Owen ,Canberra clearly has radar to very low levels- you have told us so.
On post 187 you even told us you provide a radar service below 8500' when the airspace is class G.
You clearly do not provide a service that will stop planes flying into mountains there and that is what I am on about.
I agree that this will require en route controllers to be trained to do approach work (as they do in other countries) and also require smaller sectors.
All of this will cost money.
No one has ever looked at the cost and benefit of this because minds have been made up.
I do not agree that "class E without survailance has been proven to be dangerous and irresponsible"
It is certainly a step up from class G and two incidents in 12 months do not provide enough data to make such a finding.
I would prefer to have low level class E at a place like Port Macquarie because it not only includes a transponder requirement but you also get a control service if IFR.