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
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
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
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #34 – CASA’s role We have been mainly focussing our attention on Minister Catherine King as the overall person responsible for upholding the aviation legislation, for her Department’s Aviation branch, for the regulatory oversight over Airservices, for being the landlord of the Crown land leased Read more
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #35 – Barnaby’s “Community” Forum Do you remember BAPAF – the Brisbane Airport Post-Implementation Review Advisory Forum? In response to community pressure and advocacy from BFPCA, then Deputy PM and Minister for Infrastructure & Transport Barnaby Joyce (Nationals) announced BAPAF on 24 Sep 2021 in Read more
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #36 – Lies & Deceit Today’s protest reason is short and sweet, and brought to you by Brisbane Airport Corporation CEO Gert-Jan de Graaff himself. This is what he had to say on 7NEWS on 21 Feb 2020 prior to the launch of the New Read more