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<![CDATA[AuntyPru Forum - Australian Flying Magazine]]> https://auntypru.com/forum/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 18:42:24 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Australian Aviation - Magazine.]]> https://auntypru.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=195 Tue, 10 Mar 2020 21:24:24 +0000 P7_TOM]]> https://auntypru.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=195 ‘Australian Aviation’. For example – Gliding Club troubles.

AA – “However, soaring rent prices could soon see them shuttered. Sydney Metro Airports have proposed increases of 225 per cent and 550 per cent, respectively, for the two clubs, which, according to SCGC club president Justin Couch, is “untenable”.

There is some ‘good stuff’ published in the mag. If you have a spare moment, have a browse.]]> ‘Australian Aviation’. For example – Gliding Club troubles.

AA – “However, soaring rent prices could soon see them shuttered. Sydney Metro Airports have proposed increases of 225 per cent and 550 per cent, respectively, for the two clubs, which, according to SCGC club president Justin Couch, is “untenable”.

There is some ‘good stuff’ published in the mag. If you have a spare moment, have a browse.]]> <![CDATA[A Gold Star Plug.]]> https://auntypru.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=191 Fri, 08 Nov 2019 10:50:02 +0000 Kharon]]> https://auntypru.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=191
Of particular note is the support the ‘Last Minute Hitch’ receives from his masters; who must tread a fine line. Hitch is mostly ‘balanced’, proactive and tries hard to be clear sighted. Well done that man; which earns a Tim Tam. But the gold star has been awarded for a less obvious reason. His ceaseless efforts to ‘unite’ the diverse, awkward, often contradictory opinions of the various alphabet soup groups into a cohesive, unilateral declaration how to resolve the crisis Sport and Reactional flying finds itself in. For example the pointless RAOz and AOPA wrangle: there must be common ground enough to present a united approach to situation – Hitch at least tries to find that small plot of ground.

The subscription to Oz Flying is a modest one; in Aunt Pru’s opinion, the expense is well justified, just for a good read - if nothing else.

Two options – Great Magazines – or - Isubscribe.]]>
Of particular note is the support the ‘Last Minute Hitch’ receives from his masters; who must tread a fine line. Hitch is mostly ‘balanced’, proactive and tries hard to be clear sighted. Well done that man; which earns a Tim Tam. But the gold star has been awarded for a less obvious reason. His ceaseless efforts to ‘unite’ the diverse, awkward, often contradictory opinions of the various alphabet soup groups into a cohesive, unilateral declaration how to resolve the crisis Sport and Reactional flying finds itself in. For example the pointless RAOz and AOPA wrangle: there must be common ground enough to present a united approach to situation – Hitch at least tries to find that small plot of ground.

The subscription to Oz Flying is a modest one; in Aunt Pru’s opinion, the expense is well justified, just for a good read - if nothing else.

Two options – Great Magazines – or - Isubscribe.]]> <![CDATA[Snippets from around the traps]]> https://auntypru.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=155 Tue, 09 May 2017 00:44:35 +0000 thorn bird]]> https://auntypru.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=155
Opening gambit from News.com.au, confirmed that my suspicion the quoted cost of Sydney's new western airport appeared just a tad overinflated.

Julia Carlisle
Australian Associated Press

High-flying businessman John Wagner says he could build Sydney's second international airport for much less than its touted $6 billion pricetag.
Mr Wagner and his brothers were behind the Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport near Toowoomba that opened late 2014, the first major airport to be built from scratch in Australia since Melbourne's Tullamarine in 1970.
The airport, with its 2.87km runway capable of handling aircraft as big as a Boeing 747, took 19 months and 10 days to build, and cost $200 million.
Mr Wagner says he could build Sydney's Badgerys Creek airport in three years.
"We just can't see that it would cost that much, and the high-level work that we have internally here would indicate that it shouldn't cost that much," Mr Wagner told ABC on Tuesday.
The federal government last week committed to building the Badgerys Creek airport after Sydney Airport Corporation, which operates the existing Mascot airport, walked away, citing "considerable" risks.
"It is a vitally important project for western Sydney, for Sydney and the nation," Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said in a statement.
Earthworks on Sydney's second international airport are due to start next year and is likely to be operational by late-2026.
Last year Infrastructure Australia costed the first stage of the Badgerys Creek airport at $5 billion.
Further details are to be outlined in Tuesday's federal budget.

