60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #9 – Brisbane City Council complicit The Sydney Airport community protests against the noise pollution in the mid 90s saw demonstrators gathering at the international and domestic terminals, effectively blocking movements in and out of terminal buildings. What is notable is that they had the support Read more…
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #10 – Emirates II departs Brisbane 2.50 AM Community members have been referring to the Emirates A380 as the “monster” as it almost always departs over the city, low and loud. Well, now there are two monsters. Thanks to the Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s $200 million Read more…
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #11 – The Premier’s $200 million aviation war chest We all remember the embarrassing scene at the Gabba Stadium in March 2022 when Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk hosted former PM Scott Morrison and Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner. All three were trying to announce more nation Read more…
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #12 – The Online Trolls We have heard it all before, haven’t we? We have all experienced it many times. It’s not bad enough that we suffer flight path noise pollution but we also receive ongoing harassment from online trolls. Trolls are sad individuals who engage Read more…
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #13 – The Aviation White Paper One of Labor’s election promises was to update the old 2009 Aviation Policy “White Paper” from the Rudd / Albo era. About a year ago, when Catherine King MP was still Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development, Read more…
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #14 – Misleading Noise Data The community protests at Sydney Airport in the mid nineties led not only to the introduction of a curfew, movement cap, and Long-Term Operating Plan, they also caused various inquiries and reports to be produced assessing how to learn from Read more…
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #15 – Kevin Rudd’s broken promises BFPCA is grateful and thanks the community action groups that came before us. Most noteable and commendable is BARB – Ban Aircraft over Residential Brisbane. Part of the Rivermouth Action Group, BARB was active in the fight against Airservices Read more…
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #16 – The faux Noise Improvement Trials A recommendation stemming from the Brisbane Airport PIR Advisory Forum (BAPAF) included short-term noise improvement measures, specifically: 1. Restriction on intersection departures From when the runway opened, aircraft were allowed to take off at different intersections on the Read more…
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #17 – Why we need a Royal Commission BFPCA has been collecting and analysing countless government reports, scientific studies, discussion papers, policy proposals, Senate inquiries, and amendment bills, dating as far back as 1975 – yet: NOTHING HAS CHANGED. We must thus demand a Royal Commission into the state Read more…
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #18 – Senate Estimates The poor performance of Airservices and the Department’s Aviation Branch in Senate Estimates hearings over the last two years is worthy of its own dedicated protest reason. Here are some highlights (lowlights?) from recent hearings and written answers provided to Questions Read more…