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They only recently put in a disclaimer clearly stating the ability to buy and not sell, here in Canada. Was deceptive as hell before that.

Set up a GDAX account, send your coins there (save fees), then transfer them to a better off/on ramp for your location.

Can't you transfer them to another wallet and sell via another means? I agree that's lame on their part, but you should be able to work around it.

Because they like to take your money but won't tell you that you can't take it out until you try.

Plenty of places to sell BTC for AUD; btcmarkets, coinjar, coinspot, livingroomofsatoshi, etc. Why do you want coinbase?