Oh, yeah. This is more than enough.

Though another route is to find this laptop: HP dv7-6187cl

I don't know how much it is in Australia, or if they even have it in Australia, but my brother got it for about $1,000 USD (which is like $1,070 in AU, I think), so if you could find that for around $1,100, or one with similar specifications for that price, then that's probably the better solution

EDIT: This one is actually the one my brother got, it just has a smaller screen and HDD. The model is LH601UA#ABA