GUEST,Ozzie guest wrote: Does anyone know why none of this as far as i can tell is available
down here in Australia?

Because the BBC is paid for by British TV licence payers and because the BBC often only has rights to broadcast a programme in the UK or will sell rights to broadcast elsewhere.

Any way around the prohibition ?

(1) Use a virtual private network (VPN) which gives you a UK IP address. (2) Declare that you are a UK TV licence payer.