if there is to be money made in it why does a government owned air service provider have to risk our money on the design
I think it is called R&D? Not sure how many R&D projects make money and how many fail. Something about speculate to accumulate comes to mind?
Oh dear, another unique Australian system?
EUROCONTROL Navigation Domain - GBAS
The Ground-Based Augmentation System (GBAS) is a safety-critical system that augments the GPS Standard Positioning Service (SPS) and provides enhanced levels of service
I think the first has a link to the FAA also.
Howabout - spot on, the trials were GBAS.
Reason Foundation: Air Traffic Control Reform Newsletter #53 (May 2008)
Approach with Precision - GPS Avionics & Transportation