Hi Bosco,
No it doesn't make a difference, Jenny has looked in to that. Speaking to her sister who came in as a nurse pre-APHRA it used to be that the oz-uk education systems were like for like but unfortunately for us poms now you need to go through this process.
I guess the process is the reality and we will have to deal with it even if that means finding alternative work initially.
Will post any updates here for sure.