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Old 15th Jul 2007, 04:17
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Originally Posted by coral
Hempy - I take issue with you there. ASA is not funded by taxpayers, it is funded by airspace users - ...except of course the RAAF (including the Lib/Nat Air Taxi Service - VIP SQN) - they pay nothing.
coral, that isn't my assertion, I was pointing out the inference made by 44Wing when he(?) wrote

AsA...gets increased defence dollars for improving/upgrading infrastructure by providing services that defence was providing (free)
and

Merely by moving tax dollars from one organisation to another
I am well aware how Airservices makes their cash, I also remember when ASA was a "Public Service" as opposed to a "Government Business Enterprise". Commercialisation, anyone?
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