Some might say this is comparable to Cantonese, however I disagree, as YYBHW is used much more often than written Strine.
Someone who would say that would be smoking crack big time.
So are all of the "oppose" voters, and in fact most non-Mandarin-speaking Chinese, and most people who speak no variety of Chinese but think they know something about it, smoking crack big time? I guess that makes sense -- after all, Cantonese religion forbids crack, and those few Cantonese speakers who expressed opposition have obviously gone astray.
Unless you're saying that every one of them explicity compared Cantonese to written 'Strine (there are no books, newspapers, message boards or movie subtitles in 'Strine for reasons other than Australians making fun of themselves), then please don't put words into my mouth.
- d.