MINUTES WA DIVISION REGIONAL MEETING

Sam Male Room, Cable Beach Club Resort, Cable Beach Road, Broome. Thursday 14 June 2018 AT 9.00AM ______1. INTRODUCTION FROM CHAIR, APOLOGIES, MINUTES & CHAIR’S REPORT

Welcoming address by Chairperson Mr Rob Menzies.

Mr Menzies welcomed everyone to Broome and acknowledged the Yawuru, the traditional owners both past and present of the land on which this meeting is held today.

Mr Menzies also welcomed Simon Bourke, AAA Policy Director and Guy Thompson, AAA National Chair and was pleased to note 11 in attendance. Designa & Advam were thanked for their sponsorship of the networking dinner the previous evening, Smiths Detection as the meeting sponsor and Broome International as the host airport.

Ms Kox noted the attendees for the meeting as below:

Scott Beckwith Horizon Power Jenny Kox Ben Bexley Broome International Airport Kimberley Krenz Broome International Airport Simon Bourke Australian Airports Association Jodie Lynch Horizon Power Chris Channing Broome International Airport Stephen Maltby Nutech George Shire of East Pilbara – Dept. Planning, Land & Damien Martin Christianson Heritage Toll Global Logistics – Shire of Esperance – Alison Cull Paul McFarlane Christmas & Cocos (Keeling) Islands Airports Steve Caljar To70 Paul McSweeney Broome International Airport Joe Hain Civil Aviation Safety Authority Rob Menzies Broome International Airport Simon Harrod Vaisala Mat Morrissy ARFF Airservices – Broome Darren Hill Horizon Power Anna Page City of Albany – Albany Airport Stuart Jamieson City of Albany – Albany Airport Ben Pascoe Designa James Ji Nuctech Mark Pittard Broome International Airport Salomon Shire of East Pilbara – Adam Plummer Fortescue Metals Group Kloppers Newman Airport

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Gino Pomella L-3 Communications Guy Thompson Perth Airport Aerodrome Management Julie Randall Bob Urquhart City of Greater Geraldton Services City of Karratha – Karratha Deborah Stubbs ISS Facility Services Amol Virkar Airport Port Hedland International Victoria Shorter Jarrad Warwick Western Advance Airport Broome Chamber of Peter Taylor Brendan Williams ADVAM Commerce & Industry Geraldine Dept. Planning, Land & City of Karratha – Karratha Allan Wright Thomas Heritage Airport

The apologies received for the meeting were:

Darryl Tonkin City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder - Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport Stephen Weber Transport Security Office, Dept. Homeland Affairs Joanne Monaghan City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder - Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport Geoff Carberry Shire of Meekatharra – Megan Walsh Shire of Ashburton – Darryl Evans Fortescue Metals Group Rod Evans Port Hedland International Airport Andrew Forte Ross Ioakim Downer Kate Johnstone Aerodrome Management Services Jennifer May City of Busselton – Busselton- Nigel Archibald City of Bunbury – Keiran Moss Aileron Edge Rod Trealor Shire of Esperance – Esperance Airport Scott McKenzie Shire of Esperance – Esperance Airport Harold Tracey Shire President, Shire of Broome

Mr Menzies then asked that the minutes of the last State Australian Airports Association Division meeting held on 4 August 2018 in Perth be accepted. Moved: Salomon Kloppers Seconded: Guy Thompson

In his Chairman’s report, Mr Menzies stated that in his tenure since assuming the chair’s role in November 2017 he has observed that the AAA is very well placed and respected in government and the industry and is very proactive. It’s role in advocacy role is second to none and the fact that doors are now open at ministerial and government level is wonderful.

