You mention you are Australian of Middle Eastern heritage. Your prospective employer may be lowballing you based on the ethnicity of your name - discrimination based on nationality/ethnicity is rampant in the GCC. You might be working next to someone named Jones with white skin and blue eyes and he might easily be paid 2 or 3 times (at least) what you are with an Arabic (not GCC) last name - even with the same education and experience, however, holding an Australian passport should avoid some if not all of that bias.
You mention you are Australian of Middle Eastern heritage. Your prospective employer may be lowballing you based on the ethnicity of your name - discrimination based on nationality/ethnicity is rampant in the GCC. You might be working next to someone named Jones with white skin and blue eyes and he might easily be paid 2 or 3 times (at least) what you are with an Arabic (not GCC) last name - even with the same education and experience, however, holding an Australian passport should avoid some if not all of that bias.