Senate Standing Committee Mr Dick Pearson Rural & Regional Affairs & Transport Secretary, SKAAG Inc. Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600

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17 December 2020

Dear Sir/Madam,

Subject: Supplementary Submission to Previous Submission No. 43 Senate Inquiry - General Aviation Industry

This supplementary submission relates to Terms of Reference (d) ‘any other matter’ and is presented to help explain commentary in the earlier submission (No. 43) lodged by the Save Action Group Inc. with endorsement by affiliated community groups.

Australian Standard 2021:2015 The following statements were included under Standards in the Conclusions section of the earlier submission:

• AS 2021:2015 was not designed for the purpose of determining ‘acceptable’ levels of aircraft noise for existing residential properties that were not sited or constructed to meet the standard.

• AS 2021:2015 is repeatedly and deliberately misapplied by consultants and client Councils in assessing the social impact of flight training operations on existing residents.

The following recommendation was included in that submission:

That the Department approach Standards to develop a Standard covering the acceptability level/s of aircraft generated ‘constant noise density’ in the outdoor environment subject to human habitation and occupation. Request Standards Australia verify that current AS 2021:2015 is not fit for this purpose.

The following evidence is now attached that collectively supports the conclusions and recommendation:

• CV - Dr Rob Bullen: Note that Dr Bullen is a member of Standards Australia Committee EV-011- Aircraft & Helicopter Noise. Dr Bullen was the lead author of AS 2021:2015.

• Extract - Page 5: Dr Bullen’s peer review findings re application of AS 2021 in the Noise Management Plan prepared for Kempsey Shire Council by consultants The Airport Group (TAG).

• Letter from Kempsey Shire Council to President of SKAAG Inc: Note highlighted admissions and justifications for misapplication of AS 2021 to airports Australia wide, given ‘no other available or appropriate alternative noise criteria to assess aircraft noise exposure on existing residents.’

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Offensiveness Page 3, paragraph 4, last sentence of the earlier submission read:

‘The fact that many of the training entities are foreign owned and train pilots exclusively for their own airlines is offensive to impacted residents’.

The thrust of the comment is that foreign aviation interests appear to trump the interests of residents living in the vicinity of rural and regional aerodromes.

Community objections to industrial scale flight training businesses suddenly appearing at previously unaffected rural aerodromes is about the adverse impacts on residents, regardless of ownership of the business entities or the nationality of the student pilots. Residents’ objections would still arise even if it were training pilots for , Rex or any other Australian airline.

What residents find ‘offensive’ is the fact that they are expected to sacrifice their amenity, well-being and mental health to satisfy the interests of foreign business entities. How many people do you throw under a bus for the supposed ‘local economic benefits’? This view has existed for a decade or more but has been amplified by the current state of diplomatic relationships with China - a significant player in the ownership of flight training entities in Australia and supplier of trainee pilots.

See links below to ABC News articles. These articles to help explain the situation outlined above:

• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-07/mildura-pilot-school-allegedly-funded-with- embezzled-china-loans/12032616?nw=0

• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-24/mildura-flying-school-chinese-students-laser- pointers-jam-radios/12181800

The alleged deplorable and illegal actions of some people as reported in the ABC News article dated 24 April 2020 regarding laser pointers, jamming radio signals and racial abuse is inexcusable. However, it goes to show the level of community frustration and anger resulting from politicians and authorities failing to address the root cause - flight training, particularly circuit training.

Whilst the foreign ownership issue is not directly related to aviation legislation per se, it does have direct relevance to General Aviation and should be addressed by the Senate Committee.

The issue of AS 2021:2015 being not fit for purpose and consistently misapplied by aviation industry consultants and local councils due to the absence of an appropriate alternative does have direct and significant relevance to the General Aviation industry and its relationship with those on the ground.

I respectfully ask the Senate Committee recognise this as being ‘any other matter’ under its Terms of Reference and deal with it effectively as recommended in the initial submission (No. 43).

Yours sincerely,

Consider signed if sent via email or aph account. Dick Pearson Secretary, Save Kempsey Airport Action Group Inc.

