Grip, mate...brilliantly put. Just about sums up what should occur.
Given the huge amount of money CASA has already, I believe corruptly, pissed up against the wall, delivering the industry unintelligable gobble de Gook. How much will the national debt have to rise to actually deliver what you so succinctly suggest?.
Maybe the short term answer would be to subcontract oversight to the FAA, the savings made pay down the national debt, the industry could get back on its feet, the minister could crow about how safe aviation in Australia has become, then having seen how a "Proper System" works we could do as NZ did and produce a modified version of the FAR's to suit Australia.
Was I mistaken or was there a veiled threat contained in the newby half mans post??? maybe, and we can only hope, these posts are starting to sting a tad.