Taking account of the site policy towards simplicity, I would say the general rule was to combine entries with an identical cat. no and bar code. (Where there are clear differences - e.g. a USA long box, exceptions could and are made).
In this particular case, the UK & Australia entries look to be identical, and the designation for country of entry should be based on release information.
With respect to Pomegranate, these are just my thoughts - I don't know whether I am interpreting site policy correctly; any other input would be much appreciated.
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As an example: over on 45cat every UK release which is identical to the German and Dutch release should have a single entry, should it, with notes that the same record was released in various European countries, including the UK? That doesn't make much sense to me, I'm afraid.
With some of the international entries, particularly under albums, the first release date is entered, but other variations/later issues under the same cat. no and bar code are added under the same entry.
In this case ,the person entering the CD under UK release probably wouldn't have an inkling of its release elsewhere.
Perhaps a poster, identifying an additonal release territory, can add a note/comment to that effect (with different release date, if known) and request the entry becomes 'International' / 'Europe', as appropriate.
You need to have an understanding of the Australian market. I can assure you that it was not an import. It was released in Australia as a local release and at the standard price. From time to time EMI Australia