For those freaking out about traineeship interview dates, have you considered there is no rush while they are getting a good number of direct entry applications?
There must be a reason that they want both direct entry and traineeship applicants employed within the group.
I would suggest that there would never be a shortage of direct entry applicants in Australia with 700+ hours of command.
If they are short on applicants with twin or turbine time, they could still just reduce the direct entry requirements for those parameters and still get a truckload of applicants who are way more experienced than a fresh CPL with 150 hours (once again, I would be surprised if there is ever a shortage of applicants with 200+ hours of twin time anyway).