I recall the example from SP: Stick of Truth where the alien probing sequence was removed and replaced with a crying koala. I can list more titles that are not available from that region: Hotline Miami, Manhunt, Sludge Life & etc. but there are games that faced censorship: Saints Row IV, Fallout 3, Postal 2, Outlast 2. I notice that it tends to happen with games depicting content involving violence, drugs or even sex (but let that fly in movies and TV).
Simple solution: DO NOT use an AU account on Steam, instead consider a region change or an alt account set overseas where you can access “banned” games that aren’t not sold in Australia (as their ratings board has no jurisdiction over foreign copies). Even if you have a foreign physical release: those are classified in their country of origin, isn’t that enough? A Japanese (CERO) D 17+ rating is similar to a MA15+ - R18+ classification.
I remember the Fallout 3 issue. The objection was that allowing the in-game use of drugs like morphine and amphetamines would encourage real-world use, so they changed the names to things like “Stim-X” or whatever which somehow made it OK.
What was particularly galling was that there was a WW2 game released around the same time in which the player character could use those same drugs. In Fallout 3, there were/are negative aspects such as addiction and withdrawal to deal with, while in the WW2 game they were just straight up health restorers and stat buffs. But the WW2 game got a pass because it was “historically accurate”.