Appendix 4

Appendix 4

Topic list

Infrastructure and Transport portfolio

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Division/Agency and Topic

Proof Hansard page reference

Corporate Services

3–17

Key initiatives for 2012-13

3–4

Moorebank Intermodal facility

3

Duplication of the Pacific Highway

3, 5–6, 14, 53–54

High-speed rail and national transport planning

4, 8–9

Nation Building 2

4

Black Spot Program

4

Roads to Recovery Program

4

National regulators

4

Heavy vehicle safety package

4–5

Seatbelts on regional buses

4

Amendments to regional airports

4

Sydney's aviation capacity needs

4

New England Highway

6–7

Building leases and building locations for the Department

9–15

Efficiency dividend

11–12, 15–16

Contingency reserve for Nation Building 2

15

Legal costs

16

Training for staff

16

Inspector of Transport Security

17–19

Retirement of current Inspector, Mr Mick Palmer

17

Appointment of Mr Andy Hughes as Inspector

17

Security at airports

17–18

Air marshals

18–19

Offshore oil and gas security

19

Office of Transport Security

19–27

Air cargo supply chain

19–20

Regulated Shipper Scheme

20

Security upgrades at regional airports

20–22

Screening at regional airports

22–23

Back-up plan for mechanical security failure

23–24

Screening passengers onboard aircrafts

24

Maritime security identification cards

25, 27

Boarding of the Al-Shuwaikh

25–26, 27

Activists boarding vessels

26–27

Aviation and Airports

27–34

Joint study on aviation capacity for the Sydney region

27–29, 31

Low-noise jet aircraft permitted to operate during curfews

29

Traffic through Perth airport

29–30

Airport crash risk assessment for Sydney airport

30–31

National Airports Safeguarding Advisory Group (NASAG)

31–33

National airport safeguarding framework

31–33

Request to extend building heights in Adelaide

33

Aviation White Paper

33

Flight path in Tralee

33

Airservices Australia

34–44

Resignation of Mr Greg Russell, former CEO of Airservices

34

Allegations of credit card expenditure

34–35, 36

Staffing numbers, senior staff turnover

35–36

Overseas travel

36

Air traffic controllers – staffing numbers and overtime

37, 41

Eurocat system

37

Refurbishment project for the Alan Woods Building

37–38

Instrument Landing System (ILS) and Required Navigation Performance (RNP)

38–40

Traffic information broadcast by aircraft procedure

40

Air traffic control procedures

40–41

Training for air traffic controllers

41, 42–43

Pricing issues

41–42

Fatigue management systems

43, 44

ATSB reporting on air traffic control issues

43–44

Perth airport

44

Civil Aviation Safety Authority

44–54

Legal action with Polar Aviation

45

Air traffic control – breakdown of separation, loss of separation

45–46

Allegations of bullying and harassment

47

Development at Archerfield

47

Different classifications of airfield

47–48

Aviation safety of private operations

48–49

Separation of Qantas domestic and international

49–50

Aircrash at Moree airport

50

Breakdown of separation incident over Tamworth

50–51

Auditing of the operations of Airservices Australia

51

Review of Airservices

51–52

Breaks for air traffic controllers

52

Whistleblowers

52

Variation of regulatory requirements

52–53

Availability of testing officers to do renewal tests

53

Consultation where proposed developments may infringe on the obstacle limitation surface

53

Australian Transport Safety Bureau

54–62

Expanding role of rail and maritime safety investigator

54

Additional funding for 2012–13

54

Response to recommendations in reports

54

Breakdown of separation

55

Single-engine failures and reduced power after take-off

55–56

Timing and influence of ATSB reports

56–57

Investigations into derailments

57–60

Relationship between the ATSB and coroner when a fatality occurs in an aircraft accident

60–61

Departmental engagement with coroner

61

Fatigue issues

62

Infrastructure Australia

62–75

National Ports Strategy

62

Abbot Point proposal

62–63

Moorebank intermodal

63–67

Oil prices, IMF report The Future of Oil: Geology versus Technology

67–68

Assessment of infrastructure proposals in relation to time taken for project and advances in technology

68

Great Eastern Highway

68–69

Oakajee port

69

COAG Reform Council's Review of capital city strategic planning systems report

70

Australian Green Infrastructure Council

71

Australian Rural Road Group

71–72

Western Australian port-to-port intermodal program

72

Export freight issues in Tasmania

72–74

Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme

73–74

Goodwood and Torrens junctions in Adelaide

74–75

Nation Building—Infrastructure Investment

75–100

Yeppen Crossing

75, 77

Yeppen flood plain study

75, 77

Queensland road recovery program

75, 78

Hann Highway

76

Outback Way

76, 78

Beef and mining roads package, Northern Territory

76–77

Upgrade of remote community access roads in Cape York

77

Moorebank intermodal

78–79, 80–84

Redevelopment of Holsworthy Barracks

80

Contingency reserve for Nation Building 1

81

Truck stop rest areas

84, 95

Heavy vehicle safety package

84, 95–96

Muswellbrook bypass

85

Pacific Highway

85–87

Western Highway, Victoria

87–88

Perth light rail system

88–89

Cycling infrastructure

89–91

Road congestion

91–93

Gold Coast light rail

92

Traffic projections

92–93

Great Eastern Highway

92–93

Liveable Cities Program

93–94

Goodwood-Torrens project

94–96

Road user charge

95–96

Dukes Highway

95, 96–99

Inland rail proposal

99

F3 to M2 Sydney orbital

99–100

M5 upgrade

100

Australian Rail Track Corporation

100–110

Staffing numbers

100

Location of offices

100

Building leases

100

Budget for 2012-13

100–101

Length of trains

101

Speed restrictions

101

Inland rail

101–102, 105, 106–107, 108–110

Southern Sydney freight line

102

Moorebank intermodal

102, 103–104

Priority upgrades for 2012-13

102–103

Equity injections

103

Rail upgrades that allow an increase in the movement of coal

103

Air quality and emissions

104–105

Noise barriers

104

High speed rail

105–106, 108

Ballast rehabilitation program

107

Australian Maritime Safety Authority

110–114

Marine Orders Part 3, consultation process

110–111

Marine electricians and electrical engineers

111–112

People-smuggling operations and boats in distress

112

Livestock transportation by vessel

112–113

Hong Kong flagged bulk carrier

113

Gladstone Port Authority

113

OH&S Guidelines

113

Establishment of a single jurisdiction

113–114

Surface Transport Policy

114–121

National transport regulators

114–116

CEO for the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator

115–116

Energy efficient vehicles

117, 121

Tasmanian freight exports

117–121

Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme

119, 120

Policy and Research

121–125

Seatbelts for regional school buses

121–123

Electric bicycles

123–124

Peak oil

124–125

Major Cities Unit

125–129

Staffing level

125

Budget for 2012-13

125–126

Major tasks for 2012-13

126

State of the Cities 2012

126

Active Travel discussion paper

126

Congestion

126–127

Urban Design Protocol and Reform Council

127–128

National Urban Policy

128

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