relatively inexpensive and simple recreational flying. It was for those who didn't need or want the complications of controlled airspace or airfields, did not want or need to keep up to date with complex regulations, and wanted to fly relatively simple aircraft types
Such was the 95:10 aircraft, but things have evolved a lot since then where not only have we very sophisticated, but still (relatively), inexpensive aircraft, very capable of doing the same job.
Irrespective of what objections there may be from the "usual suspects" bent up in their "elitist cocoons" of self indulgence, it was them that started the whole evolutionary process by insisting hang gliders, ultralights, sport rotorcraft, parachutists, balloons, base jumpers, gliders, and ornithopters be equipped with expensive surveillance ADSB simply because these "menaces to society" may be in the same airspace as them on any given time of the day or year, and even worse, at an altitude that they may want to descend or climb through over the 7.5 million square kilometers of Australian landscape x cubed.
They obviously "expect" recreational aircraft to be there.
With NO organisation capable of looking after the interests of the private recreational above 544kg privately owned GA fleet there is a possibility that these "recreational" aircraft may one day be at one with the only representative body that can look after their interests.
There are heaps of "PILOT" organisations, some even publish magazines, but only one with the capacity and legal capability to look after private recreational aviation "OWNERS" whether they fly a VFR C210 or a Drifter.
Yes Ian, it will happen, but whether in our lifetime I'm unsure. There are too many "traditional" agenda driven obstacles to overcome.