Masters wasn't the only provider of that dodgey Chinese cable. Many wholesalers were selling it too. The problem was that the electricians who were then providing it to their customers ended up having to rip it out and install replacement cable but the bigger problem is that many installations of the faulty cable would have probably flown under the radar because records of what roll of cable ended up where aren't always kept. Whilst the electrician is strictly speaking legally responsible if a fire starts (it's a condition of our licences) it doesn't alter the fact that every time a Chinese product is installed, we are ultimately signing our lives away and careers could potentially end because of it.

I am glad I don't do home contracting these days. I just don't need this nonsense. Every batch of imported cable and every batch of imported electrical accessories should undergo testing by a proper locally based laboratory and earn local standards marks before being sold. If companies don't like it - tough. Make it locally - get it tested or leave the industry.

I think the comment Brad made has a lot of merit and is extremely serious. Like a lot of us I have an electrical background and I am ashamed to say even recently I went into Woolies and bought an extension lead with no thought given to its current rating. This could be because I was only using it for very low current purposes . All the ones I use outside are heavy duty and we don't run portable heaters from them. The point I am making is if I, who should know better can go in a just buy a lead without giving any thought to this, a large percentage of the public would not know anyway .I must check next time I am in Wollworths and see if heavier ones are available.
Yes definitely they should all be rated at 10 amps.