I believe that Airnorth have already been down the cadet pilot path as well, the cadets were bought in from another airline, don’t recall the specific details although I recall hearing this from an Airnorth trainer and checker. Not sure what the situation is now.
22K is correct, I live in Darwin and far exceed Airnorth’s minimum requirements however for me to go and work for them I would have to take a substantial salary cut. Admittedly I’m not employed in the aviation industry anymore however I’d certainly get back into flying if the T and Cs were more competitive.