Why was the ILS not available? Australia supposed to be a developed country yet it couldn't provide a precision approach when needed. You would expect this sort of thing from a banana republic.
If it was out for maintenance why was it not carried out at a more favourable time and wx? If it isn't broke, why fix it?
Asking a new generation crew to perform an NDB approach is asking for trouble, as most of them don't get the practise and that is a fact. If you have seen what i have in a simulator, you would agree.
Haven't read the report as I am unable to down load it.