GlenB embuggerance update 14/09/21: Dear - Gladys 
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15/09/21
To the Honourable Ms Gladys Liu, Member for Chisholm.
My name is Glen Buckley, a 56-year resident of the electorate of Chisholm.
The purpose of this correspondence is to request a meeting with you, to seek guidance regarding the submission of a petition, and to subsequently submit that petition to the House of Representatives via your Office.
I have reviewed the information on the Parliamentary website. I understand the difference between an “e-petition” and a “paper petition”. I understand that an e-petition can only run for 30 days. To achieve my goal of 10,000 signatures I may need a protracted period beyond 30 days, although I am confident of widespread industry support, and would also draw on my local community to obtain my goal. My objective would be to achieve this figure in two months, with it commencing on November 1st and running till the last day of 2021, with submission to your office, in early 2022. I am also considering paying for two months advertising in a prominent aviation magazine to raise awareness of the issue and drawing the publics attention to the petition, I would appreciate direction from your office on the appropriateness of such action.
For these reasons, the E-petition may not be suitable, and the “paper petition” appears the better option. Could you advise whether a petition managed through a website such as Change.org or similar meets the requirements of a “paper” petition for submission.
My suggested wording for the petition follows, but I welcome any input from your Office, to ensure that all protocols are met. I have kept the petition within the 250-word limit.
PETITION
I, Glen Buckley, am requesting that the Minister responsible for CASA provide me with the opportunity for a 3-hour meeting.
My intention would be to submit allegations, against a CASA employee of “misfeasance in public office”, and to submit evidence in support of those allegations. At the end of that meeting, I would be seeking direction on how I should proceed.
To maximise transparency, efficiency and to ensure integrity, a Subject Matter Expert (SME) from the CASA Executive Management level should also attend that meeting and ensure that they have the opportunity to alert the Deputy PM if I misrepresent the situation.
The impact of this individuals’ decisions has led to the closure of several businesses, loss of associated investment, and jobs, and has no basis in safety or regulatory breaches. Not only has it caused significant commercial damage, but it has also had a traumatic impact on the wellbeing of my family, and others.
When faced with alternatives he has deliberately and knowingly made the decision that results in the greater harm and did so repeatedly over an 8-month period. He was not compelled to make the decisions that he made.
At the time of applying his opinion and making his decisions and throughout the 8-month period, he would have been fully aware of the emotional and commercial trauma that would be caused to myself, my family, and others dependent on me, and was alerted to it on numerous occasions in writing. At any time, he could have resolved this entire matter, within 24 hours, but chose not to.
Thank you for your support, Glen Buckley
As you will be aware from the wording, I am seeking a meeting and subsequent investigation of my complaint. That short investigation would ideally be done by someone with a level of industry expertise, to bring increased robustness to the process, and assist in getting to the truth of the matter in a prompt and efficient manner. My suggestion would be to draw from the recent applicants for the position of CEO of CASA. This does potentially impact on the safety of aviation, so a prolonged investigation is best avoided, hence my appeal direct to the Minister.
I feel that a petition is one of my few remaining options to bring integrity and transparency to the process. This individual I have made allegations against is actually in charge of this matter and managing the situation from within CASA. It does not seem reasonable that the person who has allegations made him, is also the person in charge of CASAs management of the matter.
He holds a position of power within CASA and can significantly influence CASA outcomes. I am fully satisfied that he is misleading the Commonwealth Ombudsman in his investigation and that is likely to pervert the outcome, hence my appeal to the Parliament for assistance, and most especially to you in your role as my local Member. The opportunity for me to present my evidence on this matter in support of the allegation is important.
I have raised these substantive allegations against this individual on multiple occasions to the previous Deputy PM, the Honourable Mr Michael McCormack, and have done so on repeated occasions for more almost three years. A limited sampling of that correspondence is attached as: Appendix McCormack in three parts.
Mr McCormack, whilst no longer the Deputy PM remains as a National Party Representative and would be the Subject Matter Expert (SME), within the Government. He has also been fully briefed by the Chair of the Board of CASA prior to his recent departure from the role.
Whilst I am not able to question the Honourable Mr Michael McCormack’s integrity generally, on this matter, it is fair to say, he has not acted in a well-intentioned manner. I say that because he chose not to engage with me on this matter, despite his awareness of it. Mr McCormack was fully briefed by the Chair of the CASA Board at the time in accordance with the Ministers Statement of Expectations.
The matter is complicated, but I believe that you have some pre-existing knowledge. I have attached two magazine articles that provide an overview. These articles have been provided to you some time ago, so I include them again for ease of reference. To anyone not familiar with the matter, these provide an exceptional overview, and are essential reading.
I have also attached a link to my presentation before Senate on 23rd November 2020, and a copy of Hansard.
