For anyone baffled by CASA no longer issuing ASICs, I'd suggest following the money trail leading from Aviation ID Australia Pty Ltd into the coffers of select people who have a hand in such decisions. Nothing quite like a made up industry having a butt load of customers who HAVE to use their service and don't have to compete on price being delivered to you on a silver platter.
Are you for real? That statement is one of the funniest I have read in ages on all social media platforms.
For your conspiracy theory to have any credence, all 29 issuing bodies would collectively have to be contributing to the "coffers of selected people". News flash! it is not just Aviation ID Australia who issue ASICs to GA and other industry participants.