No other country I know of has the absolute statement “ most importantly consideration should be safety “
I get what you're saying Dick (many posters here don't seem to), it is about the fact that CASA's official objective doesn't reflect what they actually do.
However, can you imagine the field day the media would have when they got wind that our aviation regulator stated its objective to be something like "to ensure an aviation industry with a fair balance between cost and safety".
Are you able to elaborate on how regulators overseas have worded their objectives in a way that you think would be more suitable?