The problem is that Kindle Worlds has not been rolled out beyond the United States. Amazon's system mistakenly allowed the purchase of these books. It appears Amazon has now corrected this, at least for this particular series. It is also worth noting that novels set in Kindle Worlds are not what I would regard as fan fiction. Whilst some works are no doubt by new authors many are by quite well established authors.
I think Amazon does have an obligation here, firstly because its systems have made these books available to the reader without him entering into any sort of subterfuge or taking any steps or in fact even being aware that the books were restricted to the US. Secondly, the geographical restrictions in this case seem to have been imposed by Amazon itself. What I believe is happening is that Kindle Worlds is being trialled in the US in preparation for a rollout worldwide, which has not occurred, at least as yet. If this is the case then Amazon can and should make an exception in this case. If not the OP may wish to consider bypassing the geographic restrictions to obtain the book. However, it must be borne in mind that doing this will almost certainly breach Amazon's terms of service and may result in Amazon suspending or even cancelling the account, even though bypassing such restrictions does not itself seem to breach Australian law.
Malcolm Turnbull, the then communications minister and now prime minister of Australia issued a faq which says so far as relevant that:
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The Copyright Act does not make it illegal to use a VPN to access overseas content.
While content providers often have in place international commercial arrangements to protect copyright in different countries or regions, which can result in ‘geoblocking’, circumventing this is not illegal under the Copyright Act.
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