No amount of ATC services will ever outweigh the benefits of a thorough and well structured approach brief. When all the boxes are ticked in a thorough, well structured approach brief there should be no reason for CFIT or other nasties. Surely the greatest cause of accidents such as benalla are rushed poorly planned approaches and poor crew attention (possibly training?).
Dick i understand it is always nice to have someone watching over everything you do, but surely someone with your business acumen can see that to deliver the service you are suggesting is not economically feasible. Does that mean it is wrong to suggest or pursue it..no. Climate change initiatives, global economic meltdown, interest rates, war in Iraq, budget suplus, rightly or wrongly these are the issues that are drawing attention and the big bucks.
It would be nice to fly in radar controlled airspace all the time and not have to worry about position reports or traffic separation, but that is never going to happen. Why? Because someone has done the risk analysis (i hope) and decided, you know what, the cost of implementing this outweighs the benefits derived. Sad but true that every potential aircraft accident has a price, and sadly, the governement cant pay to prevent each one.