[LINK] Canberra Drones Onwards

[Roger Clarke]

Google Wings' drone experiments around the Canberra region are moving on 
again.

They started in an area of 5-acre-blocks 15km south, moved to a far 
southern suburb, and are now moving to a far northern suburb.

One interpretation is that they've finally found a warehouse they can 
work from, and need to trial use in a suburb near the warehouse. 
Another is that they keep wearing out their welcome, and depend on 
general inquisitiveness to avoid bad press.

Note that the company appears to be continuing to enjoy an almost 
completely free hand, with the pseudo-regulatory agency CASA suspending 
prettymuch all of the normal safety requirements.

I haven't invested the necessary time to search for the instrument that 
grants them the exemptions, although searches at casa.gov.au find 
nothing on <Alphabet> or <Project Wing>.   (It's becoming increasingly 
normal in Australia for pseudo-regulatory agencies to suppress important 
documents).


https://goo.gl/maps/Xh69gQnRDFF2


https://the-riotact.com/world-first-drone-deliveries-near-canberra/220753
https://blog.guzmanygomez.com/project-wing-drone-mothership/

https://the-riotact.com/drone-deliveries-of-burritos-and-chemist-products-to-tuggeranong/234727
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/act/project-wing-to-trial-food-delivery-by-drones-to-homes-in-tuggeranong-20180222-h0whll.html
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/act/bonython-residents-concerned-over-project-wing-drone-testing-20180314-h0xh0o.html

https://the-riotact.com/drone-company-lands-mitchell-site-to-start-gungahlin-operations-next-year/273544

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/act/the-act-s-drone-trial-is-both-a-challenge-and-an-opportunity-20181109-p50f3m.html

https://x.company/intl/en_au/wing/australia/


Aside:  The primary supplier of goods for delivery, Mexican fast food 
chain Guzman y Gomez, has been in the news for illegal behaviour:
https://www.afr.com/news/policy/industrial-relations/guzman-y-gomez-lashed-over-belowaward-pay-deal-20181106-h17lqj


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