Bob Brown - Wielangta Landmark Trial

In response to an application by Senator Brown, His Honour Mr Justice Marshall on 3 May 2006 granted leave for the transcript of the proceedings to be re-published on this website. In so doing, we note particularly the agreement of the Commonwealth in whom the copyright vests. Whilst these transcripts are generally accurate, readers need to be aware that sometimes errors occur in transcription.

The transcripts cover (broadly) the following stages of the trial:
Download the index to Transcripts here.

December 2005 and February 2006	Cross examination of Senator Brown's witnesses
May 2006	Cross examination of Forestry Tasmania's witnesses
August 2006	Final submissions

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Date	Contents	Page


Monday 5 December	Introductory	1
	Opening statement for Senator Brown Ms Mortimer	4
Tuesday 6 December	Visit to Wielangta Forest. No hearings.
Wednesday 7 December	Introductory	52
	Professor Chris Dickman (Senator Brown) Examination in chief, Ms Mortimer Cross examination, Mr D. Gunson	54 64
Thursday 8 December	Professor Chris Dickman Cross examination, Mr O’Bryan Re-examination, Ms Mortimer	140 158
	Mr Matt Dell (Senator Brown) Examination in chief, Ms Mortimer Cross examination, Mr C. Gunson Re-examination, Ms Mortimer	166 172 197
	Ms Sophie Underwood (Senator Brown) Examination in chief, Mr Tree Cross examination, Mr D. Gunson	200 205
Friday 9 December 2005	Ms Sophie Underwood Cross examination continued Re-examination, Mr Tree	223 240
	Argument whether Commonwealth can cross-examine witnesses	242
	Mr Peter Brown (Senator Brown) Examination in chief, Ms Mortimer Cross examination, Mr D. Gunson	250 261
Monday 12 December 2005	Mr Peter Brown Cross examination continued	310
Tuesday 13 December 2005	Mr Peter Brown Cross examination continued Re-examination, Ms Mortimer	357 378
	Mr Jeffrey Meggs (Forestry Tasmania) Examination in chief, Mr D. Gunson Cross examination, Mr Tree	393 396
Wednesday 14 December	Mr Jeffrey Meggs Cross examination continued	452
Thursday 15 December	Mr Jeffrey Meggs Cross examination continued Re-examination, Mr D. Gunson	544 548
	Mr Simon Kennedy (Senator Brown) Examination in chief, Ms Mortimer Cross examination, Mr D. Gunson	561 580
Friday 16 December	Mr Simon Kennedy Cross examination continued Re-examination, Ms Mortimer	670 683
	Dr Karyl Michaels (Senator Brown) Examination in Chief, Mr Tree	695

Monday 6 February 2006

Mr Nick Mooney (Court expert)

Cross examination, Ms D Mortimer

729

Mr Bill Brown

791

Tuesday 7 February 2006

Dr Karyl Michaels

Examination in chief continued

Cross examination, Mr D. Gunson

800

810

Wednesday 8 February 2006

Dr Karyl Michaels

Cross examination continued

Re-examination, Mr Tree

Further cross examination, Mr D Gunson

904

963

971

Dr Peter McQuillan (Senator Brown)

Examination in chief, Mr Tree

979

Thursday 9 February

Dr Sarah Bekessy (Senator Brown)

Examination in chief, Ms Mortimer

Cross examination, Mr C Gunson

990

1010

Friday 10 February

Dr Sarah Bekessy

Cross examination continued

Re-examination, Ms Mortimer

1071

1101

Dr Brendan Wintle (Senator Brown)

