[thorn bird]

Well, well, well,
They've left us behind again.
They got on with it, about the same time as we started our "Reform"
of aviation regulations, they finished theirs.
Their's are recognised as one of the best and safest rule sets, adopted
over most of our region and allowed their industry to grow into the third biggest
contributor to their GDP. It took them about five years and around $5 million dollars.

Ours are still not complete, are without doubt the most complicated obtuse aviation rule sets
in the world, have done absolutely nothing to contribute to a safer aviation environment
and has virtually driven our industry into the ground. The whole Australian "reform"project
has been a complete, half a billion dollar, waste of time. For the Australian aviation industry
a thirty year journey to oblivion, and the worst is yet to come.

Lots of commentary lately talking up Australia as a place to do business in the
space industry. yet the article in the previous post puts a lie to that notion.

Meanwhile across the ditch the Kiwi's have just got on with it.

On the television news tonight once again they've stolen the march. Their space industry actually
exists, is sending rockets into space and in the next few years will rival NASA in the number
of launchers per annum. NASA manages one a month, the Kiwi's will be launching one a week.

Australia doesn't even have a launch pad yet and here we are arguing about reforming the space
regulations. What a joke.