Not toos sure if there will be recruitment fro the Long Haul PER base, but have heard there is a strong possibility of a short haul base opening in the near future..... we are currently doing PHE, BME, KGI, DRW, DPS all with shorthaul crew overnighting from the eastern states!
But also was told at an Onboard Manager briefing day a couple of months ago that all future shorthaul recruitment will be casual, and they will all be employed by a company called Morris Alexander Management (run by the same people who ran Flight Force, which provided Ansett with their casuals). So it sounds like anyone interested in flying shorthaul for QF needs to track down this new M.A.M company (I believe it is base in MEL).
There have just been upgrades (CSM&CSS) for the PER and MEL bases, so there may be a need for new Long Haul crew, but I think all the possies will be filled with Shorthaul Transfers.
As for the flying, just looked at the pattern book for BP218 (next BP).... not much there.
3 day Sydney trips (34hours slip)
4 Day Hong Kong/ Singapore trips (17hrs/ 23hrs repectively)
5 & 6 Day Tokyo (NRT) trips (57 hrs slip/ 82 hrs slip)
3 day Singapore trips (34 hrs slip)
Jakarta shuttles (PER-CGK-PER)
Thats it, not a hell of a lot of variation!!
Hope this helps!