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Finally AQON from Add Estimates and FWIW Budget Estimates '26-'27 program -   

To begin Rowan Dean perfectly defines the 'Hubris' of this diabolical Socialist Albo Government:

To follow that up in our neck of the woods highlighting beyond all belief our totally useless, lazy, miniscule overseeing all matters Aviation, Dicky King, the following is some of the more damning Aviation AQON that this miniscule of the Crown belatedly allowed Betsy's crew of 'Duck-Up- Fairies' to answer...

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Senator Bridget McKenzie asked:

Context:

In response to questions asked at December 2025 Estimates (SQ25-002676) the following
response was supplied.

“The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications,
Sport and the Arts most recently provided advice to the Hon. Catherine King MP, Minister
for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, on the CASR
Part 43 Regulatory Package on 2 October 2025.

The minister is considering the advice.”

1. Have any meetings occurred since the Minister received the Department’s briefing (2
October 2025) regarding the CASR Part 43 Regulatory Package between the Minister
and the Department?
2. What dates were these meetings, including phone conversations?
3. When will a response by the Minister be provided?

Answer:
The proposed regulatory package remains under consideration by the government

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Finally AQON 173 is too big to file in our library but this was the answer without the attached files:

Matthew Canavan asked:

Further to CASA’s responses to Senator Roberts relating to matters raised on behalf of Mr
Geoff Barker, UASPacific:

1. Have any staff been disciplined in relation to these matters?
a. If so, when and in what form did the disciplinary action take?
2. Has CASA reviewed and amended their conflict-of-interest policies and procedures in
light of the findings by the Fair Work Commission that a conflicted officer was permitted
to be involved in matters concerning his former employer?

a. If not, why not?
b. If so, provide copies of review findings and the updated policy and procedures.

3. Provide details of the scope, commencement date, and current status of CASA’s review
into the potentially misleading evidence provided to the Fair Work Commission in this
matter.

4. Given the findings of the Fair Work Commission, have the unfounded allegations
recorded against Mr Barker, his staff and/or UASPacific been formally corrected,
annotated, or fully withdrawn?

a. If not, why not?

i. When will this corrective action be undertaken?

b. If yes, when, and in what form, did this corrective action take?

5. What is the current status of the 12 December 2021 independent report?

a. when will it be released?

b. what is the implementation status of the report’s findings and recommendations
regarding systemic misconduct?

Answer:

1. Yes.
a. On 3 February 2026 a staff member was formally counselled.

2. No.

a. As was noted at paragraph [100] of the Fair Work Commission’s 5 October 2023
decision to dismiss an application for an order to stop bullying, Civil Aviation Safety
Authority (CASA) had already imposed a 'full prohibition' on its staff member having
any involvement in matters related to Mr Barker in January 2021. That prohibition
remains in force and is also now further bolstered by undertakings given by the staff
member as part of the 2023 Fair Work Commission proceeding.

b. N/A.

3. On 8 October 2025, CASA commenced a review of the range of concerns raised by Mr
Barker. Given the broad scope of the issues raised, the review is ongoing.

4. The Fair Work Commission made no findings and dismissed the claim.

Mr Bakers issues date back to 2017, and the review referred to in Q3 has not identified
any evidence to suggest issues raised by CASA in 2017 were incorrect or insignificant.
CASA’s Board Chair has previously acknowledged in writing to a Uncrewed Aerial System
(UAS) Pacific staff member that CASA could have handled an October 2019 incident
better.  Noting that under the National Archives Act CASA officials cannot destroy official
records, the UAS Pacific staff member was advised that action would be undertaken to
ensure that access to the relevant documents be restricted, and that the record make
clear that the relevant documents are not current and refers to CASA’s final position.

5. The Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) Independent Review was commissioned in
2021 to report on whether the then regulatory oversight model applied by CASA to RPAS
had regard to the relevant provisions of CASA’s policies, directives and legislative
responsibilities.

Overall, the Review concluded that CASA has regard to the elements of its regulations
and policies, identified most staff are approaching their regulatory roles with
commitment to aviation safety but there was a need for a strategic realignment of
resources to risk.

The Review Report (the Report) was provided to the Chief Executive Officer, Director of
Aviation Safety (CEO/DAS) and Director of Aviation Safety (DAS) in December 2021. An
initial review of the recommendations resulted in the implementation of several
recommendations. A final stocktake was undertaken in 2024, following which formal
advice on the Report was provided to the CEO/DAS.

Of the 15 recommendations, CASA agreed and acted on 12, agreed in part on a further
two and did not agree with one.

Notwithstanding the actions that CASA has committed to in response to the Report,
CASA has focused on the recommendation, rather than on any analysis of the
commentary or the review, and there are statements and conclusions contained in the
Report that CASA does not consider to be accurate or supported by evidence.

See Attachment A for the Report and CASA’s closing brief.

a. See answer to 5 above.

b. N/

Here is the link for the whole AQON with attachments: SQ26-000173 CASA - UASPacific.pdf

Next is the program link for the upcoming week of Budget Estimates for Betsy's DUF:

Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport

2026-27 Budget estimates

Program

Monday, 25 May 2026
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts portfolio (excluding Communications, Sport and the Arts)

Tuesday, 26 May 2026
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts portfolio (excluding Communications, Sport and the Arts)

Wednesday, 27 May 2026
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Thursday, 28 May 2026
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Program (PDF 182KB)

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