ATSB reports
There was not the usual flood of reports at the end of July. There are now 87 outstanding reports. The oldest of which goes back to 30 June 2011 (Operational non compliance of VH-VNC near Avalon Airport). There were 10 new occurrences in July, but only 5 reports issued.
Even what look like simple reports (eg AO-2012-042 - PA34 descending below LSA at Townsville) are taking over a year.
If you take the ATSB budget and divide by the number of reports (air, sea & land) the average reports costs more than $200,000. Surely even McKinsey & Co would be cheaper and faster.