Folks,
The whole issue of RAOz pilots and "controlled airspace" is another anomalous nonsense brought about by our ratbag rules and the peculiarly Australian anal approach to "flight in controlled airspace".
Needless to say, the Australian approach to controlled airspace is worldwide unique.
You can have a GFA pilot certificate/license (not a PPL/ ICAO license) and fly in controlled airspace. There are several other examples. This includes flying a motor glider in "controlled airspace".
The RAOz case rose from a historical mistake in drafting so long ago that everybody has forgotten about it, so now it is some fundamental "safety" issue that has become a huge stumbling block, with a solution "real soon now" being the status for about 20 years.
God forbid anybody in CASA makes a decision, and approves a training package and "CTL rating", that would be too easy.
Tootle pip!!