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Advanced Aviation Training strongly supports this petition.

The central question is simple:

If these checks are required by Government in the interests of public safety and national security, why is the cost being pushed onto individual workers and small businesses?

No one in aviation disputes the importance of security. Pilots, instructors, engineers, airport workers, contractors and aviation businesses all understand that safety and security are essential.

But if the requirement exists to protect the Australian public, then it should be treated as a public safety responsibility — not another cost-recovery burden placed on people simply trying to do their job.

This issue is bigger than aviation. Many Australians across many industries are required to obtain mandatory background, security, police, suitability or worker-screening checks before they can work. That includes people in aviation, maritime, transport, health, childcare, aged care, disability support and other essential sectors.

When these checks are mandatory, the cost must be fair, transparent and proportionate. It should not become another hidden tax on workers, sole traders, small businesses, regional operators and essential services.

For aviation, these rising costs flow directly into pilot training, airport access, regional operations, maintenance, freight and the broader aviation workforce. But the principle is much broader:

Public safety is a public responsibility.

AAT supports a fairer approach to mandatory security and background-check charges and encourages the aviation community and wider public to read the petition and consider adding their support.

Security matters. Safety matters. But fairness matters too.
If Government requires the check for public safety, Government should not simply pass the cost onto working Australians.

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