What
ARFOR said, plus .. for those interested, here are links to:
The Australian Aviation Act 2007
ComLaw Management - Series- Airspace Act 2007
Australian Airspace Policy Statement 2010 (which is a requirement of the Act, every 3 years)
Release of the Australian Airspace Policy Statement (AAPS) 2010
Some of these quotes from the documents have been posted before, but I found them interesting:
CASA must regard the safety of air navigation as the most important consideration, and the OAR must approach the development of its advice on airspace regulation on the same basis......
The administration of Australian-administered airspace:
+ shall be in the best interests of Australia;
+shall consider the current and future needs of the Australian aviation industry;
+ shall adopt proven international best practice airspace systems adapted to benefit Australia‟s aviation environment; and
+ shall take advantage of advances in technology wherever practicable.....
Class F: IFR and VFR flights are permitted, all participating IFR flights receive an air traffic advisory service and all flights receive a flight information service if requested. This class is not used at present in Australian-administered airspace. (REALLY????)......
Changes to an existing airspace classification or designation should be the consequence of a clear and consistent risk management process.....
The Government considers the safety of passenger transport services as the first priority in airspace administration and CASA should respond quickly to emerging changes in risk levels for passenger transport operations.Airspace administration should also seek to deliver good safety outcomes to all aviation participants......
The airspace strategy requires transparency so that the aviation industry has clear insight into the way in which airspace administrative decisions will be developed, taken and implemented including industry and agency consultation......
The decisions taken on Broome & Karattha will ultimately provide eveidence on how well we are being served by our Government.