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Desert Flower.. If there was infrastructure in that location years ago..was it 'aviation' infrastructure or 'non-aviation' infrastructure?
One of the reasons airport operators / airport leasing companies in Australia are able to convince external entities to 'invest' in property development 'on-airport' (or within the confines the airport boundary) is that they are not required to pay state or local government taxes and rates..why?..because the airports are leased from the Commonwealth, that is they are on 'Commonwealth land', so are exempt from local and state taxes/rates which the the surrounding land, immediately adjacent to the airport are subject to.
Sorry, that's not correct. I am in the industry at a non RPT airport. I see the rates bills from council and the EGLT (ex gratia land tax) payments we pay to Dept of Infra. All non avation sub leases (so a sub lease from our head lease from the commonwealth) are subject to EGLT at the same scales as the relevant state scheme.