Premium Content New body scanning equipment will be soon equipped at the Ballina Byron Gateway Airport. The new technology will be funded by Federal Government after it approved $2.3M in funding for the security upgrades. The funding comes from the Federal Government's Regional Airports Screening Infrastructure (RASI) grant program. The initiative provides funding to regional airports that must upgrade their security screening equipment, or commence screening, following new requirements from the Department of Home Affairs. The RASI program eases the cost burden for modifying airports, to accommodate the equipment, and to operate the screening points for a period of time, on the condition those costs are not passed on to airport users.