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-24/mildura-flying-school-chinese-students-laser-pointers- jam-radios/12181800

Flying school for Chinese pilots reports racial abuse, laser pointer attacks and jammed radio signals

ABC Mildura-

By Christopher Testa Posted FriFriday 24 AprApril 2020 at 5:01pm

QantasLink is among those to have raised concerns about increased activity at the airport.(ABC News: Christopher Testa)

Reports of interference with aircraft radio communications and the use of laser pointers at one of regional 's busiest airports, where a flying school trains pilots for Chinese airlines, are being investigated.

Key points:

• International Aviation Alliance CEO Simon Clemence said tensions over the academy's presence meant it had become "reluctant to even let [the students] out" • Mr Clemence, who is also Mildura's mayor, said unknown persons had jammed radio frequencies • A spokeswoman for the Australian Communications and Media Authority said it was investigating a complaint

The International Aviation Alliance academy has been subject to a number of complaints about noise, however CEO Simon Clemence said tensions over its presence in Mildura had escalated to the point where the academy had become "reluctant to even let [the students] out".

Mr Clemence, who is also Mildura's mayor, said unknown persons had jammed radio frequencies to prevent its aircraft from operating, and aimed laser pointers at its planes.

And, he added, Chinese student pilots aged in their 20s had been subjected to racial abuse on aircraft radios and in public.

"All the rednecks are coming out and quite literally attacking us," he said.

Academy helping amid covid-19: Clemence

The flying school opened to much fanfare in 2019, when Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack announced the Federal Government would contribute $2 million toward the installation of an instrument landing system at the airport.

Mr McCormack at the time said the funding was allocated because Anne Webster, then the Nationals candidate for Mallee, "continually rang me and rang me and rang me" and said the region needed the landing system to attract flying schools to Mildura.

The academy has been subject to a number of complaints about noise. (ABC News: Christopher Testa)

But in recent weeks, enough "distressed" constituents had written to Dr Webster angry about noise from late-night training flights that the MP had written to the flying academy to ask it to consider changing its schedule.

Part of the school's plan to alleviate those concerns involves expanding to places like Swan Hill, whose council this week voted to pursue negotiations that could eventually lead to 200 Chinese student pilots learning to fly at the Swan Hill Aerodrome, despite some councillors' concerns.

Mr Clemence said the academy's presence had helped some businesses in Mildura survive the downturn associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, and that it was even courting interest from the Tasmanian Government.

But while business leaders and local councils were attracted to the academy's promise of an economic boost, Mr Clemence said the students had been subjected to vigilante behaviour in the community.

A spokeswoman for the Australian Communications and Media Authority said it was investigating a complaint about interference to licensed radio communications services at Mildura Airport and had encouraged the airport's management to report the matter to police.

Mr Clemence said while there were genuine community concerns about aircraft noise and foreign ownership, he felt "anti-Chinese sentiment" was fuelling much of the outrage at a time when coronavirus was spreading.

"If this was Qantas, would anyone really be making all the complaints and allegations they are making now? I don't think so," he said.

ATSB found no need to investigate report

QantasLink is among those to have raised concerns about how increased training flights have made Mildura Airport a more difficult place to fly to.

In a recent airspace review, the carrier told the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) it had begun to find radio traffic at Mildura "challenging", with pilots commonly encountering "poor or miscommunication" on radio calls.

Virgin Australia, another of the three commercial airlines to service Mildura, also told the review none of CASA's recommendations would address the risk of "insufficient or ineffective communication" involving student pilots whose first language was not English.

Peter Guest, a recreational pilot from Mildura, said he had encountered communication issues on multiple occasions, and felt it was "just pure luck that there hasn't been a collision yet".

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) contacted Mr Guest this week after learning of an incident last Sunday (April 19) in which he claimed a pilot from the flying school failed to respond to his radio call as he prepared to land.

The ATSB decided no further investigation was warranted.

CASA spokesman Peter Gibson said more education about radio use at Mildura was planned but stressed the airspace was safe, with three incidents recorded over the past year out of almost 20,000 flights.

"We don't believe there are any immediate safety concerns [but] it doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement," he said.

