Nick, can u provide any informative legal sites in oz that we can readup on? or does info like this simply not exist?

This is the Commonwealth web site. http://www.copyright.org.au/

Copyright laws and most intellectual property rights are governed by federal law being one of the original powers (section 51 (xviii.) of the Constitution Act) vested in the Commonwealth in 1901 - funny how something created over 100 years ago would be such a large area today.

Some of the "Fact Sheets" are a fairly straightforward read. But be careful - they claim copyright on their pamphlets, so I couldn't post an example here!

True!!  :)