Commencing on June 17th, the RPDC will hold public hearings on Walker Corporation’s Draft Integrated Impact Statement (DIIS).
A number of people, who made submissions on the DIIS, have been invited to attend and speak to their submissions. These people may choose to call expert witnesses to provide proofs of evidence. Save Ralphs Bay has engaged experts in a number of fields and they will be presenting evidence at the hearings.

The hearings are to enable the Commission to be better informed and gain further information about the DIIS. It is inquisitorial by nature, meaning that the Panel can ask questions and seek out information that will assist it to undertake the assessment and make recommendations to the Minister. Other parties - e.g Save Ralphs Bay - can also question witnesses.

Following the hearings the RPDC Panel will prepare a Draft Integrated Assessment Report (DIAR) which will be open for Public Exhibition.
It may choose to have public hearings on the DIAR.

The Walker Corp. then prepares the Final Integrated Impact Statement (FIIS)

The RPDC prepares the final Assessment Report. The Report is referred to the Federal Government and then presented to the State Government.

Written representations, evidence from expert witnesses and the hearing schedule are available on the RPDC website http://www.rpdc.tas.gov.au/poss/lauderdale_quay/hearing and http://www.rpdc.tas.gov.au/poss/lauderdale_quay/whats_new

Hearings will be held at Federal Court No.1 in Davey Street at the following times:
9:00am – 11:00am, 11:30am – 1:00pm, 2:00pm – 3:00pm and 3:30pm – 4:30pm.

The hearings are open to the public and you may be interested to attend some sessions.