Airservices Australia have advised that since our previous response dated 21 October 2015, Airservices has promulgated further educational material to ensure that controllers are aware of their requirements in relation to VFR aircraft broadcasting on area VHF. Information provided to air traffic controllers:  

The reporter provided the following comments in relation to this report: Both the airline and the regulator being one and the same in this country, provided their standard response being that it is legal. I of course always imagined that was always going to be the case. I don't think I, or anyone else, have ever made a statement to the effect that they were not operating within the proscribed rules of the regulator. My claim still is that we are being made to operate more hours than are being accounted for. That is still the case and has not been addressed by any party involved. CASA has…

The airport operator has confirmed that the apron repair works have been completed.

The ATSB questioned the ONRSR on whether the Category A incidents had been reported. The ONRSR responded that this could not be verified, but the ONRSR has included this concern in their audit and compliance work program with the operator for 2016.