Surprisingly...
Attended the open day in Perth on the weekend. Surprising the number of people that turned up- couldnt have been more than 35! I was expecting at least 100....
It was great however, as you had more of a chance to make an impression on the interviewers (who were very nice and helpful)
As such, I made it through to the final interview! Now have to send some docs and pics up to Dubai and wait up to 3 weeks for a yay or nay. My impression is that they are very keen for new crew to start immediately and are speeding up the processes.