Qantas sent me a email, yesterday afternoon. Pretty much stating they have too many applicants and will be commencing reference checks again for those who we have not been able to contact after the Christmas break with another review scheduled for mid-January for ground schools next year.
At this point in time we have had an extremely high number of high calibre applicants for the position and you are included in the shortlist however this side of Christmas we won’t be in a position to progress your application through to ASIC checks and medicals.
Hopefully it's a good sign.