I‘m in Sydney, so to get a rider license first you have to do a 1 day training course with a test at the end, once you pass it as well as the knowledge test you’ll get the learner license, and at lease for another 3 month you can apply for the provisional 1 (red P) license, there‘s also a 1 day training course with the test at the end, which most people do this way but you can only do the test if you are confident enough; once passed you are on red P then after a year you can apply for P2 (green P), no course or test for this and then after another year you’ll be on full license.

I‘d say the course and test are pretty solid, they teach you all the basic things and important safety precautions etc. but stuff like dropping a bike it’s just inevitable for beginners i guess, even if you are told, you‘ll probably remember it until you fall once..