The senate hearing at page 28 is as follows:
Senator XENOPHON: I want to go to the request for a CASA special audit. That was only requested by the ATSB on 4 July this year?
Mr Dolan: That sounds about right, yes.
Senator XENOPHON: Were you aware that there was a special audit?
Mr Dolan: Yes.
Senator XENOPHON: Prior to 4 July?
Mr Dolan: Yes.
Senator XENOPHON: For roughly what time period were you aware of that special audit?
Mr Dolan: Because we have regular meetings with CASA to talk about various information, we would have been aware of it at the time they kicked it off.
Senator XENOPHON: And you did not think it was relevant for the purposes of your report to obtain a copy of that special audit?
Mr Dolan: Our focus was the en route side of this—
Senator XENOPHON: No, your brief is much wider than that.
Mr Dolan: I know, but we scoped our investigation in that way. We did not see that there was direct significance in the regulatory exercises that CASA was undertaking in relation to the pilot or in relation to the—
Senator XENOPHON: How would you know without seeing the special audit report what its significance would be?
Mr Dolan: We were trying to understand might need changing in the existing rule set that CASA regulates. CASA was giving force to its responsibilities requiring that the existing rule set is complied with—and that is the difference between us as an investigator and CASA as the regulator. So we do not see that it was directly relevant.
Question here is:
Where is the evidence Mr. Dolan and why can you not just answer a simple Yes or No and why do you not just in fact, give an answer.
Would help all of us to be more confident that you can get it right and not be influenced by outside influences and take all available information "on-board" and then develop a proper report as is required by Annex. 13