60 reasons to protest
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #1 – Corruption and State Capture When BFPCA started in 2020, we intuitively knew that something was wrong – more than just the noise. We came to the realisation that the excessive noise pollution was a symptom of something deeper and more systemic. When we Read more…
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #2 – Double Standards: Albo ’96 vs King ’23 Anthony Albanese entered parliament in 1996. In his maiden speech, this is what he had to say about Sydney Airport’s enormous noise pollution issue affecting people in his seat of Grayndler: “The third runway cost $243 Read more…
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #3 – Airservices’ true colours BFPCA got hold of Airservices’ “Key Messages” document, which they publicly released by mistake as it was obviously never intended to be seen by Brisbane communities. This document (copy below) was created 02/02/2022 and published in error on the Airservices Engage Read more…
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #4 – Airservices failed to meet ministerial conditions Major Development Proposals (MDP) such as the New Parallel Runway require ministerial approvals from both the Infrastructure Minister under the Airport Act 1996 and from the Environment Minister (for the EIS component) under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act 1999. Brisbane Read more…
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #5 – Noise reductions = Emission reductions The AFR reports that Qantas and Virgin are set to fly below the tougher “safeguard mechanism” emission caps proposed by the Albanese government, meaning the airlines won’t even need to buy extra carbon offsets. That’s bad for the Read more…
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #6 – Petitioning our leaders We ask everyone to please sign BFPCA’s new petition: https://bfpca.org.au/qld-petition This one is to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland: Sign here: https://bfpca.org.au/qld-petition Some background It’s been 1,058 days since the new flight path design above Greater Brisbane was launched causing havoc, distress, anger, Read more…
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #7 – Bait-and-Switch The ministerial approval of the New Parallel Runway and associated flight paths by the Australian Government in 2007 was based on the 2006 Brisbane Airport MDP/EIS, which stipulates that SODPROPS (over water operations) are to be, ”the preferred mode as it offers Read more…
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #8 – Who really owns Brisbane Airport? Did you know that YOU may be a part-owner of Brisbane Airport through your superannuation? “Over 63% of BAC’s shareholders are major Australian institutional investors, including QIC, a state-owned entity which manages interests on behalf of its clients. Many of Read more…
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…