Where has the privacy gone? Can things get any worse?

The solution is at one end of a rope.

I don't know about Australia but in the USA for good money and you can find work everywhere is electrician, welder , or plumber . And here if you want to live in the real woods Your Bush or outback here you better have some protection (Firearm pistol / Rifle ) for Bears bobcats and a few other Critters.