Finally got a reply to my email to Mr Anderson. Be patient as it only takes around 6 weeks!
Oh and don't expect any answers to specific questions as you will only get a nicely padded out standard response about why we need to have new security measures.
I can see that at $36 for a federal police check that only leaves the measly sum of $164 to cover the production of the licence and CASA admin fees. User pays is great in a monopoly!