The senate inquiry into Australia's general aviation industry has pushed out its final reporting date to 22 October 2022.
The inquiry, which has been underway since late 2019 was due to table its final report this week. Instead, the Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport (RRAT) will issue an interim report on their findings on 30 March, with the inquiry set to continue taking evidence.
Initially, the inquiry was due to report on 30 November 2021 after two years of hearings and submissions, but the pandemic restricted the ability to conduct business, so the final report date was extended to 17 March 2022. That has now also not been met.
Since the report was self-referred in December 2019, the committee has received 74 submissions both public and confidential and conducted four sets of hearings, mainly by video link due to pandemic restrictions.