BFPCA’s journey began by trying to make sense of what happened. Many residents who have just joined our community may be at different stages of the same learning journey. On this page, we share our library of links and files, so you can find relevant documents all on one page. If you come across a broken link or an important document that is not yet included here, please let us know.
While maintaining this library is important to gather knowledge and evidence, we should not expect people to study aviation in order to vent their complaints about unreasonable noise pollution. We don’t expect people to have degrees in town planning just to have a say in the future of our cities.
On this page, you find documents relating to:
- Brisbane Airport
- Airservices Australia
- Aircraft Noise Ombudsman (ANO)
- National Reports and Senate Inquiries
- Federal Aviation Legislation
- Airport Traffic Data
- Academic Research Papers
Brisbane Airport
Airservices Australia
Noise Abatement Procedures Brisbane – page 1
Noise Abatement Procedures Brisbane – page 2
Noise Abatement Procedures Brisbane – page 3
Aircraft Noise Ombudsman (ANO)
National Reports and Senate Inquiries
Federal Aviation Legislation
- Air Navigation Act 1920; 1974 | Air Navigation (Aircraft Noise) Regulations 2018
- Air Services Act 1995 | Air Services Regulations 2019
- Aircraft Noise Levy Collection Act 1995
- Airports Act 1996 | Airports Regulations 1997 | Airports (Environment Protection) Regulations 1997
- Airspace Act 2007 | Airspace Regulations 2007
- Civil Aviation Act 1988
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act 1999
- Statement of Expectations for Airservices Australia for the Period 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2025 | (previous statements: 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2023, 15 July 2019 to 30 June 2021)
Bills to Amend Existing or Introduce New Federal Aviation Legislation
- Sydney Airport (Regulation of Movements) Bill 1996, led by Anthony Albanese MP (ALP)
- Air Services (Aircraft Noise) Amendment Bill 2011, led by Judi Moylan MP (Liberal)
- Air Services Amendment Bill 2016, led by Adam Bandt MP (Greens)
- Air Services Amendment Bill 2018, led by Senator Janet Rice (Greens)
- Air Services Amendment Bill 2018 (No. 2), led by Adam Bandt MP (Greens)
- Brisbane Airport Curfew and Demand Management Bill 2022, led by Adam Bandt MP (Greens)
- Brisbane Airport Curfew and Demand Management Bill 2023, led by Elizabeth Watson-Brown MP (Greens)
Airport Traffic Data
Airport traffic data provided by the Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE), Australian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications
Academic Research Papers
Both Brisbane Airport and Archerfield Airport are being used by a range of different aircraft types including many older aircraft such as propeller and piston engine aircraft that operate on leaded aviation gasoline. There is a well-established body of peer-reviewed scientific literature on the severe negative impacts of aircraft noise pollution and aircraft exhaust emissions on human health and wellbeing as well as learning and cognitive abilities of children in the proximity of airports.
We have started to gather a selection of peer-reviewed academic papers on these topics, but there are many more. You can access our Paperpile library of academic research papers here >