Issues Paper - Towards a National Aviation Statement - April 2008

An Issues Paper [PDF: 512 KB] [RTF: 485 KB] was prepared as a basis for consultation and engagement and represents the first stage in developing an Aviation White Paper.

Over 290 submissions were provided responding to the Issues Paper. These submissions assisted the Government to develop and release an Aviation Green Paper.

Key Documents

• Issues Paper [PDF: 512 KB] [RTF: 485 KB]
• Media Release
• Speech
• Summary of Submissions - Issues Paper [XLS: 926 KB]

Submissions on the Development of a National Aviation Policy Statement Issues Paper

The following submitters have consented to the publication of their comments:

• ACT & Region Chamber of Commerce & Industry [PDF: 398 KB]
• ACT Government [PDF: 1545 KB]
• Adelaide Airport Ltd [PDF: 155 KB]
• Aerial Agricultural Association of Australia [PDF: 226 KB]
• Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association AOPA [PDF: 162 KB]
• Airlines of Tasmania Pty Ltd [PDF: 101 KB]
• Airvan Flight Services [PDF: 74 KB]
• Anderson, Mr Bevan [PDF: 11 KB]
• Archerfield Airport Chamber of Commerce [PDF: 555 KB]
• Arts Access Australia [PDF: 55 KB]
• Attorney-General’s Department, Indian Ocean Territories [PDF: 206 KB]
• Austcorp Group Ltd [PDF: 38 KB]
• Australia Pacific Airports Corporation [PDF: 331 KB]
• Australian & International Pilots Association (AIPA) [PDF: 573 KB]
• Australian Air League [PDF: 594 KB]
• Australian Airports Association (AAA) [PDF: 94 KB]
• Australian Association of Flight Instructors [PDF: 6491 KB]
• Australian Business Aircraft Association (ABAA) [PDF: 116 KB]
• Australian Construction Industry Forum [PDF: 58 KB]
• Australian Federation of Air Pilots [PDF: 84 KB]
• Australian Federation of Disability Organisations [PDF: 185 KB] [DOC: 192 KB]
• Australian General Aviation Alliance [PDF: 54 KB]
• Australian Hotels Association (AHA) [PDF: 805 KB]
• Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) [PDF: 186 KB]
• Australian Local Government Association [PDF: 657 KB]
• Australian Mayoral Aviation Council [PDF: 3513 KB]
• Australian Mooney Pilots Association (AMPA) [PDF: 183 KB]
• Australian National University, Centre for Climate Law and Policy [PDF: 113 KB] [PDF: 218 KB]
• Australian Network of Environmental Defender's Offices [PDF: 195 KB]
• Australian Services Union [PDF: 270 KB]
• Australian Sport Aviation Confederation [PDF: 104 KB]
• Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) [PDF: 65 KB]
• Australian Unmanned Aircraft Systems - UAS Australia [PDF: 2135 KB]
• Australian Workers Union (AWU) [PDF: 702 KB]
• Aviation Maintenance Repair & Overhaul Business Association (AMROBA) [PDF: 392 KB]
• Aviation Safety Forum [PDF: 72 KB]
• Aviation Safety Foundation Australasia (ASFA) [PDF: 326 KB]
• Aviation Sunshine Coast [PDF: 265 KB]
• Bailey, Mr David [PDF: 12 KB]
• Bailey, Mr Graham [PDF: 37 KB]
• Ban Aircraft Over Residential Brisbane [PDF: 14 KB]
• Bankstown Airport Ltd [PDF: 8129 KB]
• Bankstown Airport Out-Tourism In [PDF: 30 KB]
• Bankstown City Council [PDF: 694 KB] [PDF: 1463 KB] [PDF: 1219 KB]
• Baulkham Hills Shire Council [PDF: 40 KB]
• Berson, Mr Stefan [PDF: 68 KB]
