screwing the wrong pooch
Mail-man,
what is truly shameful is that the ADF has failed to do enough to improve the situation...
But civil access to military infrastructure comes at a price - either increased risk at times or significant inconvenience.
Your slant is a bit like telling your neighbour how often and how low to mow his lawn - the jurisdictional issues are clear to most observers.
Military bases and airspace were typically closed to civilian use, one minor reason being the military wanted ATS flexibility in efficiently delivering the mission with the minimum of procedural constraint. That may now be part of the modern civil ATS mantra, but it is not part of the DNA or culture of civil ATC (both worldwide and historically). So now, by opening up to civil operations, should the military necessarily be forced to adopt those civil procedures and standards that interfere with their normal course of doing business?
If you want to jump into your neighbour's backyard, remember that you are a guest and that his rules apply. Civil access to military infrastructure comes with the same proviso. Where the balance needs to be found is in those procedures and standards that have a minimal downside for military operations but significant upside for mixed operations.
Stay Alive,