Examination in chief, Ms Mortimer

Cross-examination, Mr C Gunson

Re-examination, Ms Mortimer

1108

1113

1119

Dr Peter McQuillan

Examination in chief continued

Cross examination, Mr D Gunson

1120

1121

Tuesday 14 February 2006

Dr Peter McQuillan

Cross examination continued

1156

Wednesday 15 February 2006

Dr Peter McQuillan

Cross examination continued

Re-examination, Mr Tree

1263

1326

Monday 1 May 2006	Submissions about document confidentiality Mr Martin Stone (Forestry Tasmania) Examination in Chief, Mr Abbott Cross examination, Ms Mortimer Further submissions Judgement and reasons	1358 1366 1366 1373 1386
	Submissions about privilege Judgement and reasons	1395 1412
	Closure of Senator Brown’s case	1420
	Submissions as to whether the Commonwealth can call a witness Judgement and reasons	1420 1431
Tuesday 2 May 2006	Mr Mark Neyland (Forestry Tasmania) Examination in chief, Mr D Gunson Cross examination, Mr Tree	1442 1444
	Mr Stephen Jarick (Forestry Tasmania) Examination in chief, Mr D Gunson Cross examination, Mr Mitchell Re-examination, Mr D Gunson	1475 1476 1487
	Mr Mark Neyland Re-examination, Mr D Gunson	1489
	Mr Stephen Jarick Cross examination continued	1491
	Mr Mark Neyland Cross examination resumed	1495
	Application to place transcripts on Senator Brown’s website, Ms Mortimer	1506
Wednesday 3 May 2006	Decision re re-publication of transcripts	1510
	Ms Rhonda Dickson (Forestry Tasmania) Examination in chief, Mr D Gunson Cross examination, Ms Mortimer	1512 1513
	Mr Stephen Jarick Further examination, Mr D Gunson Further cross examination, Mr Mitchell	1540 1540
	Mr Mark Neyland Further examination, Mr D Gunson Further cross examination, Mr Tree	1544 1544
	Mr Andrew Blakesley (Forestry Tasmania) Examination in chief, Mr D Gunson Cross examination, Mr Tree	1555 1555
Thursday 4 May 2006	Dr John Whittington (Forestry Tasmania) Examination in chief, Mr D Gunson Cross examination, Mr Tree Re-examination, Mr D Gunson	1580 1582 1645
Friday 5 May 2006	Mr Graham Wilkinson (Forestry Tasmania) Examination in chief, Mr D Gunson Cross examination, Mr Tree Re-examination, Mr D Gunson	1629 1660 1731

Monday 8 May 2006	Mr Mark Wapstra (Forestry Tasmania) Examination in chief, Mr D Gunson Cross examination, Ms D Mortimer	1745 1769
Tuesday 9 May 2006	Mr Mark Wapstra Cross examination continued, Ms D Mortimer Cross examination continued, Mr Tee	1837 1868
Wednesday 10 May 2006	Mr Mark Wapstra Cross examination continued, Ms D Mortimer Re-examination, Mr D Gunson	1933 1962
	Ms Vanessa Thompson (Forestry Tasmania) Examination in chief, Mr C Gunson Cross examination, Ms D Mortimer Re-examination, Mr C Gunson	1967 1970 2002
	Forestry Tasmania undertaking, Ms D Mortimer	2003
	Mr Michael Miller (Forestry Tasmania) Examination in chief, Mr D Gunson Cross-examination, Mr Tree	2009 2010

Thursday 11 May 2006

Mr Michael Miller

Cross-examination continued

Re-examination, Mr D Gunson

2022

2056

Forestry Tasmania undertaking

2058

Friday 12 May 2006

Forestry Tasmania undertaking

2089

Mr Jonathan Rudd (Forestry Tasmania)

Examination in chief, Mr D Gunson

Cross-examination, Mr T Mitchell

Re-examination, Mr D Gunson

2092

2132

Mr Jonathan Warren (Forestry Tasmania

Examination in chief, Mr D Gunson

Cross-examination, Mr T Mitchell

2135

Monday 15 May 2006

Mr Luke Ellis (Forestry Tasmania)

Examination in chief, Mr C Gunson

Cross-examination, Ms D Mortimer

Re-examination, Mr C Gunson

2146

2165

Mr Thomas Kelley (Forestry Tasmania)

Examination in chief, Mr C Gunson

Cross-examination, Ms D Mortimer

2168

2169

Mr Lachi Clark (Forestry Tasmania)

Examination in chief, Mr D Gunson

Cross-examination, Mr T Mitchell

2176

Mr Michael Laffan (Forestry Tasmania)

Examination in chief, Mr D Gunson

Cross-examination, Mr P Tree

2180

2181

Tuesday 16 May 2006

Dr Sandra Roberts (Forestry Tasmania)

Examination in chief, Mr D Gunson

Cross examination, Mr P Tree

2205

2210

Mr Bruce Haywood (Forestry Tasmania)

Examination in chief, Mr D Gunson

Cross examination, Ms D Mortimer

2263

Wednesday 17 May 2006

Mr Bruce Haywood

Cross examination continued

Re-examination, Mr D Gunson

2297

2339

Dr Simon Grove (Forestry Tasmania)

Examination in chief, Mr D Gunson

Cross examination, Mr P Tree

2343

2345

Thursday 18 May 2006	Dr Simon Grove Cross-examination continued Re-examination, Mr D Gunson	2382 2423
	Dr James Shields Examination in chief, Mr D Gunson Cross-examination, Ms D Mortimer	2426 2427
Friday 19 May 2006	Dr James Shields Cross-examination continued	2467
	Respondents’ case concludes	2507

Date	Contents	Page
Tuesday 29 August	Final submissions, Mr D Gunson, Forestry Tasmania	2510
	Final submissions, Mr Norman O’Bryan, Commonwealth	2516
	Final submissions, Ms Debbie Mortimer, Senator Bob Brown	2545
	Final submissions, Mr Peter Tree, Senator Bob Brown	2570
Wednesday 30 August	Final submissions, Mr Peter Tree continued	2579
	Final submissions, Ms Debbie Mortimer continued	2601
	In reply, Mr D Gunson, Forestry Tasmania	2622
	Conclusion	2629