• members of the Royal Family (however the Queen of Australia Herself is outside the scope of any Australian immigration requirements)
• members of the Royal party accompanying the Royal Family
• official guests of the Australian government, including dependents and staff members
• members of the crew of a non-military ship visiting an Australian port or being imported into Australia, provided they hold valid passports and seafarers' documentation crews of foreign naval ships visiting Australia
• members of the armed forces of certain countries with Status of Forces Agreements with Australia (including certain civilians attached to these armed forces) with valid military documents and travel orders, together with spouses and children
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• official guests of the Australian government, including dependents and staff members
• members of the crew of a non-military ship visiting an Australian port or being imported into Australia, provided they hold valid passports and seafarers' documentation crews of foreign naval ships visiting Australia
• members of the armed forces of certain countries with Status of Forces Agreements with Australia (including certain civilians attached to these armed forces) with valid military documents and travel orders, together with spouses and children
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• members of the armed forces of certain countries with Status of Forces Agreements with Australia (including certain civilians attached to these armed forces) with valid military documents and travel orders, together with spouses and children holding valid national passports and military identification
• airline crew, with valid passports and employer documentation
• persons visiting Macquarie Island with advance permission of the Tasmanian Environment Department transit passengers from specified (gazetted) countries in airside transit in Australia for less than eight hours
• traditional Indonesian fishermen visiting the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands

No visa application is required to hold a special purpose visa, and no fee is charged and yes, it is possible to hold a special purpose visa simultaneously with another type of Australian visa. However, just because a person is holding a special purpose visa, it doesn't necessarily mean that he/she is already exempted in any other rule as well. One must always remember that the visa's only use is for entrance to another country and it will, by no means, exempt you from following the laws of the land where you currently are, else you would risk yourself in detention or removal from Australia.