Just thought I'd follow this up and tell you what I actually bought. I ended up with a Mitsubishi triton GLX, which is great and exceeded everything I was looking for. Except price, I ended up blowing the budget somewhat -but did end up with a very nice vehicle.
One of the models that I looked at was the LDV T60, and by chance I'm driving one now -it's a loan car while I'm getting some minor work done on my Triton. It's a lot of car for the money, this is a 2025 model with only 1000km on the clock, 4wd double cab diesel ute and it's up for $37k. But I have to say I'm not impressed, the seats are not very comfortable and the ride is pretty agricultural. Seems robust enough though, possibly a good buy for a site vehicle that will get hammered. But I wouldn't want to drive a long way in it, maybe I've just got spoiled in the Triton which is very comfortable and rides well.