Not so stupid as Lookleft stupidly suggests. The current tyranny of distance COSTS !
For business, medical or any other reason a Burketown resident can expect this....
Savvanah Air chtr/rpt to Mt Isa. Not cheap .
Mt Isa to BNE. mega bucks.
BNE to SYD cheapo by Tiger, Virgin etc
Road or rail to Bankstown.$$.?
Hardly likely to happen in one day either depending on connections. And the cost would be more that a return economy class to Europe.!
If this BKTN resident is a pilot ,gone to Bankstown to pick up an aircraft, he can the sort out a way back, having to avoid derelect airfields with no fuel or businesses left. Fuel uplift on route will cost megabucks and the levy/GA tax still within now goes to general revenue instead of to 'support' poor casa who got it originally and have buggered GA in the process.
As Malcolm said ..Life wasnt meant to be easy. Or bureaucratized to death, either.