Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 140, 14 February 2019, p. 4692.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, No. 133, 29 November 2018, p. 4329.

[3]        Journals of the Senate, No. 132, 28 November 2018, p. 4287.

Chapter 2 - Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities portfolio

[1]        Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, pp. 4–25.

[2]        Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, pp. 29–34.

[3]        Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, p. 48.

[4]        Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, p. 36.

[5]        Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, pp. 51–52.

[6]        Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, pp. 52–53.

[7]        Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, pp. 55–58.

[8]        Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, pp. 58–59.

[9]        Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, pp. 64–74.

[10]      Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, pp. 82–83.

[11]      Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, p. 93.

[12]      Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, p. 111.

[13]      Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, pp. 96–97.

[14]      Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, pp. 96–97.

[15]      Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, p. 99.

[16]      Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, pp. 126–127.

[17]      Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, pp. 116–117.

[18]      Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, p. 125.

[19]      Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, p. 131.

[20]      Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, pp. 135–136.

[21]      Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, p. 143.

[22]      Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, p. 144.

[23]      Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, p. 145.

[24]      Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, p. 147.

[25]      Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, p. 148.

[26]      Proof Hansard, 18 February 2019, p. 149.

[27]      Proof Hansard, 22 February 2019, p. 80.

[28]      Proof Hansard, 22 February 2019, p.80.

[29]      Proof Hansard, 22 February 2019, p. 84.

Chapter 3 - Agriculture and Water Resources portfolio

[1]        Proof Hansard, 19 February 2019, p. 5.

[2]        Proof Hansard, 19 February 2019, pp. 9–10.

[3]        Proof Hansard, 19 February 2019, pp. 22–25

[4]        Proof Hansard, 19 February 2019, p. 24.

[5]        Proof Hansard, 19 February 2019, pp. 22–25.

[6]        Proof Hansard, 19 February 2019, p. 34.

[7]        Proof Hansard, 19 February 2019, pp. 65–67.

[8]        Proof Hansard, 19 February 2019, p. 71.

[9]        Proof Hansard, 19 February 2019, p. 72.

[10]      Proof Hansard, 19 February 2019, pp. 75–76.

[11]      Proof Hansard, 19 February 2019, pp. 75–81.

[12]      Proof Hansard, 19 February 2019, pp. 95–96.

[13]      Proof Hansard, 19 February 2019, pp. 102–103.

[14]      Proof Hansard, 19 February 2019, p. 103.

[15]      Proof Hansard, 19 February 2019, p. 104.

[16]      Proof Hansard, 19 February 2019, pp. 107–108.

[17]      Proof Hansard, 19 February 2019, pp. 108–110.

[18]      Proof Hansard, 22 February 2019, p. 72.

[19]      Proof Hansard, 22 February 2019, p. 73.

[20]      Proof Hansard, 22 February 2019, pp. 74–75.

Chapter 4 - Cross-portfolio Murray-Darling Basin Plan matters

[1]        Proof Hansard, 22 February 2019, p. 6.

[2]        Proof Hansard, 22 February 2019, p. 6.

[3]        Proof Hansard, 22 February 2019, p.18.

[4]        Proof Hansard, 22 February 2019, p. 25.

[5]        Proof Hansard, 22 February 2019, p. 30.

[6]        Proof Hansard, 22 February 2019, p. 38.

[7]        Proof Hansard, 22 February 2019, pp. 44–45.

[8]        Proof Hansard, 22 February 2019, p. 47

[9]        Proof Hansard, 22 February 2019, pp. 54–56.

[10]      Proof Hansard, 22 February 2019, pp. 63–64.

[11]      Proof Hansard, 22 February 2019, p. 64.

Chapter 5 - Inquiry into the Performance of Airservices Australia

[1]        Airservices Australia, http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/about/ (accessed 30 January 2019) and  Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities, Australia's Air Traffic Management Plan, July 2017, p. 3.

[2]        Sir Angus Houston, Airservices Australia, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2015, p. 4.

[3]        Regional Aviation Association of Australia, Airservices, https://raaa.com.au/member/airservices/ (accessed 31 January 2019).

[4]        Regional Aviation Association of Australia, Airservices, https://raaa.com.au/member/airservices/ (accessed 31 January 2019).

[5]        Regional Aviation Association of Australia, Airservices, https://raaa.com.au/member/airservices/ (accessed 31 January 2019).

[6]        Australian National Audit Office, Procurement of the International Centre for Complex Project Management to Assist on the OneSKY Australia Program, ANAO Report No. 1, 2016 –17, August 2016, p. 15.

