The AAT is rapidly becoming irrelevant. Administrative matters should be tested in a proper court of law not an appeals theatre.
How could any person fail to recognize the function of an airport without recourse to the intent of the original taxpayer funded allocation of the land. It would appear the leaseholder has more rights than the owner, who in this case is the taxpayer.
I could be wrong, but can't an appeal be made in the federal Court in lieu of the High Court?