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Tuesday, 10 February 2004
Page: 24298

(Question No. 2718)


Mr McClelland asked the Minister for Transport and Regional Services, upon notice, on 4 November 2003:

(1)  Has the Board of Airservices Australia taken a decision to pursue the integration of terminal control units located in Sydney, Adelaide and Perth; if so, when does it intend to achieve integration.

(2)  What will integration involve and, in particular, will it involve personnel being moved or retrenched from terminal control units; if so, (a) from which airports will that occur, and (b) how many employees will be affected.


Mr Anderson —The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:

(1)  The Board of Airservices Australia decided on 22 August 2003 to delay the consolidation of TCUs until 2012, subject to the in situ efficiencies identified by staff being delivered by the end of next year. Airservices will consult the Government before any final decision is taken to close a TCU.

(2)  The long lead time will allow close consultation with staff and their representatives to develop integration plans which minimise impacts on staff and give them the opportunity to arrange their own plans with a higher level of certainty. The details of numbers affected and timing will come from this planning process, but the earliest date any current controllers will be required to relocate is September 2008.