Thanks tobzalp for the reply......
I understand that the controllers hands are tied, and although very frustrating for us the pilots..... I agree it should not be taken out on those sitting behind the radar screen.
I will direct this to the ignorant ******s at CASA then...... Why does this situation have to be so black and white? If there is aircraft within a certain radius of each other "direct tracking not availiable".... fine! But if the bloke sitting next to me and myself are the only two human beings in the air within 500 nm radius of our position...... why not?
Also where is the consistency? Why can we track DCT SY ELW, but not DCT SY JCW? This does not make sense.