Originally Posted by
MickG0105
Commonwealth v state powers regarding aviation was addressed a couple of years back in a thread on the Queensland state regulated routes. Here's what I wrote then,
At least some of it is applicable to the WA discussion.
The Queensland legislation is similar to WA's Transport Coordination Act in that respect, where one of the stated objectives of the TCA is "to ensure that the people of this State are provided, as far as is practicable, with reliable, efficient and economic transport services."
My personal view is that the large amount of lattitude given to the Transport Minister to impose license conditions is a bit of an issue, and any challenge would be a good thing. For one, the ability of the DOT to use a policy to restrict charter flights to one per week per customer on RPT routes is something that probably should be loosened up.