Lee Rhiannon (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Minister, for the explanation. But, again, I do not think it is going to give confidence to those who work regularly at airports who will be subject many times to this machinery and therefore to the potential radiation. While you have said they comply with health standards, what you have not spelled out and what I understand is a failure here is the cumulative impacts on people who are regularly being exposed to this form of screening. This has not been assessed. I think there has been limited work done on that. That is why I would ask you to provide more information on that specific point.

I take you back to the submission that came from the pilots association. They made the point that their people could be exposed to this form of screening 200 times or 400 times, or maybe even more, each year. They said that sometimes just on one shift people moving around the airport could be exposed to this screening many times.

It is serious. It clearly needs to be given more serious consideration. My understanding is that the health standards have not looked at that problem of the cumulative impact. Could you provide information on what work has been done in this area, please?