Nothing at all wrong with wanting to use a particular tool for a job. The use of a particular tool is certainly a very personal choice.
What I am amazed about is the fact that so many things are not available in Australia. Being an American I never thought about that sad state of affairs.
And then to hear of the ridiculous prices that are charged for items in the rest of the world compared to the US. And it's not even the fault of the greedy American companies.
It's all to do with the size of the potential market.
Back in the day,a local manufacturer or an importer could sell enough of a special device to large Government & private organisations who did a lot of handwiring of Comms equipment,for instance,to make it worthwhile,& hobbyists,etc could "ride along on their coat tails",as far as being able to buy the gear.
These large organisations have largely been gutted of their technical capacity,& technological change has removed the necessity to terminate thousands of connections,so for those that are done,fairly effective alternatives,have been found.
Even if intensive hand soldering had still been the norm,manufacturing in this country is only a shadow of what it was in,say,the 1960s,so that market has all but gone.
Although the same thing has happened in the USA,the larger population there gives importers the incentive to bring in equipment,the sales of which,are quite large in absolute terms (although low as a percentage of population),so they can sell stuff cheaper.