# News Source Record

**L-Ne / Open-source news extract** — Original media coverage of unmanned aerial systems.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Collection date | 15 April 2014 |
| Platform | Quiet Systems |
| Data label | Open-source news record // LRRK collection product |
| Handling | Public-source material. Image rights require separate verification before publication. |
| Scale | National |
| Language | English |
| Terms matched | drones; unmanned aerial vehicle; remote controlled drones |

## Bibliographic

| Field | Value |
| Outlet | ABC News (Australia) |
| Title | Civil Aviation Safety Authority scrambling to roll out drone public awareness campaign |
| Dateline | 15 April 2014, 11:58pm |
| First publisher | yes |
| Original URL | https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-15/casa-scrambling-to-roll-out-drone-public-awareness-campaign/5392922 |
| Archive URL | — |
| Dedup key | 2014-04-15|abc-au|casa-public-awareness-geraldton |
| Source grade | A1 |

## Record

**Verified extract — [Fact — A1]** ABC reported CASA had issued warnings to more than 100 users for safety breaches and was scrambling to roll out a public-awareness campaign, asking retailers to hand out leaflets. Rules cited on the page: no flight within 30 metres of cars, buildings or people; no night flying; no flight above 400 feet. Triathlete Raija Ogden, hit by a drone while competing in Geraldton, backed better enforcement. CASA director of aviation safety John McCormick said the boom was hard to police in real time. Westpac rescue-helicopter pilot Kevin Ratcliffe, who had a near-miss near Newcastle, called for education of new owners. Australian Certified UAV Operators Association president Joe Urli demanded more policing, heftier fines and amateur registration, warning a mid-air collision over a populous area could be catastrophic.

**Kinematic object.** Hobby and commercial remote-controlled drones operating over Australian cities.

**Coverage frame.** regulatory / incident

## Source integrity

- Why this is treated as an original: Original ABC interviews with the injured athlete, CASA director, a rescue-helicopter pilot and the licensed-operator association.
- Wire reprint status: Not a wire reprint.
- What was excluded: Subsequent CASA rule changes and the later Geraldton fine outcome.

## LRRK relevance

Passport / Watch. Local incident pressure on a national regulator facing an unlicensed hobby boom.

*LRRK — security assurance for systems that sense, move, and act.*

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