Blind Freddy can see the coalition would do nothing. That's what they did all through the Howard years. That's when many of the criminal acts by CASA occurred and when $200 million plus was spent on the Regulation rewrite for ZERO result.
Not quite true, both Sharp and Vaile were activist Ministers for Transport, and between 1996 and 1998, we did get the reformed design, certification and manufacturing rules in place. They have been beneficial across the board, but have made a major contribution to the expansion of RAOz and home builts ---- the major number of new "Australian" aircraft come in these two categories.
However, it is quite true that from John Anderson on, CASA has been "back in the saddle", and the "results" are there for all to see, a voluminous increase in regulatory material, indeed an explosive growth by page count (the present Minister's preferred measure of effective Government) , but hardly "reformed".
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