Friday June 24 I got a mail from Immigration services. It said :

Dear Ron
I am pleased to advise that your application for a Class VE, subclass 175 Skilled – Independent
visa was approved on 19 June 2009 and visas granted to the following applicants:

Yah!!! 18 months of hard work finally paid off. I have booked my tickets and will be flying out tuesday 4 August via Tokyo.