That may be one of the most idiotic things I’ve ever read. Pilots will need to routinely declare emergencies just to operate safely in Australia? It’ll just box pilots into corners, force them to run past storms with fewer safety margins rather than go through the hassle of declaring an emergency, followed by the paperwork and subsequent investigations. Eventually some RAAF empire builder will decide to make an example and prosecute a civilian pilot just trying safely operate their machine, dissuading others from doing the same.
Yeah...........ok, sounds plausible.