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MINUTES 2. WELCOME TO THE TOWN OF BROOME Mr Peter Taylor, President of the Broome Chamber of Commerce & Industry (in lieu of Shire President Mr Harold Tracey) welcomed members and guests to Broome. The BCCI has around 370 members across all sectors of industry. Mr Taylor noted that “Broome is extremely happy to have you here. Broome loves airports. It loves jets taking off and connecting our community to the world. It loves the jobs the airport brings to our town. Airports are great.” Mr Paul McSweeney, CEO of Broome International Airport (BIA) noted the following: BIA is thrilled to host you all again in Broome. It is very reassuring we have AAA beside us and advocating and supporting us. Today, Broome is the fastest growing airport in Australia. Up 17% after 5-6 years of passenger decline. We are thrilled and proud of what we’ve achieved. Most of the growth has come from oil & gas exploration & tourists. S92 helicopters now operating out of the heliport with 1,170 pax through the heliport this year. Heliport staff have gone from 6 to 23 to meet the demand of what was 8 helicopter departures per week now up to 80 (best week 118). Silk Airlines trial flights very exciting. We’ll be talking to Silk about making a permanent service. Have commenced charging commercial operators. Upgrades include new heliport, check-in, ABF facilities, new toilets as well as upgrades to Djarindjin. Additional $30K in discounted airfares by announces – a gamechanger for us. Djarindjin has increased staff from 6 to 36 – all indigenous. All involved are very proud of this venture. Broome has done it tough for the last few years, but we believe we have the best years ahead.

3. AAA REPORT Mr Simon Bourke AAA Policy Director provided an update on AAA activities (see presentation on AAA website), including; • Key dates

o AAA ‘Parliament Friends of Tourism’ functions – coalition on 12 Sept and ALP on 13 Sept.

o Airport Safety Week – 15-19 October. o National Conference – 13-16 November. • Policy and advocacy

o Protect regional airports campaign o Airport Security o CASA review of MOS Part 139 o Airport safeguarding o PFAS.

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MINUTES • Protect regional airports campaign

o Launched Oct 2017 at Airport Safety Week. o Remote Airstrip Upgrade Program (RAUP) was receiving $15M/yr for 4 years. o 3rd party partners in this campaign are RFDS, RAAA, ALGA. o Have had between 40-60 meetings with MP’s, Senators, Ministers and their offices in the leadup to the budget.

o Mailout pre-budget with inclusion of the ACIL-Allen report. o Successfully secured $28.3M funding over 4 years to extend RAUP. o Also asked for a new airport-specific infrastructure fund. This was not endorsed but there have been some promising discussions going into next election campaign. • Senate enquiry into regional air fares

o Established 16 November 2017 to explore all factors and issues. o AAA lodged a submission in February 2018 which focussed on explaining how airport charges are set as well as demonstrating they generally constitute a small component of the whole airfare.

o Public hearings commenced in April 2018. o >140 submissions received. o Report scheduled to be tabled 20 September 2018. • Airport Security

o Review or airport security following foiled aviation terror attack in Sydney in July 2017. o Security regime changes will be a huge investment over next 2-3 years. o $293.6M funding package announcement of which $50.1M over 4 years to enhance security at 64 regional airports. This includes 13 airports previously without screening. Funding is for new screening equipment and infrastructure to accommodate.

o $121.6M is to ABF to upgrade screening equipment for inbound cargo, and remaining $121.9M is for ABF and AFP. • CASA MOS Part 139 review

o Release of Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) on 29 August 2017, with submissions due 8 December 2017,

o AAA worked with CASA to communicate major changes. o AAA lodged a major submission to NPRM in December 2017 which sought more alignment with ICAO layout, and an outcomes-driven approach.

o Engagement with CASA has been fantastic. o >100 submissions received by CASA.

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o Next phase – CASA to finalise their internal review of the feedback & comments received.

o Targeting August 2018 for finalising & publishing the amended Regulations & MOS. • Airport Safeguarding

o State implementation of the National Airport Safeguarding Framework (NASF). o Finalised version of Guidelines B (Building generated windshear & turbulence) provided to Transport & Infrastructure Council in May 2018.

o NASAG also initiated public consultation on new Guideline for Public Safety Zones. Submissions due 12 July 2018.

o AAA exploring opportunity with government to improve airspace protection for airports e.g. residential apartments affecting airspace and airports. • PFAS

o PFAS workshop hosted by AAA in October 2017. o Bioaccumulators in fire-fighting foam. o Contamination management and remediation is the big issue being considered and worked out now.

