Walrus,
There is no chance at all that we will be able to get rid of the ASIC.
I disagree with that statement.
Remember, the ASIC came about around the time of Oz troops being sent to Iraq - there was a lot of hysteria and a different mindset at the time.
There is now a new Government in Oz that has a different veiw about Iraq
...and perhaps a different view about Oz citizins being treated as criminals needing background checks.
I think the current court case with the footy bombers clearly demonstrait that the bad guys are not aviation focused, their target is not aviation as such, but public mayhem. To use the ASIC concept to control such things would require all Australians to have one.