The rest of the world seems to build decent aviation infrastructure why doesn't Australia?
Um, this is not a comprehensive list but the following come to mind:
Apathy, short sighted management, aforementioned empire building, bonus culture, lack of investment, lack of vision, lack of balls, over inflated perception of our own importance, isolation, lame government landlords (of leased airports) - and these are the PG rated ones.
You only have to travel to any of our regional neighbours - Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, hell even Bangkok now - to realise that almost all Australian airports are about 10 - 20 years behind the minimum standard.
Unfortunately Perth is 10 - 20 years behind the best Australian airports!!
I am finding it harder to tell the difference between the Perth "International" and Denpasar terminals. Oh, yeah now I remember, Denpasar is cheaper, more modern and easier to negotiate
