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As many of you already know, there was considerable opposition to the introduction of recreational mixed gas diving in Australasia from the NSW, SA and QLD Governments & the Royal Australian and Royal New Zealand Navies that resulted in WorkCover Prohibition and Improvement Notices in NSW and a total ban in QLD. After seeking legal advice from the solicitors Parry, Carroll and Kanjian (the solicitors who ran the successful Midford - Paramount v. Australian Customs Service case), I approached Senator Jocelyn Newman (Opposition Shadow Minister for Defence) about the issue. On Friday 02 June 1995, Senator Newman asked Senator Ray (Minister for Defence), RADM C. Barrie (Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Royal Australian Navy) and VADM R. Walls (Assistant Chief of Defence Force), a series of questions about the issue in the Senate Budget Estimates Committee. These questions are recorded in Hansard (Official Parliamentary Record) Navy could not provide appropriate answers to many of the questions and undertook to provide the Committee and Senator Newman with the necessary answers. Questions included contestable profession advice provided to the NSW WorkCover Authority and the role of Navy in the obstruction of recreational mixed gas diving. Questions about possible bastardisation during Navy diving courses were also raised. The matter has also been referred separately to the Commonwealth and Defence Force Ombudsman. Will keep you informed of developments as they occur. --
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