Inquiry into the Tobacco Products Control Amendment Bill 2008

Inquiry status:

Past

Date commenced:

04 Dec 2008

Deadline for submissions:

30 Jan 2009

Date Ended:

12 Mar 2009

Committee

Education and Health Committee (2008 - 2013)

House:

Legislative Assembly

Media Statements:

15 Jan 2009
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15 Jan 2009

Important Information:

Terms of Reference:

The terms of reference for the Inquiry are -

(1) To consider the adequacy of the proposed actions in the bill to protect children and adults from the harmful consequences of passive smoking.

(2) To consider the adequacy of the proposed actions in the bill to protect children and adults from tobacco promotion.

The Committee will report to the House by 19 March 2009.

Submission Number	Submitting person/organisation
	Public Health Assocation received on 2 Feb 2009
	Masters Growers Australia received on 28 Jan 2009
	City of Cockburn received on 16 Feb 2009
	BP Australia received on 2 Feb 2009
	City of Joondalup received on 2 Feb 2009
	Harvard School of Public Health received on 23 Jan 2009
	Non-Smokers Movement of Australia received on 30 Jan 2009
	S Glantz received on 4 Feb 2009
	C Walkley received on 30 Jan 2009
	Phillip Morris Limited received on 13 Jan 2009
	Public Health Advocacy Institute of Western Australia received on 6 Feb 2009
	John Hyde, MLA received on 16 Feb 2009
	D Licastro received on 30 Jan 2009
	Australian National Council on Drugs received on 4 Feb 2009
	Action on Smoking and Health Australia received on 30 Jan 2009
	Cancer Council Victoria received on 6 Feb 2009
	D Peiris received on 13 Jan 2009
	The University of Western Australia received on 27 Jan 2009
	Imperial Tobacco Australia received on 30 Jan 2009
	Action on Smoking and Health Australia received on 2 Feb 2009
	City of Fremantle received on 6 Feb 2009
	UWA School of Population Health received on 6 Feb 2009
	Heart Foundation received on 5 Feb 2009
	Minister for Health received on 23 Feb 2009
	Office of Road Safety received on 2 Feb 2009
	D Llewellyn MP received on 6 Feb 2009
	Peregrine Corporation received on 28 Jan 2009
	The Western Australian Health Promotion Foundation (Healthway) received on 4 Feb 2009
	Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer Control received on 2 Feb 2009
	Prof. S Chapman received on 5 Feb 2009
	Liquor Stores Assocation of WA Inc. received on 5 Feb 2009
	School of Paediatrics and Child Health received on 28 Jan 2009
	Department of Health received on 10 Feb 2009
	Queensland Government received on 5 Feb 2009
	Unions WA received on 16 Feb 2009
	National Association of Retail Grocers of Australia Pty Ltd received on 30 Jan 2009
	HBF received on 5 Feb 2009
	Smarter than Smoking Project received on 5 Feb 2009
	RAC WA received on 6 Feb 2009
	Australian Council on Smoking and Health received on 3 Feb 2009
	Independent Retailers Organisation received on 6 Feb 2009
	Prof. R Moodie received on 5 Feb 2009
	Cancer Council WA received on 6 Feb 2009
	AMA WA received on 30 Jan 2009
	AACS received on 23 Jan 2009
	Swedish Match received on 30 Jan 2009
	Coles received on 2 Feb 2009
	National Heart Foundation of Australia received on 30 Jan 2009
	Asthma Foundation of Western Australia Inc received on 9 Feb 2009
	Woolworths Limited received on 13 Feb 2009
	K Ribbink received on 30 Jan 2009
	British American Tobacco Australia received on 30 Jan 2009
	WA Police received on 4 Feb 2009
	Commissioner for Children and Young People received on 30 Jan 2009
	Telethon Institute of Child Health Research received on 30 Jan 2009
	J Repace received on 29 Jan 2009
	Australian Hotels Assocation received on 9 Feb 2009
	Tobacco Station Group received on 30 Jan 2009
	WALGA received on 10 Feb 2009
	Freechoice received on 2 Feb 2009

Unless a venue is specified, hearings are held at the
Legislative Assembly Committee Rooms, Level 2, 2 Parliament Place, West Perth

Date	Time	Organisation	Witness
10 Feb 2009	10:15 AM	WA Police	Dr Karl O'Callaghan - Police Comissioner
10 Feb 2009	11:30 AM	Department of Health	Dr Tarun Weeramanthri - Executive Director Public Health; Mr Dishan Weerasooriya - Manager Tobacco Control Branch
10 Feb 2009	01:30 PM	Worksafe	Ms Nina Lynhe - Commissioner
10 Feb 2009	02:45 PM	Telethon Institute for Child Health Research	Professor Peter Sly
10 Feb 2009	04:00 PM	Curtin University	Dr Owen Curtis
11 Feb 2009	09:00 AM	AMA	Dr Gary Geelhoed- WA President
11 Feb 2009	10:15 AM	Australian Council on Smoking and Health	Professor Steve Stick; Professor Bill Musk; Mr Stephen Hall- Executive Director
11 Feb 2009	11:00 AM	Australian Council on Smoking and Health	Professor Mike Daube; Professor Peter Le Souef; Dr Kingsley Faulkner
11 Feb 2009	11:45 AM	Heart Foundation	Mr Maurice Swanson- CEO
11 Feb 2009	01:45 PM	ASH Australia	Ms Anne Jones- CEO
11 Feb 2009	02:45 PM	Cancer Council of WA; Asthma Foundation of WA	Ms Denise Sullivan- Director of Tobacco Control; Make Smoking History Manager- Ms Susan Stewart; Mr John Gummer CEO
11 Feb 2009	04:00 PM	WA Local Government Association	Mr Bill Mitchell- President
16 Feb 2009	09:00 AM	Australian Hotels Association (WA)	Mr Bradley Woods- CEO
16 Feb 2009	10:15 AM	Office of Road Safety; RACWA	Mr Iain Cameron- Executive Officer;Mr Matthew Brown- Executive Manager of Member Advocacy
16 Feb 2009	11:30 AM	City of Fremantle; City of Joondalup	Mr Matt Piggott- Coordinator of Environmental Health and Building Services; Mr Garry Hunt- Chief Executive Officer, Ms Glenda Blake- A/Manager Strategic and Organisational Development, and Mrs Sheree Edmondson - Senior Policy Research Officer
16 Feb 2009	01:30 PM	Unions WA	Mr Dave Robinson Secretary
16 Feb 2009	02:45 PM	IGA Owner	Mr Greg Brindle
16 Feb 2009	03:45 PM	Aboriginal Health Council	Mr Darryl Kickett- CEO
11 Feb 2009	01:30 PM	ASH Australia	Ms Anne Jones - CEO
16 Feb 2009	04:30 PM	Woolworths Ltd	Ms Nathalie Samia- Group Manager, Government Relations