Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question: is the minister aware of reports that more than 400,000 passengers have not been screened before boarding aircraft at South Australian regional airports alone? Does this mean that screening passengers is also optional under the minister’s management of airport security? Is this what the minister meant yesterday when he was talking about world’s best practice or would his alternative comment that ‘security is a work in progress’ be more appropriate?