Most LaTeX thesis templates floating around online are built for US universities. Australian universities have different requirements: A4 paper (not US Letter), different front matter sequences, and thesis-by-publication formats that are much more common here than in the US.
The front matter order alone is a frequent rejection reason. University of Melbourne requires one sequence; ANU requires a different one; most generic templates follow US convention, which matches neither.
Thesis by publication (where your chapters are published papers with connecting text) adds another layer. Each paper was formatted for a different journal template (IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, etc.) and needs to be unified into a single thesis style with consistent formatting and either per-chapter or consolidated bibliographies.
There's a PhD thesis formatting service for Australian universities that has worked with all Group of Eight institutions and knows the specific front matter requirements, Australian citation styles (APA 7th, Harvard, Vancouver), and thesis-by-publication formatting. They also confirm the service falls within IPEd guidelines, so you can declare it in your academic integrity statement.
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