60 reasons to protest
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
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #37 – How our curfew was stolen Have you seen those silly comments from the usual trolls saying, “The airport was there before you”…? Well, two facts: (1) Brisbane Airport in its current location only opened on 19 March 1988. Before that, Brisbane was serviced by the Eagle Read more
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #38 – Air Pollution We talk mainly about noise pollution and its damaging effect on health and wellbeing as well as jeopardising the learning abilities in children. But we shouldn’t forget the detrimental impact of the aviation industry’s air pollution on health and wellbeing either. Read more
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #39 – How’s the serenity? EDIT 01/05/2025: New video added. The Queensland Government has announced Northshore Hamilton as the location for the main athlete village for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The athletes’ village will host more than 10,000 athletes and team officials for the Read more
60 Reasons to Protest: Reason #40 – Refusal to Issue a Ministerial Direction Two of BFPCA’s eight key demands entail issuing Ministerial Directions to Airservices Australia. So what is a Ministerial Direction and why does it matter? A Ministerial Direction is a legally binding instruction given by a government minister to a government agency Read more