OH have I got a story for you.............
I feel like Australia does some really boneheaded decisions sometimes.
A previous government proposed the idea of an updated national broadband network with fiber to the home but lost that election and I think it was then the incoming conservative government labeled that plan too costly and instead opted for "cheaper and faster" which resulted in a total mishmash of mixed technologies that was cobbled together to save money.
I honestly wish they had gone with the original plan because as it turns out now we are playing catchup to upgrade everything to a more modern standard. it's such a bullshit farce how internet was handled in Australia. We are not a very clever country. The mishmash of technology was to appease people like Murdoch. Need I say more.
I'm on a HFC connection so it's better then ADSL and

I suppose for the time being it's as good as it's going to get.