Dick, there would be around 200 controllers in the RAAF. Maybe - they are hurting as much as AsA at the moment. In my time there was about 30 in Darwin and not sure about Townsville, and they have barely enough to maintain services without releasing one or two for CAGRO duties.
As I have said all along, you can have all of the services you want - as long as you have the people to provide them. Your efforts would be better directed at the training and retention side of ATC rather than service delivery at the moment.
Cheers,
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