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

The opposition have proposed that there should be passenger security measures similar to those we have in our capital cities to check every passenger and all baggage in every airport in Australia. The opposition have repeated that statement frequently. As I said to the House a couple of days ago, it has been estimated that the average cost of providing this kind of security at every airport in Australia would be $5 million per airport.

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