Banned hot hatch ok for Aus - Lax Aus Emmisions laws

Does this sound familiar?

'Banned elsewhere around the world, allowed in Australia' It happens with the food we eat, the plastics we use, the chemicals we spray.
Why do succsesive Australian goevernments and regulatory bodies simply not care about it's citizens and thier health? Below is yet another example:

Due to Australia's lax emissions laws the Honda Civic Type R has been given the all clear to be sold in Australia.

Emissions rules kill off Civic Type R in Europe but it survives down-under.

A hot-hatch that will be banned from UK and European roads from October will continue to be sold in Australia.

Japanese car maker Honda will remove its Civic Type-R from the key markets because the hatch’s high-revving 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine doesn’t comply with forthcoming (Euro 5) emissions regulations.

Australia’s lax emissions rules, which remain at the Euro 4 standard, mean the Type R can still be imported from its production plant in Swindon, UK. Australia is still to set a date for the adoption of the more stringent Euro 5 regulations, and has only recently adopted Euro 4.

The $39,990 Type R has been sold locally since mid 2007. Its 2.0-litre engine produces 148kW – impressively without the aid of a turbocharger.

The next-generation Civic is due in late 2011, and a new Type-R is likely to eventually figure in a range Honda plans to make lighter and cleaner than the current model.

Mazda’s RX-8 has also fallen under the emissions axe in Europe after the company decided against investing in an upgrade for the four-door sports coupe’s distinctive rotary engine.