Some years ago a pair of Customs now Border Force guys visited the airport for a chat with hangar holders etc
Before departing one gave me a card...on the back it had printed in large type..'You are the eyes and ears of yr airport' I responded with ' You are 12 years too late' What do you mean,? says the card giver.
I mean that after 9/11 in the USA THEY asked pilots and a/c operators country wide ..to be the eyes and ears and report anything suspicious'...AND the DIDN'T demand everyone connected with Aviation to go thru the ASIC performance and coststhat we have to.
In Oz the Goverment doesnt trust its citizens, so we have to pay the bureaucratic BS price,to build an Empire.
In the US the Government trusts its citizens to do the right thing.
And I'm sure any intending terrorist is not going to worry about applying for an ASIC first.
The logic of the ASIC is a crock of xxxxx