I have it from Government circles that when the fuss blew up that the then Premier Napthine froze ALL payments from the Regional Aviation Fund. Then the election came before it was opened again.
Now post election, the public servants that were dealing with the Regional Aviation Fund have been re-deployed to other departments. At the moment there is no-one with responsibility for the programme. The Regional Aviation Fund has not even been allocated to a minister in the new Andrews government.
So, it is all in limbo, with no payments being processed.