I see many of the problems as having occured over the past 10-15 years - not before that.

If you read the annual reports most of the things planned by the airport have eventuated, and the only thing they have really got wrong if the growth figures. The problem is that rather being proactive with any of their investments, they've been reactive. The new pier should have been complete 5 years ago to allow for growth - not now years after it was really needed.

I understand the requirements to get the new domestic terminal right, but when you've been planning this for ~15 years you do have to reach a point where you finalise things. That point should have probably been 2-3 years ago, but instead we're now looking at a date well beyond 2022 for that. While the airport keeps sticking to its 2022 date for completition, that can really only be treated as a dream.