RichJ53
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CE is a European standard.
FCC is a American standard.
But Australia has their own regulation called RCM, see below
This is the only thing I could find about your question based on the a few articles that I was reading
2.4 GHz radio Systems - If a club member personally imports a transmitter and that transmitter has FCC or CE (or both) certification by the manufacturer, can that transmitter be used in Australia without a C Tick?
Model Aeronautical Association of Australia (MAAA)
The C Tick is a requirement of the ACMA for product that is sold in Australia as providing evidence that the supplier accepts the responsibility that the product meets the Australian Standards. The suppliers are subject to audit by the ACMA to prove they have the supporting documentation.
"Certain specific FCC and ETSI Standards, which are listed in MOP058, are accepted by the ACMA as being the equivalent to the standards specified for operation under the 2.4 GHz Class License.
If a C tick has not been applied by either the manufacturer or the importer then the user is the one who accepts responsibility for the product meeting the Australian Standards. This is the legal situation not an MAAA position.
Products that are labelled with overseas markings (for example, 'CE' mark or FCC approval) cannot automatically be lawfully supplied in Australia.
The ACMA regulatory framework for products supplied to the Australian market includes regulatory arrangements covering:
telecommunications customer equipment (CE) and customer cabling (CC)
radiocommunications devices
electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) performance of electrical and electronic devices, vehicles and devices with internal combustion engines
electromagnetic energy (EME) from radio transmitters.
The ACMA’s four labelling notices impose obligations on a supplier, including the requirement to comply with technical standard/s, maintain compliance records and apply the Regulatory Compliance Mark (RCM) to the product."
Compliance mark for products supplied in Australia
"For all ACMA regulatory arrangements, the compliance label is the RCM.
An overseas compliance mark on a product DOES NOT indicate that the product:
complies with any of the Australian regulatory arrangements
can be automatically labelled with the RCM compliance label
can be supplied in Australia without the RCM compliance label.
Evidence of compliance
In limited situations, overseas compliance documentation may be sufficient to demonstrate compliance with Australian requirements. However, even in such situations, the product must still meet Australian labelling requirements and be labelled with the RCM.
A supplier should first refer to the applicable labelling notice/s to determine which technical standard/s are applicable to their product. This will indicate if international compliance documentation may be used to establish compliance for the product to be supplied in Australia.
A supplier may need to engage the services of an independent consultant and/or a test laboratory to determine if the overseas test reports or other documentation are suitable for use in Australia (to demonstrate compliance with Australian requirements). For example:
CE Certificates are not acceptable as proof of EMC compliance in Australia. Only complete copies, in English, of EMC test reports to an applicable ACMA-mandated EMC standard are acceptable.
Establishing telecommunications compliance will, in virtually all cases, require testing to Australian telecommunications standards. Further information is available on the Testing - product compliance page.
If the overseas test reports or other documentation are sufficient to demonstrate compliance with Australian requirements, the product may be labelled with the RCM.
Testing against Australian requirements undertaken outside of Australia — Mutual Recognition Arrangements
Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRAs) enable conformity assessment—testing, inspection and certification—of specified products intended for export to the other party's territory to be undertaken in the country of export. This has the effect of reducing non-tariff (technical and regulatory) barriers to trade between the countries.
Under a MRA, regulatory authorities in both countries recognize test reports and certificates issued by Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs)—bodies deemed by both countries competent to assess products as conforming to the standards of the other country—to demonstrate that products meet their domestic regulatory requirements"
Rich
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