"Go West young man!"
Anyone who goes to Perth from the East to prop up this situation needs to look at the big picture. I don't care how you try to justify it, it is wrong. To travel to Perth OCS for any reason at the moment is to do yourself a double disservice for you can bank on the fact that not only are you snubbing your brothers and sisters in arms you are also prostituting yourself to a management who regards you with as much distain for having no conviction, all for a plane ride and a few bucks.
You are not getting any brownie points with management, you need to specialise in other areas for that............