Posted 24 April 2020

Key points: • A Chinese businessman linked to a company embroiled in complex fraud allegations has invested millions into a pilot training academy in Mildura

• The local mayor has started as group chief executive of the school's operations, raising concerns about potential conflicts of interest

• An academic says it's difficult for councils that lack resources to investigate sources of investment

Zhang Wenwei's pilot academy was a major beneficiary of a $2 million Commonwealth grant announced by Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack before last year's election.

Mr Zhang was even hailed by Mr McCormack at a 2019 press conference for investing in Mildura and the future of aviation.

But the ABC has uncovered a complex web of companies in Shaanxi province, linking Mr Zhang, the Mildura academy and its majority shareholder to companies in China alleged to have stolen more than $100 million from a Chinese bank.

Professor Clive Hamilton of Charles Sturt University said he had seen many examples of foreign investment in regional Australia in which local and federal governments had failed to do due diligence on the source of the funds.

A tangled web

PHOTO: Zhang Wenwei has reportedly spent $40 million setting up the academy. (Supplied: Caixin)

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The pilot academy's corporate structure is complex, but its operations come under the umbrella of a company formed in July 2017 called International Aviation Alliance Pty Ltd.

International Aviation Alliance's sole shareholder is a Chinese company called Shaanxi Huichuang Culture and Tourism Development Co Ltd, which is in turn 100 per cent owned by Shaanxi Panshi Financial Holding Group Co.

Until November 2017, Mr Zhang was listed as a director of Shaanxi Panshi Financial — a company embroiled in complex fraud allegations that were exposed by respected Chinese financial journal Caixin in August 2019.

Caixin's investigation centred on a 2016 loan deal that left state-owned conglomerate Shaanxi Financial Holding Group owing hundreds of millions of borrowed yuan as guarantors.

Exim Bank of China, in Shaanxi, extended most of the loans, and was approached by the ABC about the alleged loan defaults but said it had "no further comment".

The Caixin article said Mr Zhang had since gone to Australia, where he had established a flying school.

INFOGRAPHIC: The pilot academy's corporate structure is complex. (ABC News) According to a December 2019 prospectus issued by the state-owned enterprise that guaranteed the loans, Shaanxi Financial Holding Group, a China-based representative of Mr Zhang agreed to provide a counter guarantee for the loans using securities.

Relevant authorities of the Shaanxi provincial government have frozen assets worth about CNY450 million ($98 million) directly, or indirectly, controlled by Mr Zhang.

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Shaanxi Financial Holding Group could not be reached for comment, but it issued a statement the day after the Caixin article was published, thanking the journal for running it.

According to International Aviation Alliance's 2018 financials, which were filed a year late, the auditor queried the liquidity of IAA if loans from Shaanxi Huichuang it existed upon were recalled.

The ABC approached Mr Zhang for comment but he said he was too busy and was flying to New Zealand.

The ABC put written questions to Mr Zhang but did not receive a response in time for publication.

PHOTO: Mr Zhang reportedly made his fortune operating a driving school in Yulin. (Google Maps) Little information is publicly available about Mr Zhang, although Caixin's 2019 article claimed he was born in Shaanxi in 1975 and was a former officer in the People's Liberation Army who became a self-made businessman and "struck gold" operating a driving school in the city of Yulin.

The ABC attempted to visit a home it believes is Mr Zhang's in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton, but there was no answer.

The sole director and company secretary of International Aviation Alliance, according to the ASIC registry, is Cameron Sutton, the general manager of a Mildura motel and a member of the Murray Regional Tourism Board.

Mr Sutton, former IAA director Jing "Joanna" Zhou, and William Cheng, an intermediary of Mr Zhang, have been repeatedly contacted for comment.

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There is no suggestion that Mr Sutton, Ms Zhou or Mr Cheng are involved in or have any knowledge of the fraud allegations.

PHOTO: Simon Clemence is also group chief executive of the academy's operations in Mildura. (ABC News: Christopher Testa)

Millions of dollars promised Even in the pilot academy's infancy, Mildura mayor Simon Clemence described it as "probably the biggest investment in Mildura's future that has been, ever".

That was in April 2019, when Mr McCormack was joined by then-Nationals candidate for Mallee Anne Webster as the Government announced it would partially fund the installation of an instrument landing system (ILS) at Mildura Airport to the tune of $2 million.

