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This is mostly requests to Apple as a service provider. "What IP registered, and logged into suspect@icloud.com on 1/1/2018? And what are the registered users details?"

They don't have your iphone passcode on file so they can't provide it to law enforcement.

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This is what I thought, too, but they explicitly state "access to devices", not "access to data".

Could also very well be that the author didn't distinct between the two sufficiently.

Or that older devices (that have outdated hardware security) are more prevalent in Australia for which Apple can decrypt.

Would be surprising; even the iPhone 5s from Fall 2013 is equipped with the Secure Enclave and is getting iOS 12. Including the feature to disable USB communication pins after 1 hour without the user's passcode. A feature aimed squarely at disabling Cellebrite from uploading their brute-force firmware.

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