Radar LSALTs
Perhaps someone from ATC can answer this one. The other night I was flying in to Bankstown and was given a clearance direct to the field (no SID or NDB approach). However, at 8nm was still not visual so I asked for a further descent to the radar LSALT. "We can't give you that anymore" was the reply from SY Approach.
A few hours later the exact same thing happened arriving in to Brisbane, except approach offered me further descent to a radar LSALT.
If giving out radar LSALTs has been 'banned', why on earth is this the case? Also, why the inconsistency across locations?