So the question should be, does the government want an aviation industry or not?
I think the answer TB is that they don't care whether it exists or not certainly at the GA end of the spectrum. As the salaries are not performance based there is no benchmark as to what makes a good CASA manager. As long as it is not raining heavy metal and body parts they can always say they to the department heads they are worth every cent.
BTW don't feel so bad that you agree with me as the crazies who are the Mod Squad at the professional agronomists incompetence network have also agreed with me in the past. The head crazy has even plaigerised my posts!
