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Old 13th Sep 2021, 03:36
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Isn't all 'G' in Australia 'closer' to F than G? AIP GEN 3.3 at para 3.3.7.2 says that:
Traffic information
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In Class G airspace, a traffic information service is provided to IFR flights about other conflicting IFR and observed VFR flights except:

a. An IFR flight reporting taxiing or airborne at a non-controlled aerodrome will be advised of conflicting IFR traffic that is not on the CTAF; and

b. An IFR flight inbound to a non-controlled aerodrome will be advised of conflicting IFR traffic until the pilot reports changing to the CTAF.
So I'm not sure it's all about pilots not understanding and using correct procedures.

That said, the paragraph immediately before the one I quoted effectively says that the service is a 'workload permitting' one. Perhaps part of the education process should be to make clearer that it's a 'Clayton's' traffic information service for IFR. Maybe that's why Australia calls it G rather than F...
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