Folks,
It is not clear to me how this matter started, was it a report via the so-called confidential incident reporting system, or a report direct to CASA.
However, a few words about the confidential reporting system are in order: A number of countries have them, properly used, they serve a useful safety purpose.
BUT -- In the ones that actually work as advertised all reports go to a body unrelated to the local regulatory/enforcement body, such body only receives trend data (not even de-identified incident data) for a particular category of problem.
For example, in the UK, the report goes to an air safety office within the RAF. As I recall, in US, it goes to NASA.
Needless to say, with the gotcha criminal enforcement mentality dominating in Australian aviation regulation, with the idea of any possible air safety benefits having long since been lost, what we have is a "dobber's charter'.
And, as is now well know, ATSB freely shares information (that ICAO says should be confidential) with CASA.
In short, typical of the misdirected shambles that characterises Australian aviation administration, which has done so much to inhibit development in aviation in Australia, not just GA, but all sectors. Pain, anguish and suffering for no air safety benefit.
Tootle pip!!