Dick
I find it highly amusing that you call this thread "what are the facts" because you obviously have no idea about what happened in this incident. It would have been sensible to gather all the facts or at least wait till the ATSB released its report before you ran off to the media defaming the Air Traffic Controllers involved. Are you aware that the VFR ac had the B737 in sight 8 miles from the crossing point, with still 4000 feet vertical separation.
Both pilots were given traffic more than once, the were even specificaly told they were in class E airspace and would not be separated. What more is the controller suposed to do. Do you think the actions of the 2 pilots were reasonable, and if not why have you not attacked pilot actions with as much venom as you have displayed to ATC.
Maybe you should be less worried about the level of ATC training and worry more that maybe the hurried introduction of NAS has left some deficiency in pilot training and education. I wonder whose responsibility that was?