• Bill, Mr Charles [PDF: 20 KB]
• Blemmings, Mr Hugh & Mrs Lucy [PDF: 11 KB]
• Board of Airline Representatives of Australia [PDF: 215 KB]
• Boeing Australia [PDF: 604 KB]
• Boxall, Mr/Ms TG [PDF: 11 KB]
• Brabin-Smith, Mr Richard [PDF: 179 KB]
• Brennan, Mr Nigel [PDF: 10 KB]
• Brent, Ms Jessie [PDF: 11 KB]
• Brisbane Airport Corporation [PDF: 9710 KB]
• Brisbane City Council [PDF: 1170 KB]
• Bull, Mr Tim [PDF: 10 KB]
• Burnie Airport Corporation [PDF: 619 KB]
• Cairns Airport and Tourism Tropical North Queensland [PDF: 850 KB]
• Cairns Community Legal Centre [PDF: 40 KB] [DOC: 63 KB]
• Canberra Business Council [PDF: 130 KB]
• Canberra International Airport [PDF: 7870 KB]
• Candy, Mr Glenn [PDF: 52 KB]
• Casino Canberra [PDF: 1478 KB]
• CEAC [PDF: 6687 KB]
• Central Queensland Regional Development Australia Committee [PDF: 567 KB]
• Chamber of Commerce & Industry WA [PDF: 292 KB]
• City of Geraldton-Greenough [PDF: 527 KB]
• City Of Holdfast Bay [PDF: 714 KB]
• City of Kingston [PDF: 971 KB]
• City of Mandurah [PDF: 292 KB]
• City of Melville, WA [PDF: 20 KB]
• City of Salisbury [PDF: 114 KB]
• Civil Air [PDF: 237 KB]
• Clark, Dr John [PDF: 39 KB]
• Cobham Flight Operations and Services (Australia) [PDF: 2294 KB]
• Coffs Harbour City Council [PDF: 584 KB]
• Colonial Airways & Colonial Ground Training Systems [PDF: 104 KB]
• Committee for Melbourne [PDF: 234 KB]
• Corcoran, Ms Margaret [PDF: 15 KB]
• Curfew4Canberra Inc [PDF: 65 KB]
• Davis, Mr Peter [PDF: 76 KB]
• Deafness Forum of Australia [PDF: 52 KB] [DOC: 104 KB]
• Dee, Ashley [PDF: 15 KB]
• Department of Climate Change [PDF: 34 KB]
• Department of Economic Development & Tourism, Tourism Tasmania [PDF: 222 KB]
• Department of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations (DEEWR) [PDF: 230 KB]
• Department of Families, Housing, Community Services & Indigenous Affairs [PDF: 122 KB]
• Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade [PDF: 91 KB]
• Deragopian, Mr George [PDF: 14 KB]
• Deuvall, Mr James [PDF: 18 KB]
• Dingley Village Community Association [PDF: 372 KB]
• Disability Discrimination Legal Service [PDF: 96 KB] [DOC: 1967 KB]
• District Council of Ceduna [PDF: 415 KB]
• Dittrich, Mr Rainer [PDF: 82 KB]
• Dubbo City Council [PDF: 240 KB]
• Eacott, Mr John [PDF: 11 KB]
• Ely, Dr William (Bill) [PDF: 183 KB]
• Emirates Airline [PDF: 498 KB]
• Fairfield City Council [PDF: 646 KB]
• Faulkner, Mr John [PDF: 11 KB]
• Firth, Ms Angela [PDF: 122 KB]
• Fisher, Ms Margaret [PDF: 31 KB]
• Flight Training Group [PDF: 26 KB]
• Forte Airport Management [PDF: 65 KB]
• Future Pilot Task Force [PDF: 26 KB]
• Gabriel, Dr William [PDF: 19 KB]
• Gavin, Mr Paul [PDF: 33 KB]
• Georganas, Mr Steve MP [PDF: 184 KB]
• Gillespie, Mr David [PDF: 509 KB]
• Gordon, Ms Moishe [PDF: 16 KB]
• Gould, Mr Alan [PDF: 14 KB]
• Government of Victoria [PDF: 78 KB]
• GPSat Systems Australia [PDF: 101 KB]
• Graham Banks & Associates Airport Consultancy [PDF: 522 KB]
• Griffith University [PDF: 33 KB]
• Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators, Australian Region [PDF: 111 KB]
• Hamilton, Mr William [PDF: 879 KB]
• Harman, Capt Ken [PDF: 28 KB]
