The listing of meetings between Tribunal members and external stakeholders is available by expanding the sections below. Where months are not included, there were no external meetings held.
2024
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January
| Stakeholder | Meeting Date | IPART Attendees | Stakeholder Attendees | Meeting Purpose |
|
NSW Treasury |
15 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Toll Review Leads |
Introductory meeting with leaders of the Independent Toll Review |
|
Valuer General of NSW |
15 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Valuer General DPIE staff |
General catch-up |
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NSW Premier's Office |
16 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
NSW Premier Premier’s Office staff |
Introductory meeting with the Premier of NSW |
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February
| Stakeholder | Meeting Date | IPART Attendees | Stakeholder Attendees | Meeting Purpose |
|
Audit Office of NSW |
12 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Auditor-General Deputy Auditor-General Assistant Auditor-General, Financial Audit Auditor-General staff |
General catch-up |
|
WaterNSW |
19 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Chair CEO |
Meeting prior to Public Hearing |
|
Sydney Water |
21 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Sydney Water Board members |
Attending Sydney Water Board meeting |
|
WaterNSW |
27 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
WaterNSW Board members |
Attending WaterNSW Board meeting |
|
Hunter Water |
29 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Hunter Water Board members |
Attending Hunter Water Board meeting |
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March
| Stakeholder | Meeting Date | IPART Attendees | Stakeholder Attendees | Meeting Purpose |
|
Energy Safe Victoria |
5 |
Sandra Gamble Jonathan Coppel IPART CEO IPART staff |
Chairperson CEO Energy Safe Vic staff |
6-monthly meeting |
|
Regulators Advisory Panel |
11 |
Carmel Donnelly Jonathan Coppel IPART CEO IPART staff |
Deputy Secretary, Water, DCCEEW NSW Health staff EPA staff DCCEEW staff
|
IPART Chair meeting the Regulators Advisory Panel |
|
Office of Local Government |
12 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Deputy Secretary |
Discuss local government matters |
|
Dept Planning, Housing and Infrastructure |
14 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART staff |
Secretary Executive Director |
Discuss contributions plans issues |
|
Water Administration Ministerial Corporation (WAMC) |
27 |
Carmel Donnelly Jonathan Coppel IPART CEO |
CEO, WaterNSW Chief Regulatory Officer, NRAR Secretary, DCCEEW DPC staff
|
Meeting with WAMC CEOs to discuss pricing proposal |
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April
| Stakeholder | Meeting Date | IPART Attendees | Stakeholder Attendees | Meeting Purpose |
| Dam Safety NSW | 4 |
Carmel Donnelly Jonathan Coppel Mike Smart – Deputy tribunal member IPART CEO IPART staff |
Chair CEO Dam Safety NSW staff |
Meeting with Dam Safety NSW for general discussion |
| Dept Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) | 9 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Secretary, DCCEEW
|
General catch-up |
| NSW Parliament | 9 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO IPART staff |
NSW Parliament Standing Committee | Background briefing on IPART’s local govt functions to the Standing Committee on State development |
| NSW Treasury | 24 |
Carmel Donnelly Jonathan Coppel Mike Smart – Deputy tribunal member IPART staff |
Toll Review Leads Toll Review team staff
|
Meeting with the Independent Toll Review team for general discussion |
| New Zealand Infrastructure Commission | 30 |
Mike Smart - Deputy tribunal member IPART Acting CEO IPART staff |
Chief Executive | Introductory meeting with CEO of New Zealand Infrastructure Commission |
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May
| Stakeholder | Meeting Date | IPART Attendees | Stakeholder Attendees | Meeting Purpose |
|
NSW Treasury |
16 |
Mike Smart, Deputy tribunal member IPART staff
|
Toll Review Leads Deputy Secretary, Commercial (NSW Treasury) Deputy Secretary, Economic & Environment Policy (The Cabinet Office) NSW Treasury staff Transport for NSW staff |
Meeting prior to the Toll Review Steering Committee Meeting
Toll Review Steering Committee Meeting |
|
Independent Forestry Panel |
24 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO IPART staff |
Chair Forestry Panel members |
Discuss IPART review of Forestry Corporation of NSW’s native timber harvesting and haulage costs from 2019 to 2022 |
|
Sydney Water |
27 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Chair Managing Director |
Discuss update on Sydney Water Pricing Proposal |
|
Audit Office |
28 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Auditor-General |
Introductory meeting between the Auditor-General and IPART Chair |
|
Water Administration Ministerial Corporation (WAMC) |
31 |
Carmel Donnelly Jonathan Coppel Mike Smart – Deputy tribunal member IPART staff |
Deputy Secretary, Water (DCCEEW) CEO, WaterNSW Chief Regulatory Officer, NRAR DCCEEW staff |
Meeting WAMC pricing proposal |
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June
| Stakeholder | Meeting Date | IPART Attendees | Stakeholder Attendees | Meeting Purpose |
|
Central Coast Council (CCC) |
3 |
Carmel Donnelly Jonathan Coppel Mike Smart – Deputy tribunal member IPART CEO |
Administrator, CCC CCC staff |
Meeting between IPART Tribunal and CCC Administrator |
|
Council of Australasian Tribunals (COAT) |
7 |
Carmel Donnelly |
COAT AGM attendees |
Attended COAT Annual General Meeting (AGM) |
|
William Campbell Foundation (WCF) |
17 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART staff |
CEO CFO WCF staff |
IPART Review of out-of-home care costs and pricing - visit |
|
Southern Youth and Family Services (SYFS) |
17 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART staff |
CEO SYFS staff |
IPART Review of out-of-home care costs and pricing - visit |
|
Wollongong City Council (WCC) |
20 |
Carmel Donnelly Sue Weatherley Tim Moore IPART staff |
