Originally Posted by
CaptainMidnight
My recollection is that this directive was issued to Airservices a couple of hours prior to the commencement of the caretaker period prior to an election. I also recall that after the election Airservices referred the issue to CASA, to assess and advise if SSR was really required for all Class C airspace where established that did not have coverage.
CASA's response in due course was no, not required. I assume the minister was advised accordingly and decided not to pursue the matter.
There is probably a thread on here, would have been early 2000's.
Edit: found this (one of these should work, depending if you are logged in or not):
PPRuNe Archives: Class C radar direction
PPRuNe Archives plain text: Class C radar direction
That's about right.
The Direction was issued as the usual pre-election Dick-distractor.
CASA's opinion on the matter was irrelevant to Airservices' obligation to comply with the Direction, but great raw material for the usual smoke and mirror tricks.