[7]        Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities, Australia's Air Traffic Management Plan, July 2017, pp 3–4.

[8]        Australian National Audit Office, Procurement of the International Centre for Complex Project Management to Assist on the OneSKY Australia Program, ANAO Report No. 1, 2016 –17, August 2016, p. 20.

[9]        This section is based on information contained in Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities, Australia's Air Traffic Management Plan, July 2017, pp 3–4.

[10]      Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, Supplementary Budget Estimates 2014–15, Committee Hansard, 20 October 2014, pp 202–208.

[11]      Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, National Aviation Policy White Paper, December 2009, p. 122.

[12]      Mr Jason Harfield, Airservices Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2015, p. 8.

[13]      The Hon. Warren Truss, MP, Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development and the Hon. Kevin Andrews, MP, Minister for Defence, Joint Media Release, Australia's One SKY: the most advanced, integrated air traffic control system in the world, 27 February 2015.

[14]      Mr Harfield was subsequently appointed CEO on 9 March 2016.

[15]      Airservices Australia, OneSKY Australia – one step closer, Media Release, 25 February 2016.

[16]      Australian National Audit Office, Procurement of the International Centre for Complex Project Management to Assist on the OneSKY Australia Program, ANAO Report No. 1, 2016 –17, August 2016, pp 22–23.

[17]      Australian National Audit Office, Procurement of the International Centre for Complex Project Management to Assist on the OneSKY Australia Program, ANAO Report No. 1, 2016 –17, August 2016, p. 24.

[18]      Mr Jason Harfield, Airservices Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2015, p. 7.

[19]      Mr Jason Harfield informed the committee that the executive signed off an approval 'that went to the chief executive to sign off the contractual arrangements and payments for services rendered', Committee Hansard, 18 August 2015, p. 3. The ANAO provided further detail in relation to this matter in Procurement of the International Centre for Complex Project Management to Assist on the OneSKY Australia Program, ANAO Report No. 1, 2016 –17, August 2016, p. 65.

[20]      Australian National Audit Office, Procurement of the International Centre for Complex Project Management to Assist on the OneSKY Australia Program, ANAO Report No. 1, 2016 –17, August 2016, p. 7.

[21]      In response to an internal audit conducted in 2009, Airservices had agreed to develop a considered approach to managing strategic partnerships. However, a draft management instruction which had been approved on 1 July 2010 by the then acting CEO was not issued. Airservices informed the ANAO that it could not locate any documentation which would explain why the instruction had not been issued.

[22]      Australian National Audit Office, Procurement of the International Centre for Complex Project Management to Assist on the OneSKY Australia Program, ANAO Report No. 1, 2016 –17, August 2016, p. 8.

[23]      Australian National Audit Office, Procurement of the International Centre for Complex Project Management to Assist on the OneSKY Australia Program, ANAO Report No. 1, 2016 –17, August 2016, p. 26.

[24]      Australian National Audit Office, Procurement of the International Centre for Complex Project Management to Assist on the OneSKY Australia Program, ANAO Report No. 1, 2016 –17, August 2016, p. 8.

[25]      Australian National Audit Office, Procurement of the International Centre for Complex Project Management to Assist on the OneSKY Australia Program, ANAO Report No. 1, 2016 –17, August 2016, p. 9.

[26]      2012–13 was when Airservices started obtaining consulting services through ICCPM.

[27]      Australian National Audit Office, Procurement of the International Centre for Complex Project Management to Assist on the OneSKY Australia Program, ANAO Report No. 1, 2016 –17, August 2016, pp. 22–23.

[28]      Sir Angus Houston, Airservices Australia, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2015, p. 4.

[29]      Australian National Audit Office, Procurement of the International Centre for Complex Project Management to Assist on the OneSKY Australia Program, ANAO Report No. 1, 2016 –17, August 2016, p. 9.

[30]      Australian National Audit Office, Procurement of the International Centre for Complex Project Management to Assist on the OneSKY Australia Program, ANAO Report No. 1, 2016 –17, August 2016, p. 10.

[31]      Australian National Audit Office, Procurement of the International Centre for Complex Project Management to Assist on the OneSKY Australia Program, ANAO Report No. 1, 2016 –17, August 2016, p. 16.

[32]      Australian National Audit Office, Procurement of the International Centre for Complex Project Management to Assist on the OneSKY Australia Program, ANAO Report No. 1, 2016 –17, August 2016, p. 17.

[33]      Australian National Audit Office, Procurement of the International Centre for Complex Project Management to Assist on the OneSKY Australia Program, ANAO Report No. 1, 2016 –17, August 2016, p. 12.

