Greg Russell has provided a solution, ADSB,
A solution? Read the frickin thread! Especially Fairless' post. Then you might get more of a grip on things. ADSB doesn't help much if you don't have the controllers to work it, the runways to land on and the receivers to receive it etc. etc. etc.
amongst the government hating, burearucracy hating and other mindless rubbish, is that the reason we don't have better ADSB use, is that none, not one, of the charter companies in Perth has spent one cent on equipping their aircraft with ADSB gear.
Why do you think that is? Why would an aircraft owner spend money WHEN THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IN IT FOR HIM. This is where policy comes in- hence the govt 'hating' posts. Policy is required that provides some incentive for efficiency- either financial penalties/incentives, or otherwise. The bureaucrats, like Russell, do what they are told by the govt. If the aviation minister had half a clue, and directed AsA to adequately staff, rather than just return a max dividend, then I'm sure he would. If the govt took some of the mining windfall, and used it provide infrastructure to support the industry (which might include buying the airport and building runways instead of warehouses etc- what an amazing thought- essential infrastructure being used for purpose!!!). Yes, policy might be used to help the mining company bean counters influence things- such as, say, increasing the airport/airways charges during certain times, but hoping for altruism on the part of aircraft owners by fitting ADSB IS moronic (especially when it doesn't solve the problem).