The Labour party quietly released its aviation policies last night.
Too little too late one could say.
The only media that appears to have run with the release has been the Australia's aviation section.
It was in 1989 that the ALP said that
aviation was vital to the economic well being of Australia.
The last minute release of its aviation policies does not reflect those words.
The Australian reports that labour wants to establish a 20 year plan for aviation, tackle industry fragmentation and promote a more cohesive government approach if it wins power.
The Liberals on the other hand have opted to inject monies into an aviation tech college in WA plus put monies into an Royal aero club controlled scholarship scheme to raise the number of new commercial pilots. A certain regional airline has got involved here with assisted students being in effect bonded to it for several years.
Again too little too late. The problems of aviation right now were apparent to the industry a long time ago but still nothing happened until election time.
We can but wait and see what the outcome is to be tomorrow. I do not hold my breath.
It is apparent that aviation does not give many votes so it can be played with like a football until the last minute and then make a shoot-from-the-hip policy decision, sometimes in the favour of the best spin doctor's employer.
This country is the loser.