I bet for the $14m price of the fire station plus it's ongoing annual running costs we could have got an upgraded ATC service at Ballina and probably a few other places as well.
In other countries they upgrade the airspace first before putting in RFFS. That is they try and prevent the accident in the first place. Pretty logical to me.
I upgraded the tower establishment criteria years ago but no one has updated the RFFS establishment criteria.
Until that happens large amounts of safety resources will be mis-allocated.
All the best for Christmas and the new year to everyone.