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No interim report? Plus St Commode's last 'up yours' Senators?

Ducked it or shoved it? - via the 20/20 inquiry webpages: https://www.aph.gov.au/-/media/Committee...7514212FEA

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10 December 2020
Senator the Hon Scott Ryan
President of the Senate
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600

Dear Mr President,

On 2 December 2019, the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee
self-referred under Standing Order 25(2)(a) an inquiry into Australia's general aviation industry,
with particular reference to aviation in rural, regional and remote Australia. The committee agreed
to an interim report on or before the final sitting day in December 2020, and a final report date on or
before the final sitting day of November 2021.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the inquiry has not progressed as far as the committee had
intended. The committee therefore submits this letter to satisfy the committee's commitment to
report back to the Senate.

Yours sincerely

Senator Susan McDonald
Chair

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Also from the 'Additional Documents' webpage possibly (hopefully) the last 'spin and bollocks' correspondence to the committee from the much maligned St Commode (note that this was posted weeks after the 20 November public hearing - ??? )...  :

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P2 Addendum to above -   

1  Correspondence dated 2 and 5 November 2020 between Mr Shane Carmody, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Aviation Safety, Civil Aviation Authority, and to Senator Susan McDonald, RRAT Legislation Committee Chair.

2 November 2020

Mr Shane Carmody
Chief Executive Officer
Civil Aviation Safety Authority

Via email: ceo@casa.gov.au

Dear Mr Carmody

Aviation Safety Advisory Panel

I write to you on behalf of the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation
Committee (the committee), to bring to your attention to concerns raised with members of the
committee around the makeup of the Aviation Safety Advisory Panel.

Various stakeholders have raised that there are currently no pilots' representatives on the Panel.
Given the Panel's Terms of Reference stipulates that the CEO will 'seek membership
nominations in order to establish the widest possible industry representation and expertise', a
lack of a pilots' representative seems to indicate a significant gap in that expertise.

The committee would be grateful if you could respond to the concerns raised, and explain how
CASA is ensuring all stakeholders' perspectives are represented given this apparent substantial
omission.

If you have any questions concerning this request, please contact the committee's secretariat on
02 6277 3511.

Yours sincerely,

Senator Susan McDonald
Chair

Once again remember that the above correspondence and the outright contemptible reply from St Comodious took place more than 2 weeks before the Senate Inquiry public hearing - 

I guess Senator McDonald could have been less generalised  than "no pilots' representatives" but even Blind Freddy could see that the committee was asking the question on behalf of associations representing both professional and private pilots/owners.

MTF...P2 

ps Thank you to the good and helpful Secretariat for including the committee correspondence to St Comodious -