Just curious why people need to line up, instead of having it courier delivered ?
If you apply outside of Sydney, do you have to drive to Sydney and line up ? Seems a bit pointless. What's the advantage ? If it can be mailed/couriered to regional addresses, can't it be mailed to Sydney/Melbourne ? Or does it save time ? Where is the bottleneck ? It seems the printing shouldn't take weeks - so it must be some manual checking, or binding, mailing , or what do people think?
I need my passport renewed by late July - considering paying the $200+ rush fee - no big deal - it seems there's a few reports these get turned around within a week.