Director Planning & Environment, WCC WCC staff |
Meeting regarding the draft West Dapto Development Contributions Plan 2024 review and site visit to West Dapto |
|
South Coast Medical Service (SCMS) |
24 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART staff |
CEO SCMS staff |
IPART Review of out-of-home care costs and pricing visit |
|
Premier’s Department |
26 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Secretary |
Catch-up with NSW Premier Secretary |
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July
| Stakeholder | Meeting Date | IPART Attendees | Stakeholder Attendees | Meeting Purpose |
| Office of the Minister for Local Government | 1 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Minister for Local Government Chief of Staff Senior Policy Advisor Deputy Secretary, OLG |
Discuss local government matters |
| NSW Treasury | 2 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Deputy Secretary, Commercial NSW Treasury staff |
General catch-up |
| Infrastructure NSW | 4 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Chief Executive Head of Strategy Division |
Pre-briefing for INSW regarding Regulators Advisory Panel |
| Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) | 4 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Secretary | Regular catch-up |
| Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) and Building Commission (BC) | 5 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Deputy Secretary, DCCEEW Commissioner, BC |
Discuss respective roles in respect to Heat Pump Water Heater activities under the Safeguard Schemes / Share information on the current and proposed actions on heat pump water heaters / Develop foundation for ongoing collaboration including in respect of future scheme activities such as household batteries |
| Regulators Advisory Panel | 8 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO IPART staff |
Manager, Water Unit, Health Protection, NSW Health Chief Regulatory Officer, NRAR Deputy Secretary, DPE Water Executive Director, Water Operations and Resilience, DCCEEW CEO, EPA Director Incident Management and Environmental Health, EPA Deputy Secretary, Commercial, Treasury Executive Director, Commercial Assets, Treasury Director - Energy, Commercial Assets Chief Executive, Infrastructure NSW Head of Strategy Division Executive Director, Planning System Policy The Cabinet Office staff Acting Director, The Cabinet Office Hunter Water attendees: Chair Managing Director Sydney Water attendees: Chair Acting CEO Executive General Manager, Finance, Commercial & Digital WaterNSW attendees: Chair CEO & Managing Director Executive Manager, Finance, Legal & Risk Director Economics Advisory Executive Director, DPE |
Presentations by Hunter Water, Sydney Water and WaterNSW |
| NSW Treasury and Transport NSW | 9 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART staff |
Executive Director, Tolling Reform Transport NSW staff |
Briefing on Independent Toll Review |
| Office of Local Government (OLG) | 9 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Deputy Secretary, OLG OLG staff |
Catch-up on local government matters |
| Premier’s Office, NSW Treasury, The Cabinet Office, Minister for Water’s Office | 19 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO IPART staff |
Secretary, Premier’s Dept Acting Secretary, Treasury Chief of Staff to Minister Jackson Treasury staff Deputy Chief of Staff, Policy Director, Premier’s Office Premier’s Office staff Acting Secretary, The Cabinet Office |
IPART Briefing on Water Pricing |
| Energy and Water Ombudsman | 31 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Ombudsman General Manager, Governance, Awareness & Policy |
Discuss licence issues and embedded network pricing regulation |
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August
| Stakeholder | Meeting Date | IPART Attendees | Stakeholder Attendees | Meeting Purpose |
| WaterNSW | 6 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Chair CEO |
General catch-up |
| Hunter Water | 8 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO Jonathan Coppel Sharon Henrick Darryl Biggar |
Hunter Water Board | Attended Hunter Water Board Meeting |
| Dept of Customer Service | 13 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Secretary | General catch-up |
| NSW Treasury | 15 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Secretary | General catch-up |
| Water Administration Ministerial Corporation | 20 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO Jonathan Coppel Sharon Henrick Darryl Biggar IPART staff |
Chief Executive, WaterNSW Chief Regulatory Officer, NRAR Executive Director, Performance, DCCEEW Director, Economics Advisory, Water Group, DCCEEW |
Early engagement on pricing proposal |
| Sydney Water | 28 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO Jonathan Coppel Sharon Henrick Darryl Biggar IPART staff |
Sydney Water board members, including Chair and Managing Director Sydney Water staff |
Attended Sydney Water Corporation Board Meeting |
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September
| Stakeholder | Meeting Date | IPART Attendees | Stakeholder Attendees | Meeting Purpose |
| Minister for Families and Communities and Minister for Disability Inclusion | 9 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART staff |
Minister Washington Ministerial Staff Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) attendees Executive Director Child & Family, System Reform Division Assistant Commissioner Executive Director |
Out-of-Home- Care costs and pricing – interim report briefing |
| Wingecarribee Shire Council (WSC) | 23 |
Carmel Donnelly Local Government Committee Members (Sue Weatherley, Tim Moore and Kelly Kwan) IPART staff |
CEO CFO WSC Staff |
Appin Contributions Plan Site Visit Appin |
| Dept of Customer Service | 24 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO IPART staff and consultant |
Staff of DCCEEW, DPHI, Treasury, the Cabinet Office, the Minister for Water’s Office, the Minister for Planning’s office, the Treasurer’s office, the Premier’s office and Infrastructure NSW | Pre-release briefing of Government stakeholders for the Mamre Road review |