They have already put in an AFIS at Port Hedland and the next thing will be to bring back full position reporting for VFR.
No the next step is (or more correctly, was, due to the decline in traffic over the last couple years) to turn Hedland into D CTR.
Karratha was AFIS before it went to D about 5ish years ago. In both cases it was to get the controllers up to speed on local areas and what goes on before beginning controlling ops.
The CASA imposed ADSB requirement for every IFR aircraft will substantially reduce safety as more owners take their aircraft out of the IFR category and are forced to scud run or stay on the ground.
Nope, nobody is forcing you to scud run. That is your (general "your", not directed at anyone in particular) stupid choice to do that. Just like it would be the same stupid choice to scud run before adsb. Please, stop the scare tactics.
Oh and thanks for not exactly answering my last post. Just to remind you, why would you be looking for an unmarked place on a map because you heard a random ctaf call on area? It is unmarked, afterall!