Folks,
A cricket analogy comes to mind here.
Dang ! I was doing a pretty good job of following it all, right up until then.
#1) It sounds way too much like what it going on in America.
#2) I'm reminded that we sent you a guy from the FAA, long ago -- Pollard. Sorry about that.
#3) If
Marion Blakey ever sets foot in Oz, break out the torches and pitchforks.
There's much I don't know about your situation but I do know this; working overtime won't solve anything. It will just make you old before your time and delay the implementation of whatever is the solution.
American controllers could only wish they had your labor laws. They had to wait for a new election. They're still waiting.
Don Brown