@Howzat,
Lubavitch in Australia is absolutely not indicative of Lubavitch in other places, the Australian community is quite far away, and very behind in the ways of Lubavitch in the US and Israel.
And, as you say, they did open a new Cheder, under the auspices of the Head Shliach Rabbi Aaron Serebryanski, may he have a Refua Shleima.
I say this not as a last resort defense, but as someone who intimately knows the community you are speaking of.
Secondly, surely you know that the Chabad Centers in Asia and around the world were not created to serve you, a frum You with a hot koshere meal. For this, the Rebbe didn’t send his best and brightest to distant Bangkok or Japan. They are there for the Yid who otherwise won’t be eating Kosher food, and who is visiting Asia for reasons other than his stopover to Europe or Israel from Australia.