Dubya,
those rates were stated by the chap from VA that rang applicants over the last few days.
Not particularily good coin for having to live in expensive old Sydney!
If the $ on offer were $210K PLUS super it might be worth a move, but looking at it from a superannuation point of view only, 7 years in the desert will stack away more than would be 'saved' in OZ in double that time.
VA will probably get a few guys who have 'done their time' in the sandpit and other places and want to get home - which is probably just what they need to kick the operation off.