Unfortunately jaba you are correct. GA is finished - what is left will either be converted into " mini airlines" if they have the money or give up. Now RAA has been hit for Six by what appears to be a spitefull former employee bent on revenge,
I guess it's the turn of the SAAA next to be destroyed, most probably by not renewing its members exemptions allowing them to conduct their own maintenance. CASA already has had a "trial run" to test the effect of not renewing the exemption, and it was highly effective in preventing flight for a month or so.
Are all ex RAAF people and regulators corrupt assholes? I only have radios and a transponder to buy to finish off, but now I'm starting to wonder if it might be a better use of my time to bin the thing and work on the garden.
Another alternative for the less law abiding might be to go "full feral" - ignore the entire system if they live in sparsely populated areas.