This is what I like to see: civil disobedience! I have always been a member of the resistance because I have a moral objection to the ASIC and AVID duplication. Why should I need one security check to fly the aeroplane (AVID) and another security check (ASIC) to walk across the tarmac? In reply to this question, DOTARS said that this was impossible because:
(a) the check requirements were different, and
(b) ASICs were issued by DOTARS (and other agencies) and AVIDs by CASA.
Any thoughts of making the requirements the same were dismissed out of hand with no logical response other than "the government is committed to an increase in security ..." and so forth.
As of today, we have Auscheck up and running (supposedly). Auscheck is one agency for doing all background checks for ASICs and MSICs. Note: AVID checks don't rate a mention although the legislation is broad enough to cover this expansion. We are in the position now where we could have Auscheck do one check for everything, which halves the cost to the consumer.
Is this likely to happen? I am cynical enough to suggest not.
Walrus