you must get PPL CTA (Radar) and/or PPL CTA (non-radar) on your license
I know of a dozen or more people with an OCTA PPL. I know many more who pass BFR's who have never, nor will ever, fly into CTR.
There is a reason why CASA Ops cost more money
Yes, over inflated, over prescriptive, over regulated, nauseating bureaucratic red tape. ASIC cards, medical extortion costs, local council landing fees, parking charges, out of control aircraft maintenance costs, mandatory chart and update costs, privatisation of Taxpayer funded assets that are given to greedy developers and corporate bandits. "Expert" ego's that don't believe simple tasks can be carried out by anyone without a highly trained level of competency that they themselves have achieved which is akin believing their 100 or 1,000 hr PPL is of a level of competency to that of high capacity Intercontinental jet jockey or a RAAF top gun.
Australian aviation "elitism" demonstrated by it's worst.
ing "proceedural experts" who probably lack basic "stick and rudder" ability and their dog bites them because they are stipid
'ers.
Jabawocky- you are pretty close to the money.