It's a bad thing made a little less bad.
Think about how much time and money CASA wasted to create the situation to which the exemption was the solution.
Think about how much time and money CASA will waste in developing exemptions to deal with problems CASA has created during the regulatory reform program.
Think about how much time and money CASA could waste in regulatory reform projects to deal with situations that CASA created during the regulatory reform program.
If you call making a bleedingly obvious decision to put a tiny bandaid over a pustulant running sore a 'good thing', you're only encouraging more of the same.
I am not asking about the massive cluster**** that is the whole legislative package.
I am simply stating that the DAS has taken the time to identify problems and seek solutions. If you read between the lines, there is a bloke trying to walk the line between his political masters and a demanding industry screaming for change. All his words must be carefully chosen to avoid publicly dumping his senior management in the ****.
Of course, you can continue demanding completely unrealistic outcomes as the only measure of change, but that'll just leave you angry, bitter and twisted.