was a couple of really serious near misses due to non-standard Australian usage confusing crews from the rest of the world,
Leddie, enlighten us again, I've forgotten.
That standards of radio communications usage have most certainly slipped is not the fault of ICAO standard phraseology, but just another manifestation of how flying standards, including ab nitio training, have slipped in Australia.
No, it's because the (in most cases mandated) electronic Jepp airway manual is an abomination of a document...