Catryna Bilyk (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

This aviation white paper, due to be released in 2024, will be the first for the industry in over 10 years since the then minister for transport, Anthony Albanese, released the previous one in 2009. It will be the first one in over 10 years, because we all know what happened when the other side were in government—nothing.

We do this because, unlike the previous government, we recognise the urgent need to bring an end to the uncertainty facing the aviation sector that proliferated unabated under the watch of the previous government. It will enable and encourage long-term investment, particularly from new and emerging carriers, through the creation—