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miniscule historical favouring of Big-Regulator CASA?? 

A run through the miniscule's official media page finds a true a'la King on matters aviation - see HERE . Unless of course you happen to be considering going into the drone business...

New research shows benefits will soar as Australia's drone use takes off

Quotes attributable to Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Minister Catherine King:

“As drone technology continues to evolve, research like this is critical to ensure we know the opportunities open to us – as well as the challenges.

“This report makes it clear that drones present unique opportunities for a range of different sectors to operate more cheaply, safely and in an environmentally friendly way.

“This includes in life-saving sectors such as emergency services and disaster management, where drones have the potential to help us undertake critical functions such as early fire detection – while unlocking productivity gains and economic growth.

“This capacity for change is why our Government continues to provide the regulatory, policy and other support needed to adopt new and emerging aviation technology such as drones.

“We will continue to play this important leadership role, working closely with stakeholders, to make the most of this emerging technology – in a way that best supports communities, aviation safety and the environment.”

P2 comment: Hmm...what's with this attribution bollocks?? 

Here's a reminder of the miniscule's past stance on matters related to the Big-Regulator CASA and the aviation industry:

One from Google...  

CATHERINE KING – MEDIA RELEASE – MORRISON GOVERNMENT CUTS TO CASA RISK AVIATION SAFETY – WEDNESDAY, 21 OCTOBER 2020

A senate inquiry into general aviation has heard of the urgent need for the Morrison Government to support the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA).

In its Senate submission Professionals Australia, who represent workers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, has found that over recent years, staffing numbers in CASA’s Southern Region office – covering Victoria, Tasmania and regional New South Wales – have dropped from 53 to just 24.

At the same time, the submission finds that the number of full-time CASA Safety Systems Inspector positions in Brisbane has fallen from 6 to 1.4.

For those staff who do remain, morale has plummeted with less than one third of employees feeling that their work was valued by the organisation.

CASA is an essential safety agency. It regulates Australian aviation, licensing pilot, registering aircraft and ensuring that our aviation sector remains safe.

Australia’s proud record of aviation safety is due in large part to the hard work of people at CASA. If they are to continue to keep Australians safe in the air, workplace standards and sufficient staffing levels will need to be maintained.

It up to the Morrison Government to deliver the support this agency and its staff need.

Failing to do so poses serious risks to Australia’s travelling community.

WEDNESDAY, 21 OCTOBER 2020

Professionals Australia submission: https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ash...bId=694670

Hmm...so a'la King actually acknowledged the existence of the Senate GA Inquiry? However as the miniscule she is yet to see fit to respond to the interim report findings of that inquiry?? - FDS! 

'To be or not to be' - 2020 to 2022??



GA Senate Inquiry in Limbo

7 October 2022


The future of the Senate Legislation Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport (RRAT) inquiry into the general aviation industry remains in limbo as it has yet to be re-referred to the senate after the federal election held in May.


All senate inquiries lapse when parliament is prorogued, and if they are to continue in the new parliament, need to be re-referred to the senate committee.

Five months after the election, the nearly three-year-old GA industry inquiry remains lapsed.

Although former RRAT Chair Senator Susan McDonald has asked for the inquiry to be referred back, the office of new RRAT chair Senator Glenn Sterle told Australian Flying that no comment on the inquiry would be possible until the ALP government had responded to the interim report tabled last March.

The GA inquiry was self-referred to the RRAT committee in December 2019 with an interim reporting date of December 2020 and a final report one year later. COVID restrictions later forced that to be modified to March 2022. The deadlines were changed again with the interim report being tabled in March 2022 with the final report due on 20 October 2022.

However, the federal election intervened and forced the inquiry into a lapsed state.

One of the early supporters of the GA inquiry was the Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA). Current CEO Steve Campbell said the GA inquiry needed to be closed off so all the work put in by the GA community wouldn't go to waste,

"We'd like to see the GA inquiry completed; a lot of work has gone into it and it would be a shame to see it not go through to fruition," he said. "Hopefully the committee will find some good recommendations to give to the government to ease the burden on general aviation.

"We've come this far, and it's important for the general aviation community to see that government's genuinely interested in finding solutions."

The GA community has raised concerns that the ALP will disregard the work done by the senate inquiry in favour of doing a new White Paper, which has been their policy since well before the election. Doing so would further delay any revitalising measures.

"The GA inquiry has been going for a couple of years already and we've said to the government that if we know there are some solutions now, we want the government to act on it now ... we don't want to wait for another two-year process to tell us what we already know," Campbell said.

"The GA inquiry has already uncovered some things that can be worked on, and the government should start working on them straight away."

The office of Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Catherine King has been contacted for comment about responding to the interim report.

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