Its not a criminal offence. Can we get that straight? In the same way that exceeding the speed limit by 15 km/h is not a criminal offence.
It was a POLITICAL decision to appease those who were in a position to inflict harm on the then incumbent. Nothing has changed in that regard except that we now have a Guvmint that is far less sympathetic to aircraft than the previous one was.
This infringement (that's ALL it was) would have probably been overlooked previously.
Whilst it could be argued that landings on 16 CAN be disturbing to the punters at Tempe or wherever, it's hard to see how a departure over Botany Bay (assuming it was 16R) could have concerned anybody.
let's just go back to the dark ages
Okay Okay, I was on the way out anyway