At the funding announcement, Mr McCormack said Dr Webster had "continually" lobbied for the ILS and that she had told him: "We need it so that pilot training schools can relocate to Mildura."

The funding announcement was not an election promise, but it came the month before voters in Mallee chose from a field of 13 candidates vying to replace departing MP Andrew Broad.

Mr Zhang was present at the announcement, along with a representative of China Eastern Airlines.

Mr McCormack thanked Mr Zhang during the announcement, saying he was "making an investment in young people".

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PHOTO: A representative from China Eastern Airlines attended the funding announcement. (Flickr: @byeangel) At the time, Cr Clemence claimed each pilot the academy trained would be worth up to $90,000 to the Mildura economy, and that they eventually wanted to have 600 students there.

He said Mr Zhang had spent $40 million setting up the academy and thanked the businessman and his executive team, saying he had "come to know them very well".

Cr Clemence, a retired Victoria Police inspector who became mayor in 2018, publicly listed "supporting IAA on the concept of a flight attendant school in Mildura" and "around the concept of a university degree in aviation" among the highlights of his first term in the top post.

Then last month, Cr Clemence started as the group chief executive of the flying academy's operations in Mildura.

Cr Clemence declined to comment on his relationship with Mr Zhang, or his knowledge of the businessman's background, when approached by the ABC.

But his decision to take the job raised concerns in the community and among his council colleagues about potential conflicts of interest — the Mildura Rural City Council is the sole shareholder of Mildura Airport, where the school is based. "It seemed the Chinese pilot school would have the ear of the mayor more regularly than councillors and constituents, which is a huge concern," Councillor Jason Modica said. Cr Modica outlined his opposition to Cr Clemence taking the job in an email to all councillors, council chief executive Sarah Philpott and another senior manager in late January.

"I was also concerned about the nature of the structures and the governance measures the pilot school had in place in regard to making sure everything was transparent and clear."

Cr Clemence and Ms Philpott both said they had agreed on several protocols with airport management to help manage any perceived, potential or actual conflicts.

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"I won't be running [for council] again so it's only for six months, but I'll certainly try to balance and give due difference to both roles, and if I find it too difficult to do that, then I'll have to review my decision," the Mayor said late last month.

PHOTO: Mildura council contributed funding to the proposed landing system. (ABC News: Christopher Testa)

Expert fears dollar signs blind politicians Local councils and state and federal governments should be doing more due diligence about investors promising to deliver economic windfalls in their communities, Professor Hamilton said.

He said regional areas were particularly vulnerable because of "naivety and an unwillingness to look closely because what we find might make life difficult".

"If these allegations turn out to be true, this is a major scandal," Professor Hamilton said. "Many people in Mildura will have egg on their faces, the Deputy Prime Minister will have egg on his face and will have questions to answer in parliament." The professor said he was "quite astonished" Mr McCormack stood with Mr Zhang at a funding announcement.

"If the allegations that this businessman is linked to fraud in China, and that there are some people in China who are very unhappy with him, then he should've known about that," Professor Hamilton said.

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"It does seem that dollar signs have the ability to blind federal politicians, local councils, Australian investors to doing what they should do, and that is ask questions — hard questions — about these investors."

PHOTO: Professor Hamilton says a lack of scrutiny makes regional areas attractive for questionable foreign investment. (ABC News: Leon Compton)

'Asking the right questions' Dr Webster said Mr Zhang had "nothing to do with" the Federal Government's funding of the ILS, which is yet to be set up.

She said the grant was arranged with Mildura Airport and the Mildura Rural City Council and that "particularly the airport is continuing to go through that process of due diligence with the department".

Dr Webster said "I will always be very keen to look at investment in Mallee", however, "we don't put people through a grill". "There are other processes they need to go through, and I would assume now that these allegations have been raised that there will be the appropriate processes take place." She said she was "sure the right people will be stepping up and asking the right questions".

"They're allegations and all due processes need to take place."

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PHOTO: Mildura Airport is one of the busiest in Victoria. (ABC News: Christopher Testa) Mr McCormack declined an interview, but a spokeswoman issued a statement saying: "The Deputy Prime Minister meets a wide range of people in the course of his duties every year at various events around Australia.

