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[Luke Weston]

Hi Jim,

The short, detailed, correct and possibly unhelpful answer is that you'll need to follow the CASA Regulations 1998, Subpart 101.E, concerning unmanned free balloons.

https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2015C00997/Html/Volume_3#_Toc438545387

If your payload is under 50 grams then you're in the "light balloon" category without approval needed.
Otherwise, above that, you're in the domain where you will need CASA approval and ATC clearance, they will issue a NOTAM etc.
So if you can engineer your payload hardware to <50 grams then it's well worth it.

If in doubt in terms of interpreting the legislation then I suppose the best action is to ring up CASA, and have some idea of your launch location, date, time, balloon size and payload mass.
I would just explain that it's basically just a weather balloon for scientific/educational purposes operating within a typical altitude for a meteorological balloon. Don't call it a spacecraft because (a) it's not close to space and (b) because I think it will be easier for the CASA person to understand what you're on about. 

These links may be helpful and interesting too.

http://www.informationtechnologies.com.au/files/HAB%20Presentation.pdf
http://wotzup.com/2013/09/australians-applying-to-casa-for-a-hab-flight/
http://wotzup.com/2014/03/pico-balloon/

Hope this is helpful.

Cheers,
  Luke

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Jim Christian <he...@jimchristian.net>: Feb 02 05:24AM -0800 Hi there -   I'm going to be in Perth for a few weeks in March and April, launching a new tech initiative with a friend of mine. We're looking into potentially doing a weather balloon space launch - not dissimilar to this one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xi44zL8cBI) to promote the event.   Does anyone know what the rules and regulations are in Australia for going about this? Who to speak to / get permission from?   Any insight greatly appreciated!   Many thanks JC

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[Stuart Young]

If Luke's info isn't enough, I would reach out to the Project Horus guys (who do this sort of thing a lot, they're based in Adelaide), as they might be able to point you in the right direction.

http://projecthorus.org/

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[Brett Downing]

The Artifactory people got as far as a fully tested payload, balloons and gas, but couldn't get past casa.
You pay per launch window request and then they say no.
I would suggest that you do what some of the rocketry group sometimes does, and make some friends at Pearce air force base; they regularly tell casa where to shove it.