Radio is not required in Oz E
Bloggs,
My dear chap, how did you come to that conclusion?
Just quoting the current AIP (and this will not change after 3 June) ENR 1.4, the table following 4.2.8 states "continuous two way" in the Radio COM RQMNTS column. Recall that such a notification in the AIP has regulatory support, it is not "advisory".
On that basis, konstantin is correct, and in my view, he is correct.
And now to something called "reduced VMC".
There is no definition, (that I can find) in
any Australian aviation regulatory document, that
defines something called "reduced VMC".
For Class G airspace, there are certainly two (
of equal legal standing) VMC criteria for VFR flight, the less restrictive only applying below 3000' AMSL or 1000' AGL, whichever is higher. If you take advantage of the less restrictive, radio is, indeed, mandatory.
The only time something called "reduced VMC" appears, that I am aware of ( do you know elsewhere??) is also in the table mentioned above,(last entry in the Radio COM RQMNTS column) but nowhere that I am aware of defines, in a regulatory sense, "reduced VMC".
There are some changes for 3 July on.
Tootle pip!!