C Regulatory Practice Coordinator: Greg Sullivan |
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| 1330 |
Workshop 1 Rick Dawson, Nicole White, Managing WA’s classic reds and
whites—the black cockatoos |
Workshop 2
Senior legal officers Panel members: – Chris Neville – Sonya Krishnan – Tracy Riddle – Mark Payton |
Workshop 3 Question and answer session with experienced regulatory practitioners Panel members – Dr Paul Leinster – Neville Matthew – Stuart Cowie |
| 1510 | Afternoon Tea | ||
| Session 4 – Breakout Sessions | |||
4A – Regulatory Practice Coordinator: David Mell |
4B - Audit
Coordinator: Lynne Nevile |
4C - Training
Co-ordinator: Kym Squires |
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| 1535 | Peter Wells, RTA (NSW) Developing a compliance program |
Lynne Neville, Department of Environment and Climate Change |
Bryce Hertslet, NSW (QLD) AELERT Diploma |
| 1605 | Changeover | Changeover | Changeover |
| 1610 | Jeremy Anderson, NRW (QLD) |
Sam Wade, SA EPA The benefits of compliance auditing |
Rob Rolfe, ICETS Importance of assessment in vocational training |
| 1635 | Changeover | Changeover | Changeover |
| 1640 | Ken Raine, DEC (WA), |
Alex Simpson, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage & the Arts A whale of an audit | Kym Squires, DEC (WA) |
| 1700 | Close of Day 1 | ||
| 1900 | Conference Dinner – The Red Herring, Fremantle After dinner entertainment from Professor Richard Macrory |
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| Friday 24 October | |||
| 0800 | Registration opens | ||
| Session 5- Plenary Session Session Coordinator: David Mell |
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| 0845 | Seating and housekeeping messages | ||
| 0850 | Judge Brian Dwyer, Environment Court New Zealand |
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| 0920 | Dr Paul Vogel, Chairman of the Environmental Protection Authority (WA) Achieving compliance—reflections from South Australia and Western Australia |
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| 0950 | Paul Rosair, Department of Water (WA) The nature of water enforcement in Western Australia |
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| 1030 | Morning Tea | ||
| Session 6 – Breakout Sessions | |||
6A - Networking Coordinator: Sonya Krishnan |
6B – Investigations Methodology
Coordinator: John Winkworth |
6C - Native Vegetation Coordinator: Rodney Warren |
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| 1100 | Greg Reid, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (NZ) |
Joanna Johnson, Environmental Protection Agency (QLD) |
Sarah McEvoy, Kelly Faulkner, Department of Environment and Conservation (WA) Clearing of native vegetation—the Western Australian experience |
| 1130 | Changeover | Changeover | Changeover |
| 1135 | Keith Larner, DSE (Vic) |
Andrew Pruszinski, SA Environment
Protection Authority, Kilburn investigation—the science, the learnings and the outcomes |
Brett Easton, NRETA Challenges in vegetation regulation and greenhouse - NT |
| 1210 | Lunch | ||
| Session 7 - Breakout Sessions | |||
7A - Technology Coordinator: Greg Sullivan |
7B – Regulatory Practice Coordinator: Stuart Cowie |
7C - Wildlife Coordinator: David Mell |
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| 1340 | Bev Tyrer, DPI (QLD) Quota monitoring in Queensland fisheries—the automated interactive voice response story |
Purdey Wong, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts |
Mike Sverns, DSE (VIC) Silent sentinels support: DSE’s Environmental crime campaign |
| 1425 | Changeover | Changeover | Changeover |
| 1430 | Chris Lavin, Brisbane City Council Mapping Intelligence: the use of geospatial analysis in support of environmental law enforcement and regulation. |
Jane Leeder, Environment Waikato (NZ) Review and Evaluation of Investigation (Unlawful burial of PCBs) | Murray Rohde, DSE (VIC) Proving corporate guilt in the destruction of wildlife—Operation Monarch |
| 1515 | Afternoon Tea | ||
| Session 8 – Plenary Session Session Coordinator: Sonya Krishnan |
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| 1545 | Ray Wills, CEO, Western Australian Sustainable Energy Association and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, School of Earth and Geographical Sciences, University of WA |
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| 1615 | David Hudson, DEPHA Tas Recap and Invitation to attend AELERT 2009 in Hobart. |
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| 1630 | Greg Sullivan, AELERT Chair Conference Close |
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Please note: The Conference program is correct at the time of printing, however, the AELERT 2008 Conference Organising Committee reserves the right to change or alter the program if necessary.