I hope I’m wrong, too!
But let’s look closely at the language in Mr Truss’s statement (my bolding).
The report makes 26 recommendations to improve the conduct, regulation and procedures governing aviation incident investigations, which the Committee argues were not up to scratch.
But do you
agree with that argument, Mr Truss?
The Report raises serious issues of process that must be addressed.
So the only serious issues raised in the report were about “process”, Mr Truss? No serious issues about the competence or integrity of individuals within government? No serious issues about lack of clarity in rules? No serious issues about the attitude of industry to CASA and the ATSB?
And there is an omission from the statement that screams volumes (or maybe I missed this bit): “If elected, a coalition government will move immediately to […insert text that would be inserted by a government that had half a clue and some strategic vision beyond its re-election…].