Senate Rural Regional Affairs & Transport Committee GA Inquiry - Mr Glen Buckley - YouTube
It is in this Presentation to the Senate Committee, that I once again formally raised the allegation of “misfeasance in public office” against this CASA employee, and I followed that up immediately, with a formal written submission to the Deputy PM at the time, as the Minister responsible for CASA. That substantial allegation raised by me, was not responded to by his office, despite repeated requests both before and after my allegations were raised in Parliament and were bought directly to his attention.
Depending on the time you have to allocate to this matter, I also draw your attention to the “thread” that covers this topic in some detail. Despite being on what I assumed to be a discrete aviators forum at the time, it has now attracted well over ¾ million views. This matter is obviously important to the wider industry and has significant support. I refer you to the comprehensive information available via the following link. Glen Buckley and Australian small business -V- CASA - PPRuNe Forums
I also point out that allegations of a similar nature have previously been made against this individual, leading to an ABC investigative story by Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett on the ABC 7.30 Report in October 2018. I have been approached by many within industry offering to come forward and tell their account of their experience with this CASA employee. Similarly, many of their lives and livelihoods have been destroyed have also been approached by CASA employees who have offered to come forward and tell the truth not only on my matter, but on others.
The purpose of this correspondence is to request a meeting with you or your nominee to seek guidance on how petition that could best be prepared for submission, and what protocols need to be met.
Shortly, I will be writing directly to the Deputy PM, making a request for a meeting. I have been trying to obtain this for over two years, to no avail, and I would like to pre-empt that anticipated rejection by proceeding as expeditiously as possible on this petition.
Please understand Ms Liu, that my family has lost everything as a result of this individual. I lost my two businesses, my home, I was forced out of the industry, I was bankrupted, and am now trully destitute. My business, shut down by CASA was my future security. I have no superannuation. My wife has had only 4 days free of work in over 2 years, as she tries to rebuild our life. The impact on her has been heartbreaking to watch as a husband. Should one of us be unable to work, the truth is we would be homeless. The future of my wife and I is dire, and depressing.
Thank you in anticipation of your assistance on this matter.
Respectfully, Glen Buckley.
I do believe there will be much..much MTF -
Via the AP email chains:
Attachments:
- Appendix 8B: Magazine article. February 2018 “APTA before CASA action”.
- Appendix 8C- Magazine article September 2019f “APTA after CASA action”.
- Appendix 8E-Hansard Report- Senate RRAT Committee November 2020
- Link to CASA Principles. Particular attention is drawn to Principle 8 and the link to CASAs Regulatory Philosophy. How CASA meets the government best practice principles for policy makers | Civil Aviation Safety Authority
- Appendix- Proposed media release.
- Appendix x3 Correspondence to Minister McCormack
15/09/21
To the Honourable Ms Gladys Liu, Member for Chisholm.
My name is Glen Buckley, a 56-year resident of the electorate of Chisholm.
The purpose of this correspondence is to request a meeting with you, to seek guidance regarding the submission of a petition, and to subsequently submit that petition to the House of Representatives via your Office.
I have reviewed the information on the Parliamentary website. I understand the difference between an “e-petition” and a “paper petition”. I understand that an e-petition can only run for 30 days. To achieve my goal of 10,000 signatures I may need a protracted period beyond 30 days, although I am confident of widespread industry support, and would also draw on my local community to obtain my goal. My objective would be to achieve this figure in two months, with it commencing on November 1st and running till the last day of 2021, with submission to your office, in early 2022. I am also considering paying for two months advertising in a prominent aviation magazine to raise awareness of the issue and drawing the publics attention to the petition, I would appreciate direction from your office on the appropriateness of such action.
For these reasons, the E-petition may not be suitable, and the “paper petition” appears the better option. Could you advise whether a petition managed through a website such as Change.org or similar meets the requirements of a “paper” petition for submission.
My suggested wording for the petition follows, but I welcome any input from your Office, to ensure that all protocols are met. I have kept the petition within the 250-word limit.
PETITION
I, Glen Buckley, am requesting that the Minister responsible for CASA provide me with the opportunity for a 3-hour meeting.
My intention would be to submit allegations, against a CASA employee of “misfeasance in public office”, and to submit evidence in support of those allegations. At the end of that meeting, I would be seeking direction on how I should proceed.
To maximise transparency, efficiency and to ensure integrity, a Subject Matter Expert (SME) from the CASA Executive Management level should also attend that meeting and ensure that they have the opportunity to alert the Deputy PM if I misrepresent the situation.
The impact of this individuals’ decisions has led to the closure of several businesses, loss of associated investment, and jobs, and has no basis in safety or regulatory breaches. Not only has it caused significant commercial damage, but it has also had a traumatic impact on the wellbeing of my family, and others.
