Scurvy,
After 23 years of flying and being licensed...or licenced in three different countries and having just returned from France and Italy in a Citation X, I can state unequivocally that Australia has the most bastardised and difficult to understand governing agency, charging system, and airspace system in the world.
I can't believe that somebody who has retired from QF or CX, (who has some street credibility and knows what s/he is talking about), hasn't taken the reigns and fixed it once and for all.