I think the main problem with those who delight in delivering bad news to the readers of this forum is that they are suffering form severe relevance deprivation. They used to be big wheels in their respective fields and now have to constantly write about how bad Australian aviation is as "they are in the know about how the system works" The rest of us are ----wits, according to one of the wise sages because we know nothing and he knows all. Just look at the constant references in their posts. One bloke was a highly paid consultant to Government and Industry so his paranoid delusion about how aviation works in this country is the absolute truth. One bloke apparently was heavily involved with dealing with the Regulator in the nineties (almost 20 years ago) and is so knowledgeable about the world wide aviation scene that we should simply bow down before his condescension and accept that he, and only he, is the ultimate authority on the subject. Then there is Dick Smith- 'nuff said.
So all you happy pilots enjoying flying for the sheer joy of it and aviating to where you want to go, when you want to do it with whomever wants to join you, just remember that you are delusional at best and part of the conspiracy at worst.