60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #22 – Drones & Air Taxis We are asking everyone to send a new complaint – this time about drones and air taxis. Read on to find out how you can help prevent the noise pollution problem from getting even worse in Brisbane. Catherine King, Read more
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #23 – ATC shortages to delay noise improvements Courier Mail reported that Civil Air Australia, the air traffic controllers’ union, estimates it could take years to implement the PIR flight path changes due to chronic staff shortages in the Brisbane control tower. Why are there chronic staff Read more
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #24 – Greenwashing The aviation industry’s widespread greenwashing is an issue we should pay attention to. Why? Two reasons: 1. It provides further evidence that they are lying and misleading consumers with false claims. 2. Greenwashing makes uncritical consumers feel good about unsustainable consumption choices so Read more
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #25 – The Aviation Industry’s Trail of Deception The aviation industry has left a trail of deception in its wake. Over time and in various locations across Australia, the industry has repeatedly employed trickery and misleading tactics, disregarding the concerns and well-being of local communities. Disturbingly, Read more
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #26 – Brisbane Airport wants to gag noise complainants On 10 Dec 2021, Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) submitted a request to Brisbane City Council urging them to require the registration of a covenant that will restrict future home buyers from making aircraft noise complaints at the $63 Read more
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #27 – The flawed airport consultation groups All major airports in Australia were told by the then Commonwealth Government in 2011 that they had to establish so-called “Community Aviation Consultation Groups” (CACGs). The idea was to pretend to be listening to community concerns but in Read more
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #28 – Flight counter inaccurate Brisbane Airport’s Runway Usage Tool is supposed to keep track of the number of flight movements for the public to view and query on BAC’s website. Since September 2022, BAC and Airservices Australia have been providing dodgy flight movement data, which Read more
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #29 – It’s our bread & butter Tonight, we ask you to post in the comments your favourite adjective to describe Airservices’ conduct. But first, have a read of this: BFPCA’s early community advocacy and pressure throughout 2020/2021 led to then Transport Minister Barnaby Joyce giving Read more
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #30 – Why 50% over the Bay is a Fail Tonight’s protest reason is the 30th, so we are at the half way mark, and the protest is in a month’s time! Have you registered yet? Please do so now so we can gauge numbers. Read more
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #31 – Is it news or is it PR? Brisbane Airport Corporation and Airservices Australia spend a lot of money on PR professionals. What is PR? Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing the communication and relationship between an organisations and its various stakeholders, Read more