o All environmental regulations are state-, not federal-based which is causing some issues. • Industry development

o Refer to the ‘on-line education’ slide in the presentation or go to www.airporteducation.asn.au to see the range of courses and airport practice notes (APN) now available.

o In addition to APN12 Airfield pavement essentials, Dr Greg White is developing a supplement with more detailed guidance specifically on pavements typical of small regional and remote airports. Will come out next week.

o Have moved into billboard promotions, particularly at capital city airports. If there’s an opportunity to have one at your airport, let the office know.

o Have launched ‘Airport Professional’ industry website (Steve Creedy). Looking for stories about any initiatives, projects etc. airports are doing. Please share with the office.

o New website came on line in recent weeks. Still some content to go onto members centre section.

o National conference – Brisbane 13-16 November 2018. Finalising program now which should some out next month.

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MINUTES 4. OTS (AMS) UPDATE

Mr Stephen Weber was unfortunately unable to attend due to last-minute commitments in Canberra, however provided the report provided below.

My great apologies for not being there for the AAA meeting today, a few unavoidable issues have come up, and I am spending all of this week in Canberra. I can assure you all that I would much rather be enjoying Broome weather instead of Canberra weather, it’s not really a contest on that one (as I type this the temperature has reached a balmy 4 degrees). If there are a series of questions that you would like answered I am more than happy to provide responses.

Since I last spoke at the AAA it seems like there has been nothing but change going on. For starters we moved from Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development into the newly created Department of Home Affairs. On top of that, the days of OTS are gone and we are now the Aviation and Maritime Security Division. We are still toying with what abbreviation will be used, and AMS has been a strong front-runner, although I’m sure that if Karl Valentin is in the audience he will be quick to point out he’s the “original and best”. The operational arm, however, still remains Transport Security Operations (TSO), so there is at least some consistency.

I imagine that one of the biggest issues on people’s minds will be the Government budget announcements and changes of categorisation for airports. I can assure you that this is one of the main things that has been occupying the work days (evenings and non-work days) of most people within this area of the Department. I understand that there have been questions nationally about why some airports were in a particular category. If you have any particular concerns about the categorisation of your airport, please contact the Guidance Centre and they can direct your concerns through to Aviation Security Branch. Particularly if you are looking at changing operations, or looking at spending money on capital works, please have the conversation with them at the earliest opportunity.

Aviation Security are also well aware that some airports are going to need to procure new screening equipment. I am advised that they will be arranging for much greater information to be circulated before you are expected to commit to any purchase of equipment.

As far as compliance, TSO is finalising our planning for the 2018/19 National Compliance year based on existing arrangements. We will not be looking at whether you have procured new equipment, or implemented any changes under the budget announcements. Instead we will be looking at current arrangements, unless there are any significant changes in the landscape. There is still no clear indication when the legislation will be changed to bring into effect all these issues, so we are planning to keep things much the same.

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We will continue to focus our efforts on the areas of greatest threat and risk, and in the wake of the disrupted plot in Sydney next year we are looking to further expand our simulated improvised explosive device (IED) testing programme. TSO has worked with the Australian Federal Police and our intelligence agencies to develop test pieces that are reflective of the current threat environment. With the roll-out of IED tests around Australia there has been a definite shift in the focus of screeners from finding nail clippers to looking for items that will bring down a plane. Importantly, before the new tests are introduced to Cat 2 and Cat 3 airports, as we did with the Glock systems test we will provide educational activities prior to moving to the live tests.

As far as the results of compliance activities over the past twelve months, I continue to be impressed with our results. I have said this a number of times, but it’s reassuring to regulate an industry where pretty much everyone wants to be compliant, it certainly makes achieving a security outcome a lot easier. Nationally, so far this year there were 166 non compliances issued, which is a decrease from the same time period last year. The bulk of our findings continue to come from screening & clearing, identity security and security management. Over the past 6 months there has been an increased focus on the identity security issues, with the issue of VICs and ASICs. This seems to be one of the areas that needs the most amount of work. The Guidance Centre and AusCheck are both available to provide assistance as necessary. Finally, please continue to feed your questions or issues through the guidance centre, they are your best mechanism to get a sold answer from the relevant policy area. I know some still like to deal with the people from the regional office who they have dealt with over the years, but we are really trying to ensure that you receive the most accurate, consistent information from Canberra.

