The ASRR, released in June, called for substantial cultural and structural changes at CASA and for better leadership of and coordination between Australia’s aviation safety agencies.
Chairman Hawke will be busy calling on all of his 35+ years of bureaucratic spin to make sure the government response is as weak, non-committal and diluted as possible. The draft is then run by the lawyers, the PMC, Sleepy Truss and Pumpkin Head. Then Mr Hawke has to find some nice soft paper to print it on and then find a subtle calendar day when everyone is distracted (Sunny knows how this bit works) and quietly release their non-committal dribble.
Don't hold your breath boys...