Once people have demonstrated a willingness to pay a certain amount for something you will rarely see it priced below that level ...
Austrailia's long standing low dollar led to Austrailians becomming very comfortable paying very high dollar values for certain products, and just having a much stronger dollar today does not change that.
The difference between Austrailia and Canada is that the barriers for Canadians importing their electronics from the United States are relatively small and, while we still end up being gouged, few products are priced substantially higher than what it would cost to import them from the USA when you include the price of shipping and other fees. With Australia sharing the PAL standard and 220v system of Europe, the high shipping costs from Europe to Australia, and the significant barriers to trade between Australia and Europe there is little reason to price anything based on the Australian exchange rate.
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