Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee
2 November 2020
Dear Mr Buckley
Invitation to give evidence at a public hearing on the general aviation industry
On behalf of the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee I invite you to attend a public hearing with the committee on the inquiry into general aviation, with particular reference to aviation in rural, regional and remote Australia.
Date: Friday, 20 November 2020
Location: Senate Committee Room
2S
3
Parliament House, Canberra
Your appearance: 12.
45pm – 1.
15pm
Via videoconference or teleconference
Please confirm with the secretariat the method in which you intend to appear before the Committee.
The hearing is scheduled to commence at 9.30am and run through to approximately 1.45 pm.
Please email the secretariat staff about 15 minutes before your scheduled time and let them know you are ready to join the videoconference.
Arrangements to connect to the hearing for videoconferencing appearance
The attached document,
Videoconference Instructions, provides important information on how to connect to the hearing on Friday 20 November 2020.
Testing your connection
All witnesses appearing before the Committee via videoconference will need to undertake a videoconference test. Please us the following self-testing link to test your connection prior to the hearing date.
https://www.webex.com/test-meeting.html
Hansard Witness Forms
A completed Hansard witness form for every witness appearing is required (use the attached document or download this from http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard available at the bottom left of the web page). Please return this to[email protected] by COB Friday 13 November 2020.
What to expect on the day
At the beginning of your appearance, the Chair will invite you to make a brief opening statement of approximately 5 minutes, in which you may wish to outline your main arguments, summarise your views or highlight
the issues you would like to emphasise for the committee. The committee does not usually permit visual aids or Powerpoint presentations to be used in opening statements.
Following your opening statement, the committee will ask questions, seek information relevant to the inquiry's terms of reference and allow you to amplify any points made in your opening remarks. If you wish to provide further documentation to the committee, please email the secretariat a digital copy for distribution.
The hearing is public and will be broadcast and recorded
The hearing is a public event, and
the hearing will be available to audio stream on the Parliament's website at www.aph.gov.au/Watch_Read_Listen.
Hansard transcription will be made of the hearing, which will become official records of the Australian Parliament. This will also be a public and freely accessible document, including being placed on the internet.
Given this, if you consider there may be a need to give evidence confidentially, it is important that you let the committee secretariat know well in advance.
Further information
Some material to guide witnesses appearing before Senate committees is available at
https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary...public_hearing
On behalf of the committee, thank you for your participation in this inquiry. Should you require any additional information or assistance, please contact the committee secretariat on (02) 6277 3511.
Yours sincerely,
Paula Waring, Principal Research Officer
On behalf of
Gerry McInally – Committee Secretary
Paula Waring | Principal Research Officer
Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
Joint Select Committee on Road Safety
SG.62 | Department of the Senate
Phone 02 6277 3025
www.aph.gov.au/senate