Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, , 4:04:33 to 4:05:58
Inquiry into the specific security protocols followed at RAAF Base Williamtown during drone intrusions, including the instruction to close window blinds.
Topics: ADF, Public safety
Speakers: David Shoebridge, Meghan Quinn, Raff Ciccone, Hon Murray Watt, Unknown Speaker
Chair. >> All right. Thanks. I'll hand over to Senator Schubich before we break for lunch.
>> Thanks, Chair. In relation to the incident in Williamstown, I think there are a number of incidents in Williamstown in the middle of this year, Williamtown in the middle of this year. Um, is it true, as reported, um, that personnel at Williamtown when the drones were, uh, intruding into the airspace were instructed to close window blinds to protect sensitive information. Is that true,
>> Senator Shoebridge? We've just had this conversation at length. Um, was that >> Yeah. So it is standard protocol when there's a security incident at a base uh for people to uh close blinds etc. We have taken on notice uh whether there was any deviation from standard protocols uh at Williamstown
>> and so you could just confirm that the the drones were left unmolested but the blinds were pulled down. That's that's what happened at Williamtown. Is that
right? So we have taken on notice whether there was any deviation in standard security protocols which involve across bases in response to any incidents for all blinds to be closed.
>> All right. And um but to be clear that that that was the the net result. Drones left unmolested and blinds shut down and everybody stayed inside.
>> Is that that's what's being checked for the purpose of the question on notice?