I'd say QF have enough applicants with jet/airline experience to choose from, on this occasion.
Reading the Virgin thread, more and more Virgin pilots are coming across to QF, then you got a good number of CX pilots wanting to come home,
you got Airforce pilots that are flying sophisticated equipment, then QF has to accommodate applicants from Qlink/Jetstar.
So the end result is, there's not too many positions available for general aviation applicants.
During the last 5 to 10 years, more and more Australian pilot license holders are flying for operators outside their country, especially Asia,
and returning home with experience on airline jet aircraft.
Apart from this wave of recruitment by QF, it will be interesting to see, where the company will slot their future 100 a year cadets in the QF system.