...and once again.
What is the true role of the CASA? Is it safety regulation or enterprise regulation? Noting that the UAV is the means to an end. The UAV is first and foremost, a platform for a camera. Model flying is opposite, the flying of the model is first and foremost.
If the CASA is serious about public safety then it needs to get serious about public education because in the modern connected world, they have missed the boat...or is that byte. The technology inherent in a modern UAV doesn't need any basic flying skills to operate it. Unlike a model helicopter which requires skills equal or even superior to the flying of an actual helicopter.
Because there is no skill that needs learning, there is no need for a club based environment. The individual needs only to purchase, charge up, equip and practise operating the preprogrammed machine to be able to start gathering footage...the intended purpose...in very little time.
This hobby/industry/ART has gone beyond regulatory control. All that is required to produce ART is just a dream away. You no longer need an army and a budget to gather stunning cinema quality aerial footage, you just need a cheap UAV and the right camera. YouTube and GoPro has fueled this explosion of ART!
If the CASA wants to help keep the public safe then they need to get in the face of these ARTISTS on the same medium. The message is simple, right place only...forget about restriction...that boat/byte has already left.
Get on YouTube. Get the message out there on where the line is.