Arch Bevis (Brisbane, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Aviation and Transport Security) Share this | Hansard source

My question without notice is again to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services. Is the minister aware that at Dubbo airport passengers are not screened with metal detector wands or walk-through metal detectors before entering the tarmac and boarding their aircraft—unless it is a jet—even when their flight is a direct flight to Australia’s largest airport, Sydney? Is he aware that carry-on baggage is not even examined for weapons or explosives before entering planes which fly into Sydney? Is the minister also aware that about 20 metres from the new security gate—this gate, Minister—there is an old farmyard gate that opens onto the tarmac, which was left open and unattended last week when this photo was taken.

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