No doubt our Kiwi members will want to chime in here, but a friend coming back from NZ brought me a newspaper article claiming that the politically correct bulb ban is to be dropped under the new govt.
If only such common sense would prevail over this side of the Tasman, but it has got me thinking; just get some friendly kiwis to post me over a carton of bulbs when I need them. Seriously, I wonder if the ban in Australia would make it illegal to import them for ones own use (eg. buying them on ebay). GLS bulbs have already gone from one major supermarket chain here. Meanwhile the sales of plasma tv's and airconditioners continues to rise...
For fellow bulb hoarders, this link may be of interest:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7480958.stm