The widening gulf between the Civil Aviation Authority and the industry it is supposed to serve is disturbing, ACT Transport Spokesman MP Penny Webster said today.

"The review by Pricewaterhouse Coopers and two international aviation consultants expressing concern at the number of accidents among small aircraft operators is one example of this gulf. "Another example is the sordid saga surrounding pilots' medical certificates. The CAA and those in the industry finally communicated at the behest of the Select Committee looking into this issue. However, that should have been happening as a matter of course.

"The report is a sharp reminder to the CAA . They should be working with the industry to solve this problem before it becomes even worse," Penny Webster said.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>