Finally, as for 'perpetual training', it's what tends to be necessary when an organisation's under-resourced/limited ATC staff do duties in Iraq/Afghanistan/disaster zones etc for long periods, and at their home base. All at the behest of a grateful nation.
The point you miss is that airlines are paying big coin at all these military airports for a control service which it would appear is not to the standard that is expected.
If the ADF cannot provide the service they should give it back to ASA.
And it's why, when they were built, military bases were generally where no other operator wanted to be; it also resulted in the benefit of their own CTZs.
I think you will find it was a cost saving exercise rather than the military doing anyone a favour. All airports in this country were ultimately built by the taxpayer. The fact that some were military was just a way of saving money.
They do pay for it from their own budget! And it's why, when they were built, military bases were generally where no other operator wanted to be; it also resulted in the benefit of their own CTZs.
Not exactly Townsville was built on the civil aerodrome and in Darwin the government decided to close the civil airport and merge with the RAAF