When faced with alternatives he has deliberately and knowingly made the decision that results in the greater harm and did so repeatedly over an 8-month period. He was not compelled to make the decisions that he made.
At the time of applying his opinion and making his decisions and throughout the 8-month period, he would have been fully aware of the emotional and commercial trauma that would be caused to myself, my family, and others dependent on me, and was alerted to it on numerous occasions in writing. At any time, he could have resolved this entire matter, within 24 hours, but chose not to.
Thank you for your support, Glen Buckley
As you will be aware from the wording, I am seeking a meeting and subsequent investigation of my complaint. That short investigation would ideally be done by someone with a level of industry expertise, to bring increased robustness to the process, and assist in getting to the truth of the matter in a prompt and efficient manner. My suggestion would be to draw from the recent applicants for the position of CEO of CASA. This does potentially impact on the safety of aviation, so a prolonged investigation is best avoided, hence my appeal direct to the Minister.
I feel that a petition is one of my few remaining options to bring integrity and transparency to the process. This individual I have made allegations against is actually in charge of this matter and managing the situation from within CASA. It does not seem reasonable that the person who has allegations made him, is also the person in charge of CASAs management of the matter.
He holds a position of power within CASA and can significantly influence CASA outcomes. I am fully satisfied that he is misleading the Commonwealth Ombudsman in his investigation and that is likely to pervert the outcome, hence my appeal to the Parliament for assistance, and most especially to you in your role as my local Member. The opportunity for me to present my evidence on this matter in support of the allegation is important.
I have raised these substantive allegations against this individual on multiple occasions to the previous Deputy PM, the Honourable Mr Michael McCormack, and have done so on repeated occasions for more almost three years. A limited sampling of that correspondence is attached as: Appendix McCormack in three parts.
Mr McCormack, whilst no longer the Deputy PM remains as a National Party Representative and would be the Subject Matter Expert (SME), within the Government. He has also been fully briefed by the Chair of the Board of CASA prior to his recent departure from the role.
Whilst I am not able to question the Honourable Mr Michael McCormack’s integrity generally, on this matter, it is fair to say, he has not acted in a well-intentioned manner. I say that because he chose not to engage with me on this matter, despite his awareness of it. Mr McCormack was fully briefed by the Chair of the CASA Board at the time in accordance with the Ministers Statement of Expectations.
The matter is complicated, but I believe that you have some pre-existing knowledge. I have attached two magazine articles that provide an overview. These articles have been provided to you some time ago, so I include them again for ease of reference. To anyone not familiar with the matter, these provide an exceptional overview, and are essential reading.
I have also attached a link to my presentation before Senate on 23rd November 2020, and a copy of Hansard.
Senate Rural Regional Affairs & Transport Committee GA Inquiry - Mr Glen Buckley - YouTube
It is in this Presentation to the Senate Committee, that I once again formally raised the allegation of “misfeasance in public office” against this CASA employee, and I followed that up immediately, with a formal written submission to the Deputy PM at the time, as the Minister responsible for CASA. That substantial allegation raised by me, was not responded to by his office, despite repeated requests both before and after my allegations were raised in Parliament and were bought directly to his attention.
Depending on the time you have to allocate to this matter, I also draw your attention to the “thread” that covers this topic in some detail. Despite being on what I assumed to be a discrete aviators forum at the time, it has now attracted well over ¾ million views. This matter is obviously important to the wider industry and has significant support. I refer you to the comprehensive information available via the following link. Glen Buckley and Australian small business -V- CASA - PPRuNe Forums
I also point out that allegations of a similar nature have previously been made against this individual, leading to an ABC investigative story by Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett on the ABC 7.30 Report in October 2018. I have been approached by many within industry offering to come forward and tell their account of their experience with this CASA employee. Similarly, many of their lives and livelihoods have been destroyed have also been approached by CASA employees who have offered to come forward and tell the truth not only on my matter, but on others.
The purpose of this correspondence is to request a meeting with you or your nominee to seek guidance on how petition that could best be prepared for submission, and what protocols need to be met.
Shortly, I will be writing directly to the Deputy PM, making a request for a meeting. I have been trying to obtain this for over two years, to no avail, and I would like to pre-empt that anticipated rejection by proceeding as expeditiously as possible on this petition.
Please understand Ms Liu, that my family has lost everything as a result of this individual. I lost my two businesses, my home, I was forced out of the industry, I was bankrupted, and am now trully destitute. My business, shut down by CASA was my future security. I have no superannuation. My wife has had only 4 days free of work in over 2 years, as she tries to rebuild our life. The impact on her has been heartbreaking to watch as a husband. Should one of us be unable to work, the truth is we would be homeless. The future of my wife and I is dire, and depressing.
Thank you in anticipation of your assistance on this matter.
Respectfully, Glen Buckley.
I do believe there will be much..much MTF -