Hi Mhonnique

Welcome to the forum. I would not be to concerned about the 2nd interview. My experience is that often the person doing the interview does not have the final say and he can only make recommendations. The fact that the MD what to meet him indicates that he has a great chance.

Can tell you that there are a lot of South Africans in Perth so you will feel "quite at home" so to speak. Perth is a lot cheaper than other parts of Australia but the best to do it search the web there are many sites from which you can get great information and also within the pages of this forum you will find answers to many of your questions.

Having worked in many parts of the world; a bit of advice I can give you is setup a budget and then cost that from information that you get. Just check the date of info as some may be years old and no longer valid. This will then also give your husband an idea of the salary that he should be trying to negotiate.

PM me if you would like further details as I have just done a rather comprehensive study of Australia following a job offer and it just to much to put onto this forum.

I found some pretty good stuff here
Australia migration - suburb profiles, accommodation, schools, real estate, jobs in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Darwin and Hobart
and here
Costs in Australia
and here for some idea on salaries
Hays Recruitment

Good luck on the move.