Once again, I’m very sorry I can’t be there in person today. But please shoot through any questions to me and I will do my best to make sure you get a quick response.

Steve.

Simon Bourke & Guy Thompson (AAA National Chairman) then provided members with an overview of changes to security regime. In summary:

o If have security screening now, will be impacted by the changes. o Should have received correspondence from AMS including details on how your airport will be impacted. if you haven’t received your letter, contact AMS.

o Have made it very clear to the government that implementation timeframes are challenging. AAA has written to Sachi Wimmer at Department of Home Affairs outlining our next steps and seeking to finalise the regulatory detail and provide industry with the information and guidance needed to move forward.

o Public education process will be essential in due course. o AAA will hold a consultation workshop in next month (airports, airlines and AMS) to agree on key principles that will underpin the final regulatory requirements.

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o Feel procurement of equipment will be an issue as we’re a small fish in the global market. Exploring options for a national procurement process, possibly with a state-based breakdown.

o Require development of a national implementation plan. o Challenge will be supply, installation and implementation of new equipment without turning off the airport.

o Noted the importance of maintaining confidentiality in regards to specific details on security arrangements.

Meeting adjourned at 10.45 for morning tea and recommenced at 11.10.

5. AROUND THE TARMAC – Member Airports Member provided a brief update on their operations, projects, any challenges or points of interest from their respective Airports. Esperance – Ali Cull Quiet year. Have finished construction of waterbomber apron facility, which was RADS funded. Albany – Stuart Jamieson Have been busy. Old leases and structures have been removed. RADS funding of ~$500K for upgrading drainage in GA area. Introduced paid parking last year (only paid parking in Albany) which has seen an increase in revenue of $6K/month. Also have built RFDS transfer facility and apron. Not having screening did see a backlash from the community as “Aren’t our lives important enough?” Geraldton - Bob Urquhart Tender closing for renewal of runway & aprons ~$24M project. Hope to finish end 2018/early 2019. FMG – Adam Plummer 3 airports under FMG banner. New iron ore mine west of Tom Price. Christmas Creek is code 4 rwy for closed charter therefore not screened. Newman - Salmon Kloppers No more frogs in the toilets at Marble Bar. Pax were 480,000 down to 310,000 – now stable. Will be off-grid within next 24-36 months. Renegotiating leases. Aviation income up 80% in last 24 months. Movement area works in next 24 months as well as airfield lighting project. Carpark system was hacked and encrypted with military-grade systems and held ransom (didn’t have to pay). All ok now.

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Karratha - Amol Virkar Amol noted he has been at KTA 4 months – very good so far. 4-5 years ago, it was all about redeveloping all facets of the airport, now it’s about maintenance. Doing work on aprons & crack patching; lighting; and solar power. Converting more space to international due to changes in ABF requirements. Seeking international flights. Port Hedland - Victoria Shorter Have new heliport facility; 5-10 Bristow heli’s per week to 2 Quadrant Energy rigs. Undertaking airside lighting improvements ($0.2M) to improve runway lighting to LED. 12-18 months to go on this. $9.2M on private works for new txy G. New terminal for 2020; woods Bagot design. Will be greenfield terminal with old terminal demolished. Likely commence build mid-2019. New rideshare operator, H-ride, operating at airport. Want to expand to other regional centres. Trialling new Smiths body scanner for 3-4 months (invites will be sent out by Smiths to others to come see). Challenges to share with Qantas. Masterplan being circulated for comment. Land development looking at new access for road trains. Port Hedland Chamber of Commerce & Industry has announced (aspirational) services to commence in September 2018 by Vietnam airlines to Ho Chi Min with Auckland and Shanghai to follow. Christmas & Cocos (Keeling) Islands – Paul McFarlane Christmas Island has seen an increase in growth however detention centre closing end of year & mine in next year(s). New website, phone chargers, FID’s and free public wi-fi. Flights to KL & Jakarta. Upgrade to Cocos with Defence ($250M). Remain GA-free. Perth – Guy Thompson Rated best airport by ACCC. No construction for 1st time in a long time. New facilities for meeting passengers. International expansion a work in progress. New runway project out for pubic comment; runway change significant as will affect flight paths within the Perth basin’s airspace. Next masterplan is due to commence. In the middle or airline pricing agreements. Qantas domestic terminal lease finishes end of 2018; currently negotiating handback to Perth Airport. Qantas service to London commenced; for the first time ever, a FID’s screen in London says you can fly directly to Australia. Marketing Perth as the western entry point into Australia. Team Perth (CEO Kevin Brown, Tourism Minister Papalia, Tourism WA) selling WA to China & Japan. Broome – Paul McSweeney As provided in Item 2.

