Appendix 2 - 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission

Appendix 2
Day Date Witness name
12 27 May 2009 Mr Anthony Charles Pearce (Director General, Emergency Management Australia)
Mr Bevan Brett Gobbett (Lay witness)
13 28 May 2009 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 and Incident Controller at Kangaroo
Ground Incident Control Centre, CFA)
Mr Alexander Caughey (Community Education Coordinator and Information Officer
at Seymour Regional Emergency Coordination Centre, CFA)
14 29 May 2009 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)
15 1 June 2009 Ms Samantha Ross Stayner (Acting Program Director, 774 ABC Melbourne)
Mr Peter Geoffrey Olorenshaw (Lay witness)
Mr Russell James Rees (Chief Officer, CFA)
16 2 June 2009 Mr Neil Francis Foster (Chief Executive Officer, ESTA)
Mr Owen Michael Kiernan (Operations Manager (Support), ESTA)
Mr Kenneth James Dwight (Lay witness)
17 3 June 2009 Mr Rodney William Collins (Superintendant, Victoria Police)
Dr Christopher Harvey (Lay witness)
Mr David Victor McGahy (Arthurs Creek Brigade Captain, CFA)
18 4 June 2009 Prof Douglas Paton (Chair in the School of Psychology, University of Tasmania)
Mr Christopher Leonard William Casey (Lay witness)
19 9 June 2009 Mr Russell James Rees (Chief Officer, CFA)
Ms Sharon Lisa McCulloch (Lay witness)
20 10 June 2009 Mr Russell James Rees (Chief Officer, CFA)
Mr Douglas Elliot Walter (Lay witness)
21 11 June 2009 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, the Tasmania
Fire Service)
Mr Illiya Joseph Ananiev (Lay witness)
Mr Simon Anthony Seear (Member, Walhalla Brigade, CFA)
22 12 June 2009 Mr Stuart Andrew Lawson (Deputy Chief Officer, Country Fire Service
of South Australia)
Ms Jillian Patricia Edwards (Manager Strategy and Knowledge, AFAC)
Ms Anastasia Scott (Lay witness)
Ms Naomi Patricia Brown (Chief Executive Officer, AFAC)
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