I also started my flying at Basair, and can recommend them too. They have become a bit more of a pilot factory than the medium-sized flying school it was 15 years ago, but from what I hear they are still a good place to fly from at Bankstown.
I jumped through the hoops to get one ASIC - but never bothered after the first issue as I'd returned to the UK by then and it didn't really matter.
Paul.