Dick,
You are right about the intentions. Part 141 / 142 differs from the US same numbered parts but the idea was that 141 (simple flying training) would not need an AOC, nor would a Grade One instructor need to instruct in association with an AOC holder.
First point: the biggest outcry against this came from flying school operators who had purchased an AOC; plus their lament that they would lose all their Grade One instructors!
Almost total opposition to the proposal.
Second point: the alignment of the DVFR syllabus with the RAAus syllabus and the removal of the need for a Student Pilot Licence was to allow someone to walk into a GA school or go to an individual instructor and be able to start flying immediately (not an Intro flight; real flying training).
Again, who objected?
Flying schools.
The data is there for someone who wants to look.
Same, same Cessna SIDs. BIG complaints that that numb nut Truss listened to from many quarters, particularly Horsham, about 'not needed', 'ridiculous as it is not mandatory in the USA', etc, etc; what do we see now?
Support for CASA's action.
Go figure: AMROBA and others; just bull...t.