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Old 23rd Apr 2013, 07:40
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Nice summary Oleo and in a nutshell presents Ziggy with her dilemma. When Labor were in opposition they had all the evidence they needed that CASA needed to be changed.

CASA has spent over $9 million on so-called management change. Where are we today? It is almost as if that money was just poured down the drain because of the failure of leadership, a lack of ministerial interest and without a doubt - as the ATSB Report clearly states in black and white - if CASA had been doing its job, theLockhart River accident which saw 15 Australians lose their lives, could have been avoided.
Labor has been in power for 6 years and we are still having inquiries about the state of aviation in Australia.

My suggestion to Ziggy would be to get in touch with Shane Urquart whose daughter was on the Lockhart River flight to pool resources and demonstrate to the pollies the human cost of CASAs failings. In America the Senate has rejected common sense changes to gun laws despite the families of the recent kindergarten shooting lobbying the Senators. I think that gives an indication of the difficulties she will face but thats not to say don't bother.
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