Just asking a couple of questions GGC, that's all. I don't fly gliders but I assumed from what Eyrie said that the GFA were the body designated by CASA to be responsible for glider ops and standards, but that some people didn't like it (by the comment about nasty collusion between CASA and the GFA).
The communication I refer to is from CASA to glider pilots and back via the designated sports aviation association, again the GFA (I assume), for better or worse, seeing as CASA has devolved its direct running of sports aviation type activities to the user associations in recent years as I understand it. Not saying that's good, bad or indifferent, just that as they are required to basically be in charge of all aviation in Australia there would have to be a means of them imposing various requirements and disseminating them down to the people doing the actual flying.