Terrorism is currently ‘off topic’ for a new Senate Inquiry into the ‘adequacy of aviation and maritime security measures to combat serious and organised crime.’
The inquiry was ordered on Monday by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission and announced this afternoon.
The committee will examine the effectiveness of current administrative and law enforcement [...]
Tag Archives: terrorism
Terrorism excluded from Senate inquiry into ’serious and organised’ border crime
September 15, 2009 – 5:36 pm
Never mind lasers, this is much more serious
September 12, 2009 – 9:03 am
Hey, kids. Bored, angry, confused, technically skilled, and looking for a challenge? How about an after burner equipped model of a jet fighter? A group of model aircraft enthusiasts somewhere in Scandinavia have posted this YouTube of the test flight of such a missi…er, scaled replica of the multi-role F-16 fighter.
Just the thing for, let [...]
Wreckage sighted, tabloid lies exposed, and terrorism not ruled out in Air France crash
June 3, 2009 – 6:47 am
In the second period of daylight in the AF447 search zone some widespread wreckage, not yet confirmed as coming from the missing jet has been spotted from the air in conditions of generally poor visibility.
It isn’t clear how long it will take for a ship to retrieve any of the objects.
The text-messages-from-the-jet story in Brazil’s [...]
America goes insane
March 18, 2009 – 7:30 am
There are now 1 million entries on the federal government’s terrorist watch list, according to USA TODAY, up nearly one-third since 2007. The growth comes even as officials work to delete names that should not be on the list. Last year, 33,000 entries were removed, often in response to “redress” requests from frustrated airline passengers.
This [...]
Two tickets from London for every passenger?
December 1, 2008 – 9:31 am
A UK airline has responded in a background note to the recent post about the new Air Passenger Duty charges and how they will rob Qantas to pay Emirates.
It says the UK government changed its original plan to impose the duty on the flights, in which it would make the airline pay the aggregate charge [...]
Fear, loathing and stupidity at Brisbane airport
September 29, 2008 – 7:51 am
Brisbane airport last night was a perfect reminder that Australia relies on implausible scenarios, imperfectly screened, to create an impression that air travel is secure.
Early in the evening a number of Qantas passengers, the Courier-Mail says there were only three of them, reached their departure gates in the ‘airside’ part of the terminal without [...]
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