Carmody/Albanese/Rudd,
You guys have both hands on it if you think this will have any positive impact on aviation security. This is window dressing in an election year.
While airport security screening ponts are staffed by the calibre of person currently employed, this new system will be open to abuse or at best not used to it's optimum capability.
Assuming for a moment it is used correctly and ethically, airport security will continue to be a farce in oz when numerous workers, (porters/caterers/engineers/contractors) cross from roadside to airside and back several times a day unscreened.
And another thing, who was the aipa knob on the news giving this the "pilot's tick of approval" and why?