[34]      Australian National Audit Office, Procurement of the International Centre for Complex Project Management to Assist on the OneSKY Australia Program, ANAO Report No. 1, 2016 –17, August 2016, p. 12.

[35]      Australian National Audit Office, Conduct of the OneSKY Tender, ANAO Report No. 46 2016-17, April 2017, p. 17.

[36]      Australian National Audit Office, Procurement of the International Centre for Complex Project Management to Assist on the OneSKY Australia Program, ANAO Report No. 1, 2016 –17, August 2016, p. 69.

[37]      Airservices Australia, Airservices statement to ANAO Report on the conduct of the OneSKY Tender, 10 April 2017, http://newsroom.airservicesaustralia.com/news/airservices-statement-to-anao-report-on-the-conduct-of-the-onesky-tender (accessed, 22 March 2019).

[38]      Australian National Audit Office, Procurement of the International Centre for Complex Project Management to Assist on the OneSKY Australia Program, ANAO Report No. 1, 2016 –17, August 2016, p. 10.

[39]      Productivity Commission, Public Infrastructure, Productivity Commission Inquiry Report Vol. 1, No. 71, 27 May 2014, p. 18, https://www.pc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/137280/infrastructure-volume1.pdf (accessed 21 March 2019).

[40]      Australian Government Response – Productivity Commission Inquiry Report into Public Infrastructure, 2014, p. 5.

[41]      Mr Mike Mrdak, Department of Infrastructure, Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, Estimates Hansard, 5 May 2016, p. 106.

[42]      Australian Aviation Associations Forum, Aviation Policy 2016, p. 9.

[43]      Sydney Morning Herald, Aviation industry players call for $1b privatisation of Airservices Australia, 28 April 2016, https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/aviation-industry-players-call-for-1b-privatisation-of-airservices-australia-20160428-gogqsc.html (accessed 21 March 2019).

[44]      Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association of Australia, Project Eureka: A Brief to Government to Revitalise the General Aviation Industry in Australia, April 2016, p. 7.

[45]      Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association of Australia, Project Eureka: A Brief to Government to Revitalise the General Aviation Industry in Australia, April 2016, p. 12.

[46]      Canberra Times, Staff at Airservices Australia fight for 600 voluntary redundancies in major restructure, 4 July 2016, https://www.smh.com.au/public-service/staff-at-airservices-australia-fight-for-600-voluntary-redundancies-in-major-restructure-20160704-gpy9uk.html (accessed 21 March 2019).

[47]      Committee Correspondence from Mr Alistair Waters, National President, Community and Public Sector Union, received 15 December 2016, pp 4–5.

[48]      Airservices Australia, Answers to Questions Taken on Notice from 28 November 2014 hearing, Question No. 16, received 12 December 2014.

[49]      Airservices Australia, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2015, pp. 16 and 18.

[50]      Australian Transport Safety Bureau, Unsafe proximity and radar vector below minimum vector altitude involving two Boeing 737-800s, VH-VXS and VH-VYE, Melbourne Airport, Victoria, 5 July 2015, Australian Transport Safety Bureau, https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2015/aair/ao-2015-084/ (accessed 22 March 2019).

[51]      Airservices Australia, Changes to AIP Land and Hold Short Operations (LAHSO)', Safety Bulletin, 23 October 2015, http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/SB23October2015-LAHSO-AIP-Changes.pdf (accessed 22 March 2019).

[52]      Australian Transport Safety Bureau, Unsafe proximity and radar vector below minimum vector altitude involving a Boeing 777-31HER, A6-EBU, and two Boeing 737-838s, VH-VXS and VH-VYE, Melbourne Airport, Victoria, 5 July 2015, 6 August 2018, p. ii.

[53]      Australian Transport Safety Bureau, Unsafe proximity and radar vector below minimum vector altitude involving a Boeing 777-31HER, A6-EBU, and two Boeing 737-838s, VH-VXS and VH-VYE, Melbourne Airport, Victoria, 5 July 2015, 6 August 2018, p. ii.

[54]      Airservices Australia, How ADS-B Works, http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/projects/ads-b/how-ads-b-works/ (accessed 22 March 2019).

[55]      It is noted that CASA has granted authorisation to a limited number of non-equipped aircraft to fly without ADS-B under specific conditions until 2020.

[56]      Mr Greg Hood, Executive General Manager, Airservices Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2015, p. 20.

[57]      Mr Dick Smith, AC, Submission 2, p. 2.

