There are a few of us waiting for a Perth Base. Rumour has it that the commercial dept. say that it is now justifiable for a flight attendant base. In fact there are a few FA's who have retired back to Perth and are working more now on callouts than they were in Brissy.
As to Pilots who knows, With the amount of overnights it probably is justified however with the problems of recruiting to the Melb. base we may be waiting a while.