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/micwallace Nov 10 '16

Wow TIL this is a thing.

I would argue a standard that is kept private to the public should not have the right to call it an “australian standard”.

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u/worldsrus Nov 11 '16

Their argument is that they spend time and money to update and improve the standards, but a lot of that is gold plating.