• Harrington, Mr Andrew [PDF: 72 KB]
• Harris, Miller, Miller and Hanson [PDF: 292 KB]
• Hesse, Mr Trevor [PDF: 19 KB]
• Hodges, J [PDF: 11 KB]
• Hogg, Ms Bev [PDF: 10 KB]
• Hornsby Shire Council [PDF: 232 KB]
• Hotel Motel & Accommodation Association [PDF: 125 KB]
• Housing Industry Association (HIA) [PDF: 288 KB]
• Hume City Council [PDF: 704 KB]
• Hunter Economic Development Corporation [PDF: 40 KB]
• Hunter Land [PDF: 2592 KB]
• Huynh, Mr Khoa [PDF: 607 KB]
• Industry Funds Management [PDF: 1543 KB]
• International Air Transport Association (IATA) [PDF: 572 KB]
• James Cook University QLD [PDF: 392 KB]
• Jandakot Airport [PDF: 17 KB]
• Jenssen, Mr Harold [PDF: 193 KB]
• Karykowski, Mr Jeffrey [PDF: 15 KB]
• Kimpton, Mr James [PDF: 19 KB]
• Liquor Hospitality & Misc Union [PDF: 43 KB]
• Lloyd, Mr GA (Peter) [PDF: 28 KB]
• Local Government Association of NSW [PDF: 59 KB]
• Local Government Association of Queensland [PDF: 68 KB]
• Lovett, Mr Peter [PDF: 396 KB]
• Lower Eyre Peninsula District Council [PDF: 284 KB]
• Mackay Ports Authority [PDF: 78 KB]
• Maddigan, Ms Judy MP [PDF: 432 KB]
• Maroon, Mr Keith [PDF: 45 KB]
• Marrickville Council [PDF: 31 KB]
• Marshall, Mr Robert [PDF: 17 KB]
• May, Dr Murray [PDF: 69 KB]
• Mazzarino, Mr/Ms Sal [PDF: 1124 KB]
• McCall, Mrs Marion [PDF: 11 KB]
• Mission Aviation Fellowship [PDF: 92 KB]
• Moorabbin Airport Residents Association Inc [PDF: 84 KB]
• Morandini, Mr John [PDF: 103 KB]
• Moree Plains Shire Council [PDF: 663 KB]
• Mornington Peninsula Shire Council [PDF: 195 KB]
• Mushalik, Mr Matt [PDF: 948 KB]
• Newcastle Airport [PDF: 226 KB]
• Northern Territory Airports [PDF: 839 KB]
• Northern Territory Department of Planning & Infrastructure [PDF: 71 KB]
• NSW Business Chamber [PDF: 289 KB]
• NSW Disability Discrimination Legal Centre [PDF: 88 KB] [DOC: 90 KB]
• NSW Government [PDF: 167 KB]
• Overnight Airfreight Operators Association (OAOA) [PDF: 465 KB]
• Palmer, Ms Barbara [PDF: 526 KB]
• Parkes Shire Council [PDF: 291 KB]
• Partridge, Ms Jo-An [PDF: 66 KB]
• Paspaley Pearls Group of Companies [PDF: 431 KB]
• Paton, Mr Tony [PDF: 14 KB]
• Patton, Mr Ron & Mrs Cynthia [PDF: 434 KB]
• Pauka, Mr Charles [PDF: 233 KB]
• Peel Development Commission [PDF: 22 KB]
• Penfold, Ms Liz, MP [PDF: 41 KB]
• Penrith City Council [PDF: 16 KB] [DOC: 82 KB]
• Perth Airport [PDF: 2410 KB]
• Perth Airports Municipalities Group [PDF: 3322 KB]
• Phillips, Mr Stephen (Uni of South Australia) [PDF: 94 KB]
• Phoenix Aero Club [PDF: 1803 KB]
• Physical Disability Council of Australia (PDCA) [PDF: 72 KB] [DOC: 175 KB]
• Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) [PDF: 191 KB]
• Prestidge, Ms Corrine [PDF: 9 KB]
• Public Interest Advocacy Centre [PDF: 263 KB]
• Qantas Group [PDF: 1732 KB]
• QBE Australia [PDF: 276 KB]
• Qld Aviation Industry Leaders Council [PDF: 39 KB]
• Queanbeyan Business Council [PDF: 95 KB]
• Queanbeyan City Council [PDF: 94 KB]
• Queensland Airports Ltd [PDF: 187 KB]
• Queensland State Government [PDF: 730 KB]
• Queensland University of Technology [PDF: 559 KB]
• Rainsford, Ms Judith [PDF: 158 KB]
• Rapiscan Australia [PDF: 2830 KB]
• Recreational Aviation Australia-RA-Aus [PDF: 194 KB]
