Yes I agree, it sucks big time.
Not one South African of South American Pilot should be employed at any flying job in Oz. Not until there are zero Australian Pilots available to fill the positions.
And don't say they can't get qualified Aussies to apply so it's ok to recruit overseas. They need to pay the right amount of money in the first place and heaps of guys would jump at the jobs.
I have a command rating on the 777 and 3000+ hrs command but I wont even bother applying until someone at V Oz can tell me the PAY SCALES, STAFF TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS, ROSTERING PRACTICES, CREW COMPLIMENT, BASINGS, REDUNDANCY PACKAGE etc etc etc.
So there are plenty of qualified Aussies both inside and outside of Australia that could fill all of the positions but don't feel the need to prostitute themselves.