Once the Sydney office has decided which applications will be forwarded to the mission, which will be denied with applicants' money refunded, missions receive the applications. The 100,000 figure represents applications which are being processed in missions, either at the interview stage or at the health and security check stage. There are also 8,000 people whose applications have been processed and who have received visas.
On October 29th, 2009. See this statement in context.