In this incident, the two aircraft passed with 600 feet vertical and 0.4NM (about 1 km) lateral separation in new Class E airspace, but were not in danger of collision
I find it frightening that the ATSB, the organisation that is supposed to be indedpendent, above politics, has put something like this on paper. This is clearly an influenced statement. The question is, influenced by whom? No prizes for guessing.
ATSB, just how "independent" are you? If you are going to publish trash like that, what on earth is the purpose of the organisation....