Change??
They should be testing and signing provisional agreements with newbies, before the newbies spend money on training. Maybe it will come to this. It should have been that way all the time.
Most of the airlines have been trying to pinch one anothers pilots and military pilots for a long time, to avoid training. Australia has relied on a large pool of GA pilots.
It's all to do with money. Like the rest of aviation they take the cheapest way, and it seems to be a short term fix.
Even though airline people say GA is not good (and it does have some shortcomings) most of Australia's airline pilots are ex GA.
If our airlines show some comitment to some of the wannabies they can expect some commitment from them.