This thread does nothing for the reputation of the RAA or CASA registered (PPL) recreational pilots.
For a start, the p1ssing contest regarding breaches of CTA is unseemly. If it is a fact that most of the breaches are VH registered GA aircraft, i think it would be necessary to control for experience level, recency and location, since places like the Moorabbin Schools are far more likely to generate CTA violations than some school teaching RAA stuff in the back blocks of Queensland.
As for the RAA "resistance" that seems to favour "no radio", "no transponder" tendencies, I assume you also don't carry an EPIRB or PLB, and that you don't expect any search action or inquiry if you fail to return one day.