"He has no knowledge of the allegations made by the ABC."

Professor Hamilton said property developments, tourism projects and retirement homes were among projects across Australia that had attracted investment from questionable sources, which typically came under the threshold for scrutiny by the Foreign Investment Review Board.

"And yet once some money is dangled in front of local councils, they tend to forget their obligation to due diligence and grab it, and that seems to be the case with the pilot training school," he said.

To secure federal funding for the ILS, the Mildura council contributed $1 million of ratepayers' money, as did the council-owned Mildura Airport Pty Ltd.

'We could have looked deeper' Cr Modica said councillors received "a lot of information" about the flight academy when it was proposed.

He said the business case "suggested that the pilot school was a good idea", but that "on reflection, could've been looked into a lot more".

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"I would hope that Mildura Rural City Council and Mildura Airport would go through a very rigorous scenario looking at who owns the pilot school, how it's funded, and making sure it is a secure organisation," he said.

Professor Hamilton acknowledged it was difficult for local councils which lacked resources or the "knowledge of where to go and look" to investigate sources of investment.

"But because local councils in regional areas tend to be cash-strapped and tend to be grateful for any kind of investment that comes into regional areas, they tend to not want to know about any downsides," he said. "For Mildura, if these allegations turn out to be true, the likelihood is that the business will collapse, the great hopes and the local dollars that have been invested into it will disappear into thin air, and people will walk away feeling very cynical about it all."

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Extract - Page 5 of report prepared by Dr Rob Bullen for Save Kempsey Airport Action Group being a peer review of the Noise Management Plan prepared for Kempsey Shire Council by aviation industry consultants, The Airport Group (TAG):

3.3 The TAG Report and “Acceptability” One interpretation of the TAG report is that it presents criteria of “acceptability” for aircraft noise at residences. Two criteria are presented, as described in Section 4.3 of that report. Although other documents are referenced, the two criteria are both derived from Australian Standard 2021:2015.

As noted, a number of times in the TAG report, AS 2021 was developed “to assist in building construction and land use planning in the vicinity of Airports” (section 4.5). In AS 2021, “acceptability” means acceptability of a building site for the construction of a new building in the presence of existing aircraft noise. It does not mean acceptability of new aircraft noise for existing residents. The Standard is very clear on this point:

“Some experience has shown that communities which are newly-exposed to aircraft noise (e.g. as a result of the construction of new runways, or the redesign of flight paths near an airport) tend to be more sensitive to such noise than communities which are accustomed to it. Land use planning must by necessity use a long-term horizon, and the building siting acceptability recommendations in this Standard are based on the reactions of noise accustomed communities. Regulatory authorities are cautioned that a transient heightened reaction could result from substantial new noise exposure.” (from the Foreward to AS 2021:2015)

The first of the “acceptability” criteria in the TAG report is simply the standard land use planning criterion in AS 2021, which is generally expressed in terms of ANEF but in this case is expressed in other terms because an ANEF chart is not available. The second criterion is derived from a table of required internal noise levels which appears in the Standard only as requirements to be met in the case that a proposed building lies in an area that is “conditionally acceptable” for that new construction. This also applies to construction of a new building in the presence of existing or approved future noise.

In summary, “acceptability” as defined using AS 2021, and in the TAG report, has nothing to do with the acceptability of new noise for existing residents – it refers to the acceptability of a building site for certain types of new construction in the presence of existing or approved future aircraft noise. The fact that noise levels at certain existing residences would render the site “acceptable” for new development does not mean that it is acceptable to allow noise levels to increase to that point. Assessment of a proposed increase in aircraft noise should be conducted through a full noise impact assessment. Rob Bullen Consulting Curriculum Vitae: Rob Bullen

CONTACT

CURRENT POSITIONS

Principal: Rob Bullen Consulting Director: Stirfry Software QUALIFICATIONS Principal: SoundScience P/L Lecturer: University of Technology Sydney University of Sydney PhD (Acoustics) University of

Bachelor of Science (Physics) (Hons)

PUBLICATIONS AFFILIATIONS Over 20 publications in refereed journals, which have received over 250 citations. Member, Australian Acoustical Society Numerous reports and conference papers. (MAAS)

