Australian Aviation Industry Green Paper

The Australian Federal Government has just released its Aviation Industry Green Paper, the next step towards the creation of Australia's comprehensive and forwardlooking national aviation policy.

This follows the release of an Issues Paper in April 2008. The final step of the process - the White Paper - will be released in the second half of 2009.

The aim is to provide greater planning and investment certainty for the industry, maintain and improve Australia's excellent aviation safety record, and address the wider community and environmental impacts associated with air transport and airport development.

The 200+ page document discusses a range of initiatives for short, medium and long-term policy and regulatory reform. The four key principles of the Government's initiatives are safety, economic prosperity, consistency and coordination, and environmental responsibility.