Dick, if you turn off radar at CB I guarantee the only thing that will happen is the airspace will become less efficient. There will be no reduction in safety.
Stop scaremongering
There will be nothing 'uncovered' at the Senate next week because despite your insistence.....there is no cover up.
Happy to support a trial at Ballina, but you also must undertake the following to ensure the trial has an outcome;
1. You must establish the current level of risk at Ballina ( no you saying it is high is not good enough)
2. You must establish how acceptable that level of risk is ( no you saying it is unacceptable is not good enough)
3. If it is found that the risk is unacceptable, then you must establish what level of risk would be acceptable
4. The aim of the trial would be to see if your proposal would decrease the risk level in step 1 to the level in step 3....you must have a clear goal
5. If it does then proposal can be considered as a permanent fix.
6. If it doesn't, we would need to consider other options. (In this case you would need to be man enough to admit you were wrong)
If you are not prepared to follow these steps and establish a goal for your trial, then all you are doing is pushing a personal agenda. In which case why should we give you an opportunity to do so?