DirectorJim Thorn
EditorGerard Frawley
Business Development ManagerMargaret Thorn
Head of StrategyGayla Wilson
Sub EditorMaria Davey
Graphic DesignerRose Catanzariti
ContributorsEric Allen, Bob Bell, John Bennett, Paul Caldwell, Paul Couvret, Julian Green, Bob Grimstead, Max Hawkins, Macarthur Job, Carlo Kopp, Norman Lee, Chris Mills, Dennis Newton, Rod Pascoe, Dave Prossor, Gordon Reid, Stewart Wilson.

Issue 107: June 1995

Yet Another Blow For GA!

It seems that barely a month is allowed to pass without some new blow to Australia’s General Aviation industry being delivered from our Federal Government. The latest arrow aimed squarely at GA involves the ill-thought-out grab for gold via selling off our nation’s airports.

Winners are grinners and who wants a loser, so Mr Brereton & Co have decided to sell off the airports individually rather than in regional clusters. By regional clusters we simply mean packaging all of Sydney’s airports together so that mega money-making Mascot can help support the viability of GA-orientated Bankstown, Camden and Hoxton Park. In Melbourne, Tullamarine would encompass Essendon and Moorabbin.

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