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The MY refers to the manufacturer model where they often start building the next years refresh version in the months prior to year end and then need to differentiate the versions.

The compliance date is totally meaningless as this is local Australian government red tape crap where "authorised" bodies (importers) state compliance to the ADRs. Very few if any other countries have this compliance plate rubbish.

It's unusual for such a long time between the build date and it arriving in Australia and getting compliance plate fitted though. It used to happen years ago when cars sat around before shipping, but these days basically every car is built to each country's spec and shipped off immediately. It must've hung around here for a while before VAG Australia complied it.