JOINT COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT
Further inquiry into aviation security in Australia.
23rd November 2005
Sydney
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Question: Qantas Baggage Handling
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Ms Sharon Grierson MP
Australian Labour Party
Ms GRIERSON—Finally on baggage handling, do you think it is currently possible for baggage handlers to remove or introduce bags without attracting any attention or being detected or screened in any way.
Page.40
Ms Sharon Grierson MP
Australian Labour Party
Ms GRIERSON—Finally on baggage handling, do you think it is currently possible for baggage handlers to remove or introduce bags without attracting any attention or being detected or screened in any way.
Answer to the question
ASKEW, Mr Geoffrey, Head of Group Security, Qantas Airways Ltd
Mr Askew—One would not say anything is impossible, but these are areas that change from airport to airport. The infrastructure is different, the lighting is different, the people are different. Sometimes bags transfer between terminals and they are transferred by an individual of a nighttime or daytime. It is possible, and Qantas is working very hard to make sure that our transfer, bags are always under some sort of supervision and observation so that we if do not eliminate, we certainly reduce that opportunity. That is one of our proactive strategies, if you like, that we are working on not only here in Australia but throughout our network.
Source File
http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/committees/commjnt/8904/toc_pdf/4401-2.pdf
Mr Askew—One would not say anything is impossible, but these are areas that change from airport to airport. The infrastructure is different, the lighting is different, the people are different. Sometimes bags transfer between terminals and they are transferred by an individual of a nighttime or daytime. It is possible, and Qantas is working very hard to make sure that our transfer, bags are always under some sort of supervision and observation so that we if do not eliminate, we certainly reduce that opportunity. That is one of our proactive strategies, if you like, that we are working on not only here in Australia but throughout our network.
Source File
http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/committees/commjnt/8904/toc_pdf/4401-2.pdf
