I live an hour north of Sydney and I have fibre to my house. (But I acknowledge I am one of a lucky minority - part of my reasons for choosing this suburb was the fibre.)
New Zealand's national fibre plan is brilliant. If only Australia could come up with such ideas...
I live 8km from Auckland CBD and haven't got fibre or an install date. Lines crap out when it rains. Every fibre install I have seen (and I keep an eye out for them) is terrible. Through driveway expansion joints, along fences etc. My view is quite the opposite on how good the roll out has been.