I'm afraid I can't help you anymore, as I haven't had babies yet (have yet to buy an incubator and make a brooder), and have not had any experience in those areas. Hope someone else can help you though :)
Glad I could help :) and thanks for the welcome :D
I also believe that quail start moulting around about now, but I'm not sure... my Fluffy (my first quail and female) is all screwed up atm so I'm pretty sure she's moulting ;)
Just out of curiosity, where abouts in Australia are you? If...
I believe that's for the northern hemisphere, so breeding season her would be September through march... An easy way to tell is to flip your male quail over and near the vent there's a bump, and if you squeeze it, and its breeding season, a white foam will come out (it's kinda gross, I must warn...