Warren Truss (Wide Bay, National Party, Minister for Transport and Regional Services) Share this | Hansard source

My comments yesterday were accurate. There have been detailed discussions with the states in relation to what sorts of powers should be made available to the Inspector of Transport Security. The states need to be involved because many of the issues which would be under consideration are in fact within the province of the states. Land transport issues are essentially the responsibility of the states and therefore it has been necessary to discuss those issues with the states. That has happened at officer level and indeed also at ministerial level.

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