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    Not at all. Alongside the competitive model, monopolies and the public service are capable of delivering great results. If your mind goes back that far you might remember the shambles that the NSW power supply was in before the then NSW government gathered the disparate parts of the electricity industry together to forge the Electricity Commission to deliver reliable electricity across NSW.
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    Sorry maaate, Runciman wasn't the problem, he was a desperate attempt to be a solution. The wheels started falling off the plane when Eugene Reid was in the chair. If Reid had not been replaced by Runciman god knows where we would be except broke and out of business. How Reid got back on the board is beyond me. Democracy sucks (at times)!!!
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    Better informed doesn't mean capable of making a sensible decision. You have to trust yourself and vote for the ones who you trust most or against those you trust the least.
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    When Optus refuses, under the protection of ACCC, in your little corner of the world, and the monopoly provider is prevented from offering a service at a fair price what are you going to do? pat yourself on the back and say "fantastic - competition had delivered me bugger all" Competition is not the universal panacea, markets are not perfect and occasional, where orderly markets are thin and the players are disproportionate then a managed monopoly may be the only solution. We live in a society, markets should aid society not destroy it.
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    You can also fly Foxbat at The Oaks to earn an RAA Pilot Certificate. Training in RAA can be counted towards an RPL/PPL subject to a flight review. Sydney Recreation Flying Club at the Oaks can be contacted on 0425 251 939. The fly on weekends and most Thursdays. They have 2 Foxbat. If your medical is going to be drawn out the RAA route might be better. I am not sure of the relative costs but you might find it cheaper to do your RAA cert pax and country and then have these converted to RPL + Navs. I'm not sure how you do 2hrs Instruments in a Foxbat unless they have an AI and a DI. Best of luck with your medical.
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    He/she probably got hauled over the coals for wasting the salt and their time. Didn't he/she understand that it wasn't their job and besides you turned 18 five minutes ago so you are sacked!! No penalty rates, no overtime, no casual rates, erratic and short shifts and on the scrapheap at 18,
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    Compensation does not bring back a life. Governments are pushing compensation to be terminal and constrained. If you don't discover your condition before date X you will lose all claims, or an insurance company will try to shoehorn you into a (any) job that they deem you can do - (almost) end of story. It is far better all round if the danger never existed or if it needed to exist then it was mitigated to the fullest extent possible and that the person creating the danger bears primary responsibility.
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    Try JoikuSpot WiFi - right down the bottom Symbian OS - Nokia N70 - Best of luck
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    Neat. I can open it on my android and pan and zoom. I can only pan it on my laptop. What other goodies do you have hidden on your website?
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    The Jab is innocent!! It was merely keeping up with the pilot.
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    I just do a TIF. Twice in Scotland and once in Denmark and NZ. You end up with a passenger who can provide a sightseeing comentary.
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    You don't need the stamp of ASIC to operate. You only need to have it to be protected under the Corporations law. Until then you are in some other jurisdiction operation in a process approved by the members. When you start up a completely new company you can do whatever you like but you can't pretend things like limited liability til you are given that status by the government. The election process was a directive to RAA by its members and was carried through into the registration process of RAA LTD. I'm not sure that ASIC actually gives a damn. In most, except the most political and egregious, cases it is up to those aggrieved to fund their own actions against corporations (who, if they can, will continue bad behaviours right up to the high Court). In Australia we tend to have Courts of the deepest pockets.
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    Could you understand a Scotsman (who in all probability speaks perfect English). The problem is not always with the speaker but in a lot of cases with the listener who might not understand Aviation speak or just be a grumpy person not prepared to listen.
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    you should have attributed it to One Nation. Again a case of knowing the answers but being totally clueless about the real questions.
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    You could try a different headset to test out both the Jabiru and the Icom. If the headsets works OK in the Jabiru but not in the Icom then my first suspect would be the Icom, all the way from the volume control to the sockets. The Bose is nice.
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    We should be gratified that all have offered their time, energy and skills to do the job. Being high end individuals, I am sure that they know how to meter their time and capabilities to their various jobs. That is generally why they achieve high end jobs. I think we should choose high end people for the board rather than duds with time on their hands.
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    Sorry but "Engineers make it happen". Are you suggesting that only the unemployable should be elected (not that I see any of those among the candidates).
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    Nothing quite like a lazy election method, which can result in the election of the least preferred rather than the least hated. So sad!!!
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    The bowerbird fund got depleted due to board and CEO stupidity. The legals would have been forseen and provided for, the action by CASA and the grounding of planes and the ramshackle nature of the records SHOULD have been forseen, but were and ignored or weren't. Being vigilant is commendable, being a bowerbird isn't.
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    Their email addresses are together with their statements in the magazine. Send each an email and ask you questions and invite them to contribute to this forum or ask if you can post the answers here. No magazine or only just arrived. Give the CEO a boot. You might also suggest the removal of the email addresses on the website was a bit disingenuous seeing that the statements were on the members side only. Now the email addresses are in the magazine and can be read by everyone and Mrs Grumpy down at the local doctors surgery where I leave my "Sports Pilot".
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    Bland in the middle works for me. The least hated person in the room is usually the do-er and can work with all comers.
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    Send an email to the CEO. There is also the Senate, proportional representation, method where in this case you only need 16% of the vote, the multiple preferential where your first 5 votes all have equal value and prefs are only used if 1 of your first 5 are knocked out or repeated application of the preferential ballot eliminating successful candidates and re-allocating the voters next preference until 5 are elected. The last 2 methods elects people most preferred by everyone so it is possible that a dominant group of electors can determine 100% of those elected - but majority rules (hmm! Those pesky Qlanders could dominate) but you could avoid fringe candidates. Proportional voting does allow for minor to have a say in the election and outcome in proportion to their strength. These election methods are all supported by the AEC. You might find them in the industrial elections section of their website.
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    Rod has only been here since the beginning of August (unless he had a previous life). While his presence here would be welcome, that alone should not be the sole determinant.
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    There should be a greater award for this other than "Winner". Rapier skewering of the hot air balloons set afloat by the supporters of the old world order deserves, at least, a "Skewerer suprememo" award.
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    He wasn't much chop as president either.
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