Michael Ronaldson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, upon notice, on 29 November 2012:

(1) With reference to the Office of Transport Security: (a) will the Enhanced Cargo Examination Program continue following the cancellation of Government funding; and (b) from where will the program now receive funding.

(2) With reference to the 2012 report of the Steering Committee overseeing the Joint Study on aviation capacity for the Sydney Region: (a) will the department adopt Recommendation 6 of the report; if so, how will the review be undertaken and what is the timeframe; (b) are there any operational or technical reasons why Recommendation 7 could be rejected in favour of moving regional services outside of the slot management system at Sydney Airport; and (c) will the department adopt Recommendation 8; if so, how will the this review be undertaken and what is the timeframe.

(3) With reference to the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC): (a) what are the comparative maintenance costs attributed to passenger and freight operations on the interstate rail network; and (b) why does the current ARTC access pricing regime fail to reflect this difference.