House debates Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment (1999 Montreal Convention and Other Measures) Bill 2008

Second Reading

Wednesday, 28 May 2008 House of Representatives

Richard Marles

Richard Marles Corio, Australian Labor Party

10:02 am

Madam Deputy Speaker, this is highly relevant. When you look at the package of materials in relation to this bill, the thing that immediately jumps out at you is that the Montreal convention was made in May 1999 and we are now sitting here in May 2008. The only conclusion we can reach is that the Howard government was asleep at the wheel or busy doing other things—for example, engaging in the Regional Partnerships program, focusing on the Seawind fiasco. It is important that that is borne out.

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