March 08 is this year. Yes Tourist visa is easier to 
obtain. However you should produce a support letter from 
smone here who will take care of your travel and stay 
needs.

Dear Manish,

I am an employee and shall be going to AU for attending 
interview. Do I need to get letter from my Indian employer 
regarding the service details? I have the May 2008 payslip -
- is this not sufficient?

Unfortunately NO, unless you are able to apply under 
humanatiran visa category. Please visit and download 
information from www.immi.gov.au

for australian business visa there will be no interview and 
no police verification, any agent could do, my company has 
a agent in delhi, u can apply for 3 - 12 months and even if 
u granted the visa for 1 year u cant stay in australia more 
than 3 months, u need to move out and come back that may be 
in couple of days time :)

Yes,police checking is done for visa confirmation,as it is 
mandatory,its to see if you have any criminal records.
checkin is generaly done by police data base,and they do 
check personally,but no personal interview is done.its not 
a hassel,if u dont have any records with the law.they give 
you a letter stating that there is no criminal records 
against you.that letter has to be submitted to the embassy 
of the country you are applying the visa for....

cheers

A simple format is available with the passport office for 
police verification. This is available in passport web 
site. Apply in that proforma and you will normally get 
within 3 days, if your passport is older. If your passport 
is new and is one or two months old, you will get this 
clearance certificate within a day. This applies to Indian 
context