6. CASA UPDATE Mr Joe Hain from CASA provided an update (see presentation on AAA website) on CASA related activities as including; Air-Navigation, Airspace & Aerodromes (ANAA) staff update • Aerodrome inspectors now into two teams – Melbourne & Brisbane.

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MINUTES • Aerodrome Manual updates, Method of Working Plans (MOWP), technical reports and requests for regulatory services (e.g. approvals & exemptions) send to [email protected]. Goal is to touch things once, complete & move on. • Surveillance outcomes and ongoing BAU discussions continue to be with the appropriate aerodrome inspector. • Airspace protection queries – [email protected] • Performance-based outcomes – a good discussion point. Working with capital city airports to try and make this work. MOS Part 139 PIR • Registered aerodromes will go within 3 years of the amended regulations coming into effect. Will then have scaled certified aerodromes. • CASA don’t want to be ‘approving’ lighting. Manual authoring and assessment tool (MAAT) • CASA will host free on-line tool. • Used to write and submit manuals for assessment via MAAT. • Version, chapter and pagination controls all within the document tool. • Further information at https://www.casa.gov.au/files/maattrainingpresentation.pdf (note this example is for aircraft operators but similar concept for aerodrome manuals). Surveillance update • Have moved away from non-compliance notice. • Now safety alert (for serious or imminent threat), safety finding (NCN) and safety observation (same as current observations, but if something happens and you did nothing about it, likely won’t be viewed well in court). • Exemptions – all about how the pilot interprets the rules. • If you have narrow runway supplement, need to consider grandfather conditions in masterplans (and ensure they’re in the manual).

7. SOLAR POWER OPPORTUNITES Mr Scott Beckwith & Mr Darren Hill provided an overview of delivered solar power initiatives and some solar power feasibility assessment case studies (see presentation on AAA website). Of note: • Micro grids are becoming popular. • Airports generally have ‘skinny’ power delivery because often out of town, so solar is a very good option.

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• Cost of installation is going down. • Real story about solar power installation is optimisation. • Limitations:

o battery and PV costs significantly more expensive. At Karratha, a 5kw system costs around $10K.

o cyclone rating is what costs the most. • Want more renewables out there in a balanced delivery of power. • Horizon Power may lease space if needed. • Horizon Power not wedded to any one type of technology. When assessing, need to look at your overall costs. • Look for least costs & net benefit. • Going completely off-grid can more expensive due to the cost (& amount) of batteries.

Meeting adjourned at 12.20 for morning tea and recommenced at 13.30.

8. PLANNING AROUND AIRPORTS Mr Damien Martin & Ms Geraldine Thomas of the Department of Planning, Land & Heritage presented on the ‘State Airports Land Use Planning Policy Review’ (see presentation on AAA website). Mr Martin advised: • This is an early consultation piece. • Investigating a statewide framework that would assist to:

o protect airports from unreasonable encroachment by incompatible development; and

o minimise the impact of airport operations on existing and future communities. • No pre-conceived ideas as to what will make up the policy. • Currently not offering a lot of guidance to airports and regional councils to protect airports. • Haven’t yet embedded NASF into policies. We sit on NASAG. • Trying to work out which airports should and shouldn’t be included. • Most commonly see airports in Special Control Areas (SCA’s) in local town planning schemes. SCA’s are quite inflexible.

