OZBUSDRIVER, you state:
The proposal is “worthy of support”.
Of course one of the advantages for Airservices, is that there will be 10,000 VFR aircraft all automatically identified by call sign in the ADS-B computer. Imagine the potential, a VFR aircraft flies near Charleville or Ayers Rock and a bill can be automatically sent out for the traffic information service that could be given – note that it could be done quite inexpensively $2 or $3 a go, a bit like an e-TAG on the tollway. It would be quite a good little earner for air traffic controllers and Airservices Australia – and the Government, and it wouldn’t cost VFR aircraft very much, say possibly $20 or $30 a year – who would notice such a small amount, considering the extra safety of the traffic information service being provided by air traffic control!