The bush lawyer in me notes certain words of obvious importance in that draft legislation:
91.080 Bringing firearm into cabin of aircraft etc
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), a person commits an offence if:
(a) the person brings a firearm into the cabin of an aircraft; and
(b) before the firearm is brought into the cabin of the aircraft, the pilot in command of the aircraft has not consented, in writing, to the person bringing the firearm into the cabin of the aircraft.
Penalty: 25 penalty units.
(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a person who is authorised under another law of the Commonwealth to possess the firearm on the aircraft.
(3) Subject to subregulation (4), a person commits an offence if:
(a) the person possesses a loaded firearm in the cabin of an aircraft; and
(b) before the person possesses the loaded firearm in the cabin of the aircraft, the pilot in command of the aircraft has not consented, in writing, to the person possessing a loaded firearm in the cabin of the aircraft.
Penalty: 25 penalty units.
Interesting! One assumes a permit would not be required and no offense committed if a firearm (loaded or unloaded??) was being carried in an external luggage locker (e.g. a wing locker, not accessible from the cabin in flight), with or without the written approval of the PIC??