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• Have looked at 90 airports in WA.

o <10% on Commonwealth land; o 40% deemed strategically important (as stated in Regional Planning Infrastructure Framework [RPIF], Perth & Peel at 3.5 million [[email protected]] or State Aviation Strategy); and

o 25% have been planned for in local planning strategies. • 38 airports have been deemed strategically important based on the above criteria. • Draft policy objectives are to protect airport from encroachment, minimise any adverse impact of airport operations on existing and future communities, and minimise risks to the safety and wellbeing of people living and working in the vicinity of airports. • Have a number of considerations for airports:

o Determination of a strategic airport if a Commonwealth, joint-user or defence Airport and/or has RPT services and/or handles >30,000 pax or >10,000 aircraft movements per annum and/or has been deemed by the WA Government to be strategically important in [email protected], State Aviation Strategy and/or Regional Planning and Infrastructure Frameworks. Question: Is this criteria defined enough for airports and local governments to be able to determine where policy is applicable?

o Impact of aircraft noise ANEF contours used to control sensitive developments around Perth & Jandakot. Questions: Is the current approach supported for wider application? What are the benefits/constraints of mandatory noise insulation? Should airports of a certain size/type be required to undertake ANEF? Are there any issues with using a generic zone of influence around airports without ANEFs? Are there any issues regarding the use if N contours by airports as a supplementary mechanism to communicate noise impacts to affected communities?

o Building generate windshear & turbulence Questions: Are there any concerns with the use of the 1:35 rule to manage building generated windshear & turbulence? Is the safety case option a practical alternative for smaller airports? Comments from members: - Need to align with masterplan desires. - Science was done in Netherlands, not at a regional airport.

o Wildlife strikes Question: Are there any issues associated with the proposed method to reduce risk of wildlife strike through land use control?

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o Wind turbines Question: Is a 30km radius around airports to trigger referral to CASA a reasonable trigger distance? Comments from members: - Where is 150m level from? A: AHD.

o Lighting distractions to pilots Question: Do you have views on the use of a 6km radius around airports to trigger referral to CASA?

o Intrusion into protected operational airspace o Question: Are there any concerns with the proposal for airport operators to provide OLS and PAN-OPS charts to local governments to be incorporated into local planning frameworks? Are there other mechanisms that local government could use to protect against intrusions into airspace?

o Protecting aviation facilities - CNS Question: Are there any concerns regarding the mapping of CNS facilities in local planning overlays to trigger referrals?

o Public safety zones Questions: Are there any issues with the proposal to introduce public safety zones at the ends of runways? Are there any views on which approach is most appropriate? • Next steps are targeted consultation with local governments & pilots association, getting responses from airports, finalising policy options paper, developing & consulting on draft policy and developing, gazetting and implementing final policy. • Please provide comments to the above questions to Geraldine Thomas, Project and Policy Officer at [email protected] or phone 6551 9323.

9. THE ARFFS CORPORATE INITIATIVE ‘Customer Centric Services Initiative’ Superintendent Matt Morrissy, Broome ARFFS Operations Manager provided a presentation on ARFFS customer centric service initiative. So far in 2017/18, 19 lives have been saved and over 6000 responses to incidents by ARFFS. The customer centric service initiative has been developed to assist airports with AEP exercises and as subject matter experts. The Djarindjin Airport story:

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• Fire fighting equipment Started with fire extinguishers for hot-refuelling helicopters. Moved to a firefighting unit on a tray truck. ARFFS helped with firefighting training. Then moved to an old quasi-fire truck which was retro-fitted. AFRRS had some old trucks when moving over to new units & were able to procure one of these for the airport from the east coast. In all, over $600,000 in equipment and training provided. • ARFFS indigenous traineeship program Taken 4 years to get off the ground. Did some recruiting in line with ARFFS recruitment process. 2 trainees have gone onto full ARFFS training and now working at Broome and Sydney airports. • AEP assistance Assisted with planning of field exercise late 2017 as well as re-write and simplification of AEP. Have clearly defined roles, responsibilities and actions. Must have input from core response agencies. Aligned to Westplan & Commonwealth legislation. An effective communications plan is important as comms is what often causes issues. Airservices Australia will continue to engage with airports on customer centric services.

