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Senator McKenzie calls out Albo on Joyce Meeting?? - 

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Senator The Hon. Bridget McKenzie
@senbmckenzie



Great to be in @2GB873 studio with the irrepressible
@marklevy2gb discussing why Australians are paying higher airfares this Christmas bc of Albo’s Qantas protection racket. It’s time to get Alan Joyce out of the witness protection program and in front of a senate inquiry

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Senator The Hon. Bridget McKenzie
@senbmckenzie

What has the PM got to hide? Why the secrecy about a simple meeting?

Sky News Australia
@SkyNewsAust

New revelations from a redacted copy of the Prime Minister's diary have raised concern over his comments.

Next EWB AQON?? - 

From above: 153. https://www.aph.gov.au/api/qon/downloade...nNumber153

Question
1. Chapter 7 of the ATSB report titled ''Aerodrome design standards and the Bulla Road Precinct development at Essendon Fields Airport'' notes that there was no regulatory assurance framework between CASA and Airservices to the Department of Infrastructure prior to 2019.
Will the Department be conducting an audit on all structures constructed prior to 2019, on federal aviation land, to ensure compliance with the current safety standards, as these structures were approved prior to the safety assurance framework being implemented?
2. If this has been undertaken, what evidence does the Department of Infrastructure have on the results?

Answer: 

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) acknowledged in its final Transport Safety
Investigation Report AI-2018-010 (Page 105) that although, “in 2004, the Department of
Transport and Regional Services did not have an agreed assurance framework with the Civil
Aviation Safety Authority for assessing the safety information in draft major development
plans”, the issue “was raised for a point in time in 2004 and not reflective of contemporary
practices”. The Report noted that the issue (AI-2018-010-SI-04) was closed as “adequately
addressed” and that “the ATSB is satisfied that the arrangement established by the
Department will ensure that advice on the safety and operational aspects of an airport draft
major development plan will be provided by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and
Airservices Australia.”

The Report also notes that the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional
Development, Communications and the Arts and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)
had advised that an agreed assurance framework was in place in regards to the provision of
advice by CASA to inform the Minister’s decision on draft Major Development Plans. This
long-running assurance process, in line with the requirements under the Airports Act 1996,
has been in place since privatisation of federally-leased airports and was confirmed in
correspondence between the department and CASA in 2019.

Talk about dodging the question - UFB!

Come on Senators McKenzie and Fawcett don't let EWB get away with this...

MTF...P2