I'm not sure if this helps, but I just walked into one of the clubs at Moorabbin had a quick 5 minute chat with the CFI and he signed me off as English proficient there and then.
Obviously this is not much good to you if you are trying to get this done from overseas. Sadly this was the only easy part of my conversion thanks to the 'wonderful' folks at CASA not being able to locate their posteriors with both hands.
Gareth.