10. CORPORATE MEMBERS UPDATE Aerodrome Management Services – Julie Randall Engineering has grown. Inspections very busy. Operations team busy with 10 airports. Providing security at 3 airports. Training courses being delivered at Jandakot and minesites. Currently working on Aerodrome Managers and Humans Factors courses. Have completed 5 certifications in last 18 months. Requests for help with certifications, instrument approach assessments and staff assistance. ISS Facility Services – Deborah Stubbs Provide security screening at 15 airports. Involved in OTS/AMS with screener accreditation. Also provide cleaning and freight screening services. Vaisala – Simon Harrod Provide weather information systems. Most will have our equipment installed at BoM sites. Have CAR120 certification for installations of our systems. Also provide thunderstorm information systems. L-3 Communications – Gino Pomella Offer checkpoint CT x-ray which is CB3 accredited. Can leave laptops in bags. Also have multi-view passenger x-ray & trace detection.

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MINUTES Neutech – Stephen Maltby Provide aviation security systems, CBS CT, Passenger CT, tray return. Factories in Poland, Brazil & China. New members to AAA. To70 – Steve Galjar Global footprint. Use international expertise. Provide basics through to designing and peer review. Have strengths in modelling (e.g ANEF including animation) and research analysis.

11. CONTROLLED PARKING AT AIRPORTS Mr Ben Pascoe, National Sales Manager of Designa and Mr Brendan Williams, Business Development Manager of ADVAM provided a presentation on controlled parking at airport (see presentation on AAA website) Designa: • A provider of car parking systems. • Owned by MTH Global (a German company) with offices in Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sunshine Coast & Cairns. • Have a national service agreement with Melbourne-based Amtek Corporation to help with service delivery and response. ADVAM: • A payment service provider. • Based in Adelaide & Melbourne. ADVAM integrates payment solutions with Designa hardware. There has been an evolution of parking payments. 2000 2010 2012 2015 2018 Cash only Magstripe EMV NFC Mobile e-commerce ‘Batch’ chip contactless wallets platforms

On-line booking engine benefits: • Easier for customers to park with you. • Manage occupancy forecasting. • Pay in advance. • Platform to engage with your customers. Account-based parking benefits (e.g ground transport, staff parking): • Know the customer. • Drive loyalty.

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MINUTES • Restrict access to ‘members’ only. • Improve traffic flow at airport. System implemented at Broome Airport: • Needed high and low card reader systems to meet all vehicle types. • External control centre relieves Broome airport staff of need to meet issues/requests. These are resolved to the rules set by Broome. • Automatic top-up of accounts.

12. FINAL COMMENTS AND MEETING CLOSE

The chairman Mr Rob Menzies provided thanks to the following: • Peter & Paul for welcoming comments. • Simon for AAA presentation (and travelling so far to attend). • Guy & Simon for standing in to talk about upcoming security changes. • Joe for the CASA presentation and visit to Djarindjin Airport. • Horizon Power team for presentation on solar power (Comment from Joe Hain – CASA has no problem with solar power. Things have changed and not against it anymore). • Geraldine & Damien from Department of Planning & Land Heritage. Presentation will be on the website. Please respond directly to Geraldine with a cc to Simon Bourke or Samantha Leighton ([email protected]) at the AAA office. • • Matt from Broome ARFFS – thanks for the presentation & good news story. • Ben & Brendan from Designa & Advam for presentation.

Details were provided for those taking the airport tour the following day.

Thanks to all of our event sponsors: • Smiths Detection - AAA premier divisional meeting partner • Designa & Advam – Network dinner sponsor • Broome International Airport – host airport

Well done and thanks to our divisions deputy chairman and secretary, Salomon & Jenny for helping pull this together.

The next meeting will be held on 20 & 21 September at Perth Airport. All members are invited to attend Perth Airport’s emergency exercise as observers from 8.30am on 20 September prior to the meeting commencing at 1 pm. Watch the airport alert for further information.

Finally, thanks all for attending and safe travels home.

Meeting closed at 15.30 followed by afternoon tea / fellowship & friendship.

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