• Rees, Mr Tony [PDF: 27 KB]
• Regional Aviation Association of Australia [PDF: 4929 KB]
• Regional Express (REX) [PDF: 250 KB]
• Rejto, Mr Peter [PDF: 17 KB]
• Richens, Ms Alison [PDF: 12 KB]
• Richmond Valley Council [PDF: 179 KB]
• Rivermouth Action Group [PDF: 20 KB]
• Rose, Mr Ben [PDF: 71 KB]
• Rose, Mr Eric [PDF: 17 KB]
• Royal Aero Club of Western Australia [PDF: 536 KB]
• Royal Aeronautical Society - Australian Division Inc [PDF: 195 KB]
• Royal Federation of Aero Clubs of Australia [PDF: 106 KB]
• Royal Victorian Aero Club [PDF: 71 KB]
• Safeskies Australia Conferences Inc [PDF: 357 KB]
• Save the Moorabbin Golf Course Group [PDF: 50 KB] [PDF: 1086 KB]
• Sayer, Mr David [PDF: 15 KB]
• Shopping Centre Council of Australia [PDF: 318 KB]
• Simmons, Mr Clayton [PDF: 52 KB]
• Singapore Airlines [PDF: 62 KB]
• Sloggie, Mr Neil [PDF: 33 KB]
• South Australian Freight Council [PDF: 222 KB]
• South Australian Government [PDF: 96 KB]
• Spitfire Memorial Defence Fellowship [PDF: 511 KB]
• Spring, Ms Harriet [PDF: 11 KB]
• Stanier, Mr Robin [PDF: 25 KB]
• Stewart, Ms Margaret [PDF: 10 KB]
• Sturges, Graeme Hon MP Minister for Infrastructure, Tasmania [PDF: 847 KB]
• Sunshine Coast Airport [PDF: 2954 KB]
• Sustainable Transport Coalition of WA [PDF: 192 KB]
• Swinburne University of Technology [PDF: 1224 KB]
• Sydney Airport Corporation Limited [PDF: 109 KB]
• Tanner, Kip[PDF: 16 KB]
• Tarrant, Mr Kevin, & Ms Colleen [PDF: 29 KB]
• Thomson, Mr Kelvin MP [PDF: 265 KB]
• Tiger Airways [PDF: 163 KB]
• Tiju, Mr Thomas [PDF: 25 KB]
• Tourism and Transport Forum [PDF: 322 KB]
• Tourism Industry Council – Act & Region [PDF: 251 KB]
• Tourism Western Australia [PDF: 680 KB]
• Transport Workers Union of Australia [PDF: 1304 KB]
• Tucker, Mr Richard [PDF: 133 KB]
• Tyabb and District Ratepayers, Business & Environmental Group [PDF: 317 KB]
• Unisys [PDF: 91 KB]
• United Firefighters’ Union of Australia [PDF: 141 KB]
• Unmanned Aircraft Technology Applications Research (UATAR) [PDF: 86 KB]
• UNSW City Futures Research Centre [PDF: 290 KB]
• Urban Development Institute of Australia [PDF: 29 KB]
• Urban Taskforce [PDF: 214 KB]
• Van de Wiel, Mr Stan [PDF: 39 KB]
• VEIC, VTIC, MAA and BOAV [PDF: 92 KB]
• Victorian Airfreight Council Ltd [PDF: 1106 KB]
• Victorian State Opposition [PDF: 56 KB]
• Village Building Co [PDF: 813 KB]
• Virgin Blue Airlines [PDF: 313 KB]
• Vision Australia [PDF: 43 KB] [DOC: 234 KB]
• Vlaskine, Mr Vsevolod [PDF: 14 KB]
• V-TOL Aerospace [PDF: 40 KB]
• Wakefield Group [PDF: 317 KB]
• Walton, Ms Nancy-Bird [PDF: 415 KB]
• Western Australian Local Government Association (WALGA) [PDF: 113 KB]
• Western Australian State Government [PDF: 1114 KB]
• Western Sydney Alliance [PDF: 275 KB]
• Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (WSROC) [PDF: 373 KB]
• Wexco [PDF: 380 KB]
• Willans, Mr Geoffrey [PDF: 50 KB]
• Wirga, Dr Maria-Stefania [PDF: 15 KB]
• Wood, Mr Jason MP [PDF: 131 KB]
• Woollard, Mr Bruce & Killen, Ms Margaret Ann [PDF: 27 KB]
• Wright, Mr RG [PDF: 114 KB]
• Yap, Mr David [PDF: 55 KB]
• Yowie, Mr Tim [PDF: 30 KB]
• Zeil, Mr Jochen [PDF: 36 KB]

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