Thanks everyone.
I found out it was roughly about $50,000 to do my CPL through a flying school. In order to budget does any one know what extra endorsements I'd need to firstly get my first job and then to later move up to a better paying job (i.e.airline)? Also, to do this the flying school way are people expected to have the money up front or do schools have a pay back method? I guess this is why uni seems more appealing (HECS + fee help). Also I may be able to get support while studying from Centrelink if I go through uni. I understand it's a hard road, I just need to find the best plan so that I'm successful in doing it.
Once again I appreciate this help a lot everyone.