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Many of you have told us how angry, frustrated and disappointed you are with the outcomes of Airservices Australia’s Package 3 process. You participated.You attended consultations.You made submissions.You provided evidence.You engaged in good faith. And once again, communities feel they have not been heard. We are not alone. Across Brisbane and South Read more
BFPCA Media Release, 10 July 2026 Brisbane Flight Path Community Alliance (BFPCA) has warned that Airservices Australia’s Package 3 announcement is not merely a disappointing result for existing flight-path communities, but a stark warning to all of Greater Brisbane. Airservices is presenting Package 3 of the Noise Action Plan for Read more
BFPCA is extremely disappointed by Minister King’s decision to approve the Brisbane Airport Master Plan. More than 500 Brisbane residents individually wrote to the Minister asking her to refuse the Master Plan because it locks in thousands of flights a day over people and entrenches the aircraft noise impacts that Read more
The Australian Government is seeking feedback on a new proposal called Flying Considerately, part of its Aviation White Paper process. It is presented as a way to reduce the impact of aircraft noise on communities. BFPCA has reviewed the proposal and submitted a detailed response. While the intent is acknowledged, Read more
BFPCA Media Release, 17 February 2026 A night flight curfew at Brisbane Airport would not damage the economy and its growth figures are over-egged, new independent economic analysis by Professor John Quiggin from The University of Queensland has found. Contradicting decades of aviation industry messaging, the report finds the modest Read more
BFPCA Media Release, 6 November 2025 Brisbane Flight Path Community Alliance (BFPCA) has sharply criticised the Australian Government’s response to the Senate Inquiry into the Impact and Mitigation of Aircraft Noise, released this week. The Albanese Government has endorsed only four of 21 recommendations in full. Describing it as Read more
BFPCA Media Release, 23 October 2025 Key Highlights Passenger numbers from Birsbane Airport will more than double from 25.7 million in 2026 to 52.3 million by 2046 with aircraft movements rising from 225,000 to nearly 382,000 annually, according to Brisbane Airport’s new Preliminary Draft 2026 Master Plan. Combined with Archerfield Read more
21 October 2025 Brisbane Flight Path Community Alliance (BFPCA) has written to the Federal Minister for the Environment and Water, Senator the Hon Murray Watt, calling for critical changes to the Government’s proposed reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). The EPBC Act is Australia’s Read more
ABC News interview, 12 August 2025 BFPCA Media Release, 21 July 2025 Key Highlights Brisbane Flight Path Community Alliance (BFPCA) has strongly criticised the latest flight path proposals released by Airservices Australia, warning they will result in more communities across South East Queensland being impacted by aircraft noise – many Read more
18/06/2025: Ombudsman Review Request Rejected Over 2,000 individuals submitted formal complaints, raising serious concerns about the Department’s failure to provide adequate regulatory oversight over Airservices Australia and protect communities from harmful aircraft noise. Many of those complainants then joined BFPCA in escalating a formal complaint to the Commonwealth Ombudsman. When Read more