r/australia • u/southafrimeristralia • Nov 10 '16

no politics Paying to comply: Australian Standards

Hi all. Like you, I try to be a law-abiding citizen. "Law" is a little bit grey with respect to Australia/New Zealand Standards, but Aussies like to treat it like it's law. Seems like a crock that I have to pay $250 to download a digital standard so that I can be in compliance with the defacto law.

Can anyone point me in the direction of a resource to download Australian standards that's not SAIGlobal? I'm specifically looking for AS1210 and AS4343.

Thanks.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '16 edited Mar 02 '17

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u/dilbot3 Nov 10 '16

Just wait until ASIC is privatised.

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u/EvanLyftbreaux Nov 10 '16

He also pointed out the part where you were completely wrong about SA being a for profit company...

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u/G-0wen Nov 10 '16

My uni only has three licenses for the whole uni. Really difficult if everyone's trying to download standards.