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Drone delivery guidelines consultation open

Have your say on draft guidelines that will help operators and planning authorities integrating drone delivery safely into the community.

With advances in technology, drone delivery is expected grow in Australia and it is important that this is managed in a safe and nationally consistent manner.

The drone delivery guidelines step through the regulatory requirements for operators running drone delivery. They form part of the Infrastructure Planning Framework (the Framework) which will ensure a nationally consistent approach to infrastructure and planning decisions for emerging aviation technologies.  

Your feedback on the guidelines will inform the final version planned for release in 2023.

Consultation will be open until Friday 2 December 2022 and feedback can be provided via our Have Your Say page.