In Reply to: questions for sponsors of balinese to oz posted by missbali on Thursday, 14. February 2008 at 19:46 Bali Time:
As for copies of your bank statements, if you do not want them to view your bank statements, you can get a letter from the bank manager where your account is held, stating that you have suffient funds in your accounts to support the "guest" during their stay in Australia.
My parents did this and had no problems.