Selectivity bias. Australia doesn't do much else that would be worth mentioning in these circles (when was the last time an Australian startup did anything interesting) while the actions of the government are exactly the kind of news that gets posted here.
Edit: What's missing though is investment in technology startups, apart from the plethora of financial systems, the much touted National Broadband Network and a handful of research projects.
There are plenty of awesome things happening in the Australian tech scene. Unfortunately the tyranny of distance and lack luster investment and government support means we can struggle a bit to get our message out. I know of a bunch of people with fantastically profitable businesses servicing international user bases that you won't ever hear about.
Because they're not in the "scene" they don't get talked about but they're plugging away at their businesses making serious $$.
