KK
There has been a long, well crafted attempt by the airlines, particularly one starting with Q, to fraternise with CASA to dilute the effectiveness of the LAME. It is nothing more than an IR exercise, guised as an advance in world leading aviation maintenance work practices.
It meant cheap labour could be minimally trained to perform and certify aircraft maintenance with complete disregard to the 'whole of knowledge' approach we use to undertake maintenance and certification.
No doubt it's a setback for Nasty, one of the reasons why he was contracted for another year, but he'll be up to another trick soon.
Fortunately, Nick and many sensible pollies nailed this one where it belongs.