A little disappointing that the RAAF has let it get to this stage. I can understand the ESL one being a bit off, piece of c@#p Alenia, but the newer ones, like Darwin, Willytown, Townsville etc are pretty new. Hopefully the delays being experienced by industry will result in complaints and the action.
Please don't blame the ATCers - they are playing the cards that they have been dealt. They hate the situation as much as the aircrew.
BurglarsDog: All RAAF ATC are area/arrivals trained. They just don't have any of that airspace left. Darwin used to own out to 60NM, but post NAS they pulled it into 30NM. Something to do with administrating Class E airspace I think.
Cheers,
NFR.