Fo Cokebottle
If only that were so.
I had some students who completed PPL test before the due date to need the english test. By the time CASA got around to processing the paperwork, the date had passed and the studes had to do the assesment before CASA would issue a PPL. If you already hold a licence and are only flying domestically you don't need it but if you upgrade your licence say from PPL to CPL then you do.
And IJ, RACWA are no longer doing it pro-rata, that was a lucky one-off. It's now $80 for the test however long it takes.