More excellent questioning from Fawcett. This is a bloke who understands risk management, unlike the mi mi mi muppets in charge of the ATsB and CAsA asylums
How embarrassing that Beaker, the master bean counter/ex Comcare/ex department of agriculture/ex CFO/excrement can't answer a question about strict liability?? Back to the abacus and law books for you Herr Beaker. Doesn't know, puuuuuulease Mr Beaker, stop, I have a sore throat from laughing
And all that head bobbing, mi mi mi-ing and uncomfortable movements, could Beaker himself be a drone? I think yes!!
And the Heff! What about him! Straight for the Beakers jugular, nice work. These things only weigh 2kg and are pretty much unregulated, no worries, no risk there. And importantly we shall shelve any reports, fail to close the loop, and wait till a UAV ends up in a Roller and there is an accident, then we will re-look at the unclosed cases. Hell says Beaker, it works for CAsA!
The Senate, unfortunately, has become a circus, a comedy act, a titter on the stand up comedy stage. It is a place where the Senators have an understanding of safety, risk mitigation, investigative processes and regulations. However the $300 - $500k bureaucrats steering the departments are an embarrassment to Australia and to our industry and don't know **** from clay. Surely this **** is a bad dream? You couldn't script something so ridiculous.
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