Australia is obsessed with rules, as supported by these posts, the law is the law is the law. No application of its intent just it's letter... Two years ago I was on a layover in BNE, a policeman pulled me over along with several other commuters. We were not drivers, we were on bicycles on the bike path. My crime.... I didn't have a bell on the bike.... A frigg'n bell! fined AUD 50! But I don't live in Oz I explained. The answer, sorry that is the law. Same deal with the curfew, its the law.... Well what about the spirit of that law, is its intent to stop every single big jet from taking off or can there be excusable exceptions when a storm delays refueling and a 380 load of pax will be stuck for 15 hours (crew duty..) with no hotels to put them in. It's called humanity and compassion and a vote for common bloody sense. Ah but this is Australia and we have legislated against common sense, there's a rule for that.....