I wonder if the portfolio was ever offered to Sussan Ley, current Health Minister.
CPL, and ex ATC..... I wonder what she 'could have' done?

But there ya go, dreamin' agin'....

Cheers:rolleyes:

11am news on ABC24 is tipping Darren Chester as the likely new Transport minister.

That which Fieldmouse said:
...is correct.

I wonder how Mr Chester views his safety in his seat?

How do we secure a Parliamentary Secretary for Aviaiton within the Transport ministry?

Start lobbying! Everyone to write to their local Member and the Minister....once we know who he (or she) is!

Maybe Dick can assist.

Folks,
We still don't know who is going to be the new Minister for Infrastructure, traditionally taken by the leader of the Nats. in a Lib/Nat government.
I certainly hope Barnaby does, unlike Truss he has a pulse, and is not one who is overawed by public servants.

In my dealing with him, I have been most impressed, and he is very quick on the uptake. He is no fan of Canberra bureaucracy and red tape. He understands risk based regulation, the vital importance of cost/benefit justification.

He has been a big user of GA (as has/is Senator Nash) and I have no doubt plenty have used the opportunity to convey their views of CASA as a friendly, efficient and flexible body, praised and respected by all throughout the aviation community ---- or not, as the case may be.

Don't be fooled by his apparent public persona (fanned by a very anti inner city based chardonnay socialist media). Out of the spotlight, he is as sharp as a tack, even if a proportion of the LNP don't like him much.

Tootle pip!!

It's Chester.

Some new blood. Bound to be an improvement .

I am sure the PM has made this decision based on the fact that he knows of the difficulties the GA industry has been in.

Make sure we communicate that we need to harmonise with the lowest cost proven safe practices from around the world- not the most expensive from Europe.

DIck, we need to run senate candidates in every state.

Do you know anyone that would be willing to take up that fight?

So Darren Chester gets the gig. Good on him.

(I do like Barnaby Joyce as on an overnight G.A. trip to St George some years ago, I met him. He was on his way home from his electorate office and I met him on the street. And yes, he struck me as a very decent person.)

But that has nothing to do with his current position. Barnaby now has serious political aspirations.


"I am sure the PM has made this decision based on the fact that he knows of the difficulties the GA industry has been in."


Dick, Your sense of humour prevails!

I hear Darren Chester is a "young charger" who is intent on achieving change. I think we could do worse.

Well to Chesters credit
 

He was a willing member of the Gippsland mafia who made damn sure Bae wasn't getting Air 5428 at Tamworth, however much cash had to be injected 'down south' to make it happen. So he knows how to achieve an aviation outcome.

This bloke owes his meteoritic rise to his stance on gay marriage, nothing to do with aviation or common sense.


It's been said before by wiser heads than mine, "If I wanted gay marriage, an army of victims, mid east immigration, carbon tax or a socialist agenda, I would have voted Labor in the first place".


We have the government we deserve. They all appear to sip from the same chalice.


Barnaby has some merit, though I'm unsure how much.

Well, Barnaby certainly showed us all how capable he is of grasping the nettle when he dealt with the issue of Jack Sparrow's dogs.
He also demonstrated his powers of diplomacy by involving himself in the Gina Reinhart family squabble.

Now, is he capable of earning his keep in this portfolio?
If he succumbs to 'Truss Disease', we might as well all pack up and go home.

Darren Chester has shown a bit of spark, so far, so let's see.