Only a handful of deals price in the Australian market in the first week of October, with activity at a standstill on the other side of the Tasman Sea. Mirvac Group Finance returned to the AUD market with a new seven-year line alongside predictions of a ramp-up in activity for the corporate bond market. Meanwhile, ME Bank's new A$1.25 billion (US$1.17 billion) line continued a run of substancial Australian residential mortgage-backed securities deals.