Brisbane Flight Path Community Alliance – people before planes

#24: Greenwashing

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

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#28: Flight counter inaccurate

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

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#29: It’s our bread & butter

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

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#31: Is it news or is it PR?

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

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#32: Airport Capacity Declaration

60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #32 – Airport Capacity Declaration One of BFPCA’s eight key demands is to demand that Minister Catherine King issues an Airport Capacity Declaration for Brisbane Airport of 45 flights an hour as provided for under the Airports Act 1996, Section 195, in order to provide Brisbane families and communities Read more

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#33: High-speed rail anyone?

60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #33 – High-speed rail anyone? Several countries around the world have high-speed rail networks. The development of high-speed rail has become increasingly important as countries seek to reduce carbon emissions, improve the efficiency of their transportation systems, and curb the excessive noise pollution from flight Read more

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