Member, Australian Standards Committee “EXCELLENCE IN ACOUSTICS” AWARDS EV-011 – Aircraft & Helicopter Noise 1995 for Noise Management Plan 2005 for “BarnOwl” noise monitor

Acoustics And Vibration Services

Curriculum Vitae: Rob Bullen

PROFILE • Noise impact description and assistance in development of Environmental Rob has over 35 years’ experience in the Noise Policy assessment and control of environmental noise. This includes internationally-recognised research • Computer modelling of noise into noise impact assessment, and provision of propagation advice to regulatory bodies including the NSW • Monitoring and assessment of vibration Department of Environment & Climate Change and blasting (DECC) on noise policy and guidelines. He has been responsible for the calculation and • Design of noise controls in buildings assessment of noise impact in numerous large projects, including the Western Sydney Airport • Acoustical software development EIS; Airport New Parallel Runway EIS; (SoundSoup, BarnOwl) M2, M4 and Eastern Distributor Freeways; various coal mines including Mount Pleasant,

Hunter Valley South, Mount Arthur North and EMPLOYMENT Anvil Hill; and rail projects including the Epping to Chatswood Rail Link; Perth Metro Rail 1979 – 1985 Scientific Officer, National project; and WestRail project in Hong Kong. Acoustic Laboratories Rob’s other activities include representation on the Australian Standards Committee for Aircraft 1985 – 1987 Scientific Officer, Electricity and Helicopter Noise, and giving regular lectures Commission of NSW in acoustics for Architecture students at the 1987 – 1992 Senior Acoustic Engineer, University of Technology Sydney, and other Renzo Tonin & Associates lectures at the Universities of NSW and Sydney. Rob has also presented numerous conference 1992 – 1999 Principal and National papers, talks and lectures. Practice Leader, (Acoustics) ERM Mitchell McCotter Pty Ltd

AREAS OF EXPERTISE 1999 – 2010 Director, Wilkinson Murray Principal, Wilkinson Murray • Environmental noise assessment – Mines, Quarries & Industry 2010 – Present Principal, Wilkinson Murray • Transportation noise assessment – Road, 2012 – Present Principal, Stirfry Software Railway & Aircraft Sept 2017-Present Principal, Rob Bullen • Design of noise controls for transportation Consulting and industrial sources

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SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE

AIRCRAFT NOISE • Perth MetroRail – detailed design of vibration isolation treatments • Western Sydney Airport • WestRail project, Hong Kong • New Parallel Runway EIS • London Underground noise level • Runway Extension EIS calculations • Sydney Airport Master Plan • Rail noise measurement survey and • Precision Runway Monitor noise trial, development of rail noise database Sydney Airport • Domestic Common User Terminal Noise ARCHITECTURAL / INDUSTRIAL Impact Study, Sydney Airport • Second Sydney Airport EIS (1996 and • 2EA Radio Studios 2015) • Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Sydney • Sydney Airport Noise Management Plan • Observatory Hotel, Sydney • ANEF for • Quay West Apartments, Sydney • ANEF for Brisbane Airport • BHP Eastern Gas Pipeline • Noise impact survey, • Tomago Aluminium Plant • CSR Oberon Timber Processing Plant OTHER TRANSPORTATION NOISE

MINES & QUARRIES • M2 Motorway

• M4 Motorway widening • Anvil Hill Coal Mine • Eastern Distributor barrier design • Mount Arthur North Coal Mine • Five Islands Bridge upgrading • Mount Pleasant Coal Mine • Bulahdelah Bypass • Bulga Coal Mine • Bookham Bypass • Ravensworth East Coal Mine • Pacific Highway, Karuah – Bulahdelah • Penrith Lakes Quarry • Parramatta Rail Link – EIS and detailed • Mt Flora Quarry design of vibration isolation • North Boambee Quarry

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Curriculum Vitae: Rob Bullen

