Over the past few years this News Desk has mentioned on a number of occasions the high cost and inefficiency of the bureaucracy within the civil aviation sector
 
In a recent news conference the State Government opposition leader Mr Borbidge said:- "The duplication of federal and state services was 'close to unbearable', causing a massive cost to taxpayers² and inefficiencies in the system"

"the problem was due to the dramatic growth in bureaucracy at all levels of government over the past 30 years rather than structural deficiencies"

The break-up in the 1970's of the former Department of Civil Aviation into an "Air Traffic Control" department - an "Airport Owners" monopoly - the Bureau of Airsafety Investigation - and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority is an example of how duplication of services can exist even within a Federal Government sector alone!