[58]      Mr Jason Harfield, Chief Executive Officer, Airservices Australia, Estimates Hansard, 17 October 2016, p. 106.

[59]      Airservices Australia, Correspondence from Chief Executive Officer, Mr Jason Harfield, dated 1 December 2016, [p. 1].

[60]      Airservices Australia, Correspondence from Chief Executive Officer, Mr Jason Harfield, dated 1 December 2016, [p. 1].

[61]      Airservices Australia, 2015–16 Annual Report, p. 29.

[62]      Mr Jason Harfield, Airservices Australia, Estimates Hansard, 17 October 2016, p. 89.

[63]      Australian Aviation, No plans to privatise Airservices: Minister, 2 November 2016,

[64]      RAAA, transcript of address by Jason Harfield, CEO, Airservices Australia, The new Airservices – supporting regional aviation, p. 7, Mr Jason Harfield, Airservices Australia, Estimates Hansard, 17 October 2016, p. 89, and The Australian, Airservices Australia to slash staff by 20 per cent, 26 August 2016.

[65]      The Australian, Airservices Australia to slash staff by 20 per cent, 26 August 2016.

[66]      Canberra Times, Staff at Airservices Australia fight for 600 voluntary redundancies in major restructure, 4 July 2016, https://www.smh.com.au/public-service/staff-at-airservices-australia-fight-for-600-voluntary-redundancies-in-major-restructure-20160704-gpy9uk.html, (accessed 19 February 2019).

[67]      Mr Andrew Tiede, Manager, Air Navigation, Airspace and Aerodromes Branch, Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Estimates Hansard, 17 October 2016, p. 86.

[68]      itnews, Airservices to cut 50 IT jobs, 31 October 2016, https://www.itnews.com.au/news/airservices-to-cut-50-it-jobs-440455 (accessed 12 February 2019).

[69]      CPSU v Airservices Australia (C2016/6423), CEPU v Airservices Australia (C2016/6433) and Professionals Australia v Airservices Australia (C2016/6444), Fair Work Commission, Statement of 17 November 2016, p. 1.

[70]      CPSU v Airservices Australia (C2016/6423), CEPU v Airservices Australia (C2016/6433) and Professionals Australia v Airservices Australia (C2016/6444), Fair Work Commission, Statement of 17 November 2016, pp. 2–4.

[71]      Mr Jason Harfield, Airservices Australia, Estimates Hansard, 17 October 2016, p. 89 and Airservices Australia, correspondence from Chief Executive Officer, Mr Jason Harfield, dated 1 December 2016, [p. 2].

[72]      Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Mr Shane Carmody, Estimates Hansard, 17 October 2016, p. 82.

[73]      The Sydney Morning Herald, Big holes in Sydney air traffic control roster threaten busy holiday travel, 17 November 2016, https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/big-holes-in-sydney-air-traffic-control-roster-threaten-busy-holiday-travel-20161116-gsqaf5.html (accessed 21 February 2019).

[74]      The Sydney Morning Herald, Big holes in Sydney air traffic control roster threaten busy holiday travel, 17 November 2016, https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/big-holes-in-sydney-air-traffic-control-roster-threaten-busy-holiday-travel-20161116-gsqaf5.html (accessed 21 February 2019).

[75]      The Sydney Morning Herald, Big holes in Sydney air traffic control roster threaten busy holiday travel, 17 November 2016, https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/big-holes-in-sydney-air-traffic-control-roster-threaten-busy-holiday-travel-20161116-gsqaf5.html (accessed 21 February 2019).

[76]      Airservices Australia, Correspondence from Chief Executive Officer, Mr Jason Harfield, dated 1 December 2016, [pp. 1 and 3].

[77]      Airservices Australia, Correspondence from Chief Executive Officer, Mr Jason Harfield, dated 1 December 2016, [p. 2].

[78]      Airservices Australia, Correspondence from Chief Executive Officer, Mr Jason Harfield, dated 1 December 2016, [p. 2].

[79]      Airservices Australia, Correspondence from Chief Executive Officer, Mr Jason Harfield, dated 1 December 2016, [p. 2].

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[82]      Airservices Australia, Annual Report 2016–17, p. 105.

[83]      Airservices Australia, Annual Report 2017–18, p. 106.

[84]      Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, Report on Air Services Amendment Bill 2018, August 2018, p. 5.

[85]      Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, Report on Air Services Amendment Bill 2018, August 2018, p. 52.

[86]      Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, Report on Air Services Amendment Bill 2018, August 2018, p. 52.