RESEARCH AND POLICY EXPERIENCE

• Conducted internationally-recognised research on reaction to noise from aircraft, road traffic and impulsive sources • Co-author of the National Acoustic Laboratories study which forms the basis of the ANEF system for land use planning around Australian airports • Provided advice to bodies including the NSW Environment Protection Authority, WA Environmental Protection Authority, Department of Environment and Heritage, NSW Roads and Maritime Services, Main Roads WA and NSW Minerals Council on noise policy issues • Published over 20 papers in refereed journals, which have received over 250 citations. Regularly acts as a reviewer for scientific publications.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• University of Technology Sydney: Teaches Acoustics section of “Lighting, Acoustics and Advanced Environmental Control” course, Architecture faculty (since 2005) • University of Sydney: Teaches postgraduate course “Advanced Acoustic Practice”, Architecture faculty, when permanent staff unavailable (since 2009) • University of Tasmania: Lecture and tutorial as part of Architecture course (since 2013) • Regular undergraduate lectures at University of NSW and University of Sydney • Roads and Maritime Services: Conducted two-day training courses in acoustics for environmental officers and project managers

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

• Developed “BarnOwl” directional noise monitor, including source detection algorithms (patented) and implementation in C# • Developed “SoundSoup” iPad app for modelling sound in a room, including modelling algorithms and implementation in Objective C • Developed Matlab code for implementation of a heavy vehicle detection system • Developed “NoiseWorks” program for acoustic calculation in Windows

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS

• R. Bullen & F. Fricke, 1976 – Jnl Sound & Vibn 46(1), 33-42. Sound propagation in a street • R. Bullen & F. Fricke, 1977 – Jnl Sound & Vibn 54(1), 123-129. Sound propagation at a street intersection in an urban environment • R. Bullen, 1979 – Jnl Sound & Vibn 65(1), 11-28. Statistical evaluation of the accuracy of external sound level predictions arising from models • R. Bullen & F. Fricke, 1982 – Jnl Sound & Vibn 80(1), 11-23. Sound propagation through vegetation • R. Bullen & F. Fricke, 1982 – Jnl Sound & Vibn 80(1), 25-30. Time distribution of impulse noise in an enclosure • R.B. Bullen & A.J. Hede, 1983 – Jnl Acoust. Soc Am 73(5), 1624-1630. Time-of-day corrections in measures of aircraft noise exposure • R.B. Bullen & A.J. Hede, 1982 – Jnl Sound & Vibn 82(1), 29-37. Assessment of community noise exposure from rifle shooting • A.J. Hede & R.B. Bullen, 1982 – Jnl Sound & Vibn 82(1), 39-49. Community reaction to noise from a suburban rifle range • R.B. Bullen & R.F.S. Job, 1985 – Jnl Acoust. Soc Am 78(2), 799-800. Community response to blasting – re- analysis of data • R.F.S. Job & R.B. Bullen, 1985 – Jnl Sound & Vibn 100(1), 127-129. Demand characteristics in experimental comparisons of the effects of noise and vibration • R.B. Bullen, A.J. Hede & E. Kyriacos, 1986 – Jnl Sound & Vibn 108(2), 199-225. Reaction to aircraft noise around Australian airports • R.B. Bullen & A.J. Hede, 1986 – Jnl Sound & Vibn 108(2), 227-245. Comparison of the effectiveness of measures of aircraft noise using social survey data • R.B. Bullen, A. J. Hede & R.F.S. Job, 1991 – Noise Control Engineering 37(3), 115-125. Community reaction to noise from an artillery range • R.B. Bullen, A.J. Hede & T. Williams 1996 – Acoustics Australia. Sleep disturbance due to environmental noise: A proposed assessment index • A.L. Brown & R.B. Bullen, 2003 – Acoustics Australia. Road Traffic Noise Exposure in Australian Capital Cities • A.L. Brown & R. B. Bullen, 2004 – Acoustics Bulletin 29(3), 22-27. Exposure to Road Traffic Noise in Australia • R. Bullen, 2003 – Acoustics Australia. Long-Term Environmental Monitoring and Noise Source Identification • R. Bullen, 2012 – Proceedings Acoustics 2012. The Harmonoise noise prediction algorithm: Validation and use under Australian conditions. • J. Peng, R. Bullen & S. Kean 2014 - Proceedings Inter-Noise. The effects of vegetation on traffic noise.

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• R. Bullen, 2015 – Acoustics Australia. Simulation of Room Reverberation Using a Feedback Delay Network

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