I guess this just confirms that anything the Bureaucrats get mixed up in ends up costing the poor old taxpayer far more than it should.]]>
Opening gambit from News.com.au, confirmed that my suspicion the quoted cost of Sydney's new western airport appeared just a tad overinflated.

Julia Carlisle
Australian Associated Press

High-flying businessman John Wagner says he could build Sydney's second international airport for much less than its touted $6 billion pricetag.
Mr Wagner and his brothers were behind the Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport near Toowoomba that opened late 2014, the first major airport to be built from scratch in Australia since Melbourne's Tullamarine in 1970.
The airport, with its 2.87km runway capable of handling aircraft as big as a Boeing 747, took 19 months and 10 days to build, and cost $200 million.
Mr Wagner says he could build Sydney's Badgerys Creek airport in three years.
"We just can't see that it would cost that much, and the high-level work that we have internally here would indicate that it shouldn't cost that much," Mr Wagner told ABC on Tuesday.
The federal government last week committed to building the Badgerys Creek airport after Sydney Airport Corporation, which operates the existing Mascot airport, walked away, citing "considerable" risks.
"It is a vitally important project for western Sydney, for Sydney and the nation," Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said in a statement.
Earthworks on Sydney's second international airport are due to start next year and is likely to be operational by late-2026.
Last year Infrastructure Australia costed the first stage of the Badgerys Creek airport at $5 billion.
Further details are to be outlined in Tuesday's federal budget.

I guess this just confirms that anything the Bureaucrats get mixed up in ends up costing the poor old taxpayer far more than it should.]]> <![CDATA['The' Mandarin.]]> https://auntypru.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=108 Thu, 01 Oct 2015 21:24:18 +0000 Kharon]]> https://auntypru.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=108
Anyway, FWIW I thought it worth it’s own thread.

For example – HERE. Now to my simple mind, this is a warning of clear and present danger for the ASA.

Quote:Federal agencies are still falling short of full compliance with a Senate Standing Order introduced in 2001 to improve the public transparency of government contracting, according to the auditor general Grant Hehir.

The order requires ministers to table lists of all significant contracts and agreements in their respective portfolio areas, highlighting those that contain confidentiality clauses of any sort and outlining the justifications for them.

Then, there’s this:-

Quote:“It’s all led by the tone at the top. When we started we had wonderful support at senior levels of government, so you got a real culture change. But after about a year or so it became clear – and this is during Labor – that government doesn’t like FOI and it’s acceptable, it’s culturally, acceptable to thwart FOI requests.

“Except in the early days, when the initiative was being led by John Faulkner and Joe Ludwig, the tone was as antagonistic to FOI as it has been under the present government.”

“There’s a lot of political horse-playing around who is the most secretive government. In my experience there was a lack of enthusiasm from both sides of politics. Senior people in government just don’t like FOI."

One of the greatest bug-bears and most complained about features of dealing with ‘the agencies’ is obtaining essential information under the FOI act.

Are the winds of change actually starting, under Turnbull to blow about the ‘corridors of power’; or is it just more meaningless rhetoric?

Time will tell, but thank you Mandarin for keeping us well informed. Cyber Tim Tams for morning tea; delivered... Big Grin

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Anyway, FWIW I thought it worth it’s own thread.

For example – HERE. Now to my simple mind, this is a warning of clear and present danger for the ASA.

Quote:Federal agencies are still falling short of full compliance with a Senate Standing Order introduced in 2001 to improve the public transparency of government contracting, according to the auditor general Grant Hehir.

The order requires ministers to table lists of all significant contracts and agreements in their respective portfolio areas, highlighting those that contain confidentiality clauses of any sort and outlining the justifications for them.

Then, there’s this:-

Quote:“It’s all led by the tone at the top. When we started we had wonderful support at senior levels of government, so you got a real culture change. But after about a year or so it became clear – and this is during Labor – that government doesn’t like FOI and it’s acceptable, it’s culturally, acceptable to thwart FOI requests.

“Except in the early days, when the initiative was being led by John Faulkner and Joe Ludwig, the tone was as antagonistic to FOI as it has been under the present government.”

“There’s a lot of political horse-playing around who is the most secretive government. In my experience there was a lack of enthusiasm from both sides of politics. Senior people in government just don’t like FOI."

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