Proof Hansard here, cogwheel:
http://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/Commit...16_Hansard.pdf
There is no "exponential" increase, spinex. Hence my bolding.
And Mr Carmody seemed not to comprehend the irony in the point he was trying to make. People aren't flocking to recreational aircraft in order to benefit from the wonderful regulatory regime CASA has created for GA. People are flocking to recreational aircraft to avoid as far as practicable anything to do with CASA and its wonderful regulatory regime.
As to his suggestion about prices of ADS-B equipment increasing if Australia waited until after the US mandate comes into force, he's off with the fairies.