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.
2025
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January
| Stakeholder | Meeting Date | IPART Attendees | Stakeholder Attendees | Meeting Purpose |
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Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) |
15 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Secretary Deputy Secretary, System Reform |
General catch-up and to discuss Out-of-Home-Care review |
|
Department of Primary Industries (DPI) |
16 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Secretary |
General catch-up |
|
NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust (BCT) |
23 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Chairperson CEO Director, Programs |
Discuss IPART Annual Report |
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February
| Stakeholder | Meeting Date | IPART Attendees | Stakeholder Attendees | Meeting Purpose |
|
Regulators Advisory Panel |
10 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO IPART staff |
Executive Director Regulatory Operations, NSW EPA
Director, Environmental Health, Health Protection, NSW Health
Manager Public Health Preparedness, Water Unit, NSW Health
Executive Director, DCCEEW Water |
Regulators Advisory Panel meeting |
| Sydney Desalination Plant |
11 |
Carmel Donnelly Sharon Henrick Jonathan Coppel Darryl Biggar IPART CEO IPART staff |
Incoming Chair CEO CFO GM Operations GM Strategy and Commercial Head of Regulation |
Site visit |
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Essential Energy |
12 |
Carmel Donnelly Sharon Henrick Jonathan Coppel Darryl Biggar IPART CEO |
Essential Energy Board Regulatory Committee members |
Essential Energy Board Regulatory Committee Meeting |
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March
| Stakeholder | Meeting Date | IPART Attendees | Stakeholder Attendees | Meeting Purpose |
|
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) |
6 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Secretary |
Quarterly meeting |
|
Member for the North Shore |
7 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART staff |
Felicity Wilson MP |
Discuss special variation process |
|
Review of maximum fares for rank and hail taxi services |
10 |
Carmel Donnelly Sharon Henrick Darryl Biggar Jonathan Coppel IPART CEO IPART staff |
Public Event |
Public Hearing |
| Review of Solar Feed-in Tariff Benchmark Range | 11 |
Carmel Donnelly Sharon Henrick Darryl Biggar Jonathan Coppel IPART CEO IPART staff |
Public Event | Public Hearing |
|
Minister for Families and Communities and Minister for Disability Inclusion
Department of Community and Justice |
11 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART staff |
Minister Kate Washington A/Deputy Secretary, Child Protection and Permanency A/Deputy Secretary, System Reform DCJ Executive Director, Child & Family DCJ |
Discuss Out-of-Home-Care draft report |
| Australian Energy Regulator | 12 |
Jonathan Coppel IPART CEO |
AER Board Member | Briefing by AER on Default Market Offer 2025-26 Draft Determination |
| Independent Review Office | 13 | Carmel Donnelly | Independent Review Officer | Introduction with the new IRO |
| Broken Hill outage investigation | 17 |
Jonathan Coppel IPART CEO IPART staff |
Parliamentary Inquiry | IPART attendance at Parliamentary Inquiry on the electricity outages affecting Far West NSW in Oct 2024 |
| Australian Energy Regulator | 20 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART staff |
AER Board Member | General catch-up |
| Cabinet Office | 24 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Secretary | Discuss current IPART Reviews |
| Local Government NSW | 25 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
President | Discuss local government financial sustainability and an update on IPART latest reviews |
|
Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI)
|
27 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Secretary, DPHI Executive Director, Sector Development OLG |
Discuss local government issues, crown land rents for communication sites and water pricing reviews and growth planning |
| The Country Mayors Association of NSW | 28 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART staff |
Conference attendees | Presenting at Country Mayors Conference |
| WaterNSW | 31 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Chair CEO |
Discuss draft Expenditure Review reports for WaterNSW Bulk water services |
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April
| Stakeholder | Meeting Date | IPART Attendees | Stakeholder Attendees | Meeting Purpose |
|
Dams Safety NSW |
4 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO IPART staff |
Chair CEO |
Board presentation on issues relating to the Dams Safety levy review |
| Hunter Water Corporation |
4 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO IPART staff |
Managing Director & CEO Board of Directors Executive Manager Finance and Business Performance |
Discuss draft report for Hunter Water Corporation’s prices from 1 July 2025 |
|
Public Hearing – Valuer General Review |
15 |
Carmel Donnelly Sharon Henrick Jonathan Coppel Darryl Biggar IPART CEO IPART staff |
Public Event |
Public Hearing |
| NSW Treasury | 24 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Secretary | General catch-up |
| NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) | 28 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
EPA Board Members | Discuss water pricing review process |
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May
| Stakeholder | Meeting Date | IPART Attendees | Stakeholder Attendees | Meeting Purpose |
| WaterNSW | 5 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Chair CEO & Managing Director |
Briefing on WaterNSW pricing review Information Paper |
| Sydney Water | 5 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Chair Acting Chief Executive CFO |
Briefing on Sydney Water pricing Draft Report |
| NSW Premier | 5 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Secretary | General catch-up |
| NSW Premier, NSW Treasury, Minister for Water, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) |
6 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART staff |
Premier’s Office staff Treasurer’s Office staff Minister for Water’s Office staff DCCEEW staff |
Briefing on Sydney Water and WaterNSW pricing reviews |
| NSW Treasury | 6 | Carmel Donnelly | Secretary | Briefing on Sydney Water and WaterNSW pricing reviews |
| Office of Local Government (OLG) | 8 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Deputy Secretary OLG staff |
Discuss local government matters |
| Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) | 8 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Secretary | General catch-up |
| Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) | 9 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Secretary | General catch-up |
| Regulators Advisory Panel | 13 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO IPART staff |
Chief Health Officer, NSW Health Manager, Water Unit, Health Protection, NSW Health Director, Environmental Health, Health Protection, NSW Health Director of Communicable Diseases, NSW Health Executive Director, Regulatory Practice and Services, EPA Director, NSW Urban Water Strategy, Policy and Programs, DCCEEW |
Regulators Advisory Panel Meeting |
| Essential Energy | 14 |
Carmel Donnelly Sharon Henrick Jonathan Coppel Darryl Biggar IPART CEO |
Essential Energy Board Regulatory Committee members | Attend Essential Energy Board Regulatory Committee meeting |
| NSW Premier, NSW Treasury, Minister for Water, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) |
22 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO IPART staff |
Premier’s Office staff Treasurer’s Office staff Minister for Water’s Office staff DCCEEW staff |
Update on water pricing reviews |
| Wagga Wagga Council | 29 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART staff |
Director, GLN Planning Director Local Infrastructure, DPHI Homes NSW staff Director Infrastructure Services, Wagga Wagga City Council Wagga Wagga City Council staff |
Presenting at Contributions Conference |
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June
| Stakeholder | Meeting Date | IPART Attendees | Stakeholder Attendees | Meeting Purpose |
|
National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) |
2 |
Carmel Donnelly |
Selection panel members: Recruitment Consultant |
Selection Panel meeting regarding NPWS CEO recruitment |
| Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) | 5 | Carmel Donnelly | Secretary | Advise that a WaterNSW Information Paper submission would be submitted |
| North Sydney Council | 5 | Discuss special rate variations |
Mayor CEO |
Carmel Donnelly IPART A/CEO IPART staff |
| National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) | 13 | Interviews for NPWS CEO recruitment |
Selection panel members: Secretary, DCEEW, Recruitment Consultant Interviewees |
Carmel Donnelly |
| Central Coast Council | 19 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO IPART staff |
Mayor CEO Director, Water and Sewer |
Discuss Water Pricing Review |
| WaterNSW | 24 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
WaterNSW Board members | Meeting with WaterNSW Board |
| Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) | 25 |
Carmel Donnelly IPART CEO |
Secretary | Pre-release briefing on Prices for WaterNSW regional and rural bulk water from 1 July 2025 final report |