This is certainly an interesting question.
Could Australia or New Zealand potentially buy Sukhoi, the J-10
Yes, certainly. I don't know about the sukhoi export models, but the export variant of the J-10 is the JF-17 thunder, which is sutiable for pakistan but about 50% the performance characteristics of the J-10 and half the cost.
-Chengdu J-10 is a superior fighter in performance. For example, the J-10 has a maximum speed of Mach 2.2 while the JF-17 has a top speed of only Mach 1.6.
-The service ceiling for the J-10 is 18,000m. For the JF-17, the service ceiling is only 16,920m.
-The J-10 is a multirole fighter with an useful load of 6,000kg. The JF-17 is a light fighter with an useful load of 3,000kg.
-The Chengdu J-10 is a fully indigenous aircraft with the WS-10A engine available. The JF-17 has various foreign components. Thus, a J-10 is not subject to foreign embargo or delayed delivery.
-China is shifting production to the Chengdu J-10B, which is partially stealthy (e.g. RAM-coated cockpit canopy and DSI inlet). Therefore the J-10 may come as a new export variant soon.
Speaking of cost, at $20 million (fully loaded) you could acquire 100 JF-17's for just $2 billion, or 100 J-10's for $4 billion. Well within the yearly procurement range of the RAAF. What's more brand new export equipment from the east comes in prefab kits, and would be assembled here, perfect for kick starting our own advanced indigenous jet fighter industry.
But naturally this country is run by a bunch of braindead fuckwits. I think a huge part of the 'monkey-model' moniker is not just about the export models of eastern hardware being gimped, but it has earned that due to the incompetence of the regimes that utilised them. Such countries were filled with dumb cunt chimp fucks unable to even produce the ammo required for this kind of hardware (iraq and it's tank shells come to mind). But Australia has an educated industrial base and it could easily handle maintaining and using such hardware properly, instad of being so dependent on overpriced US dipshit hand-me-downs which come with ludicrous conditions. The one think the ADF has gotten half-right is our navy, which is sourced from europe. The US is a terrible military source, unless you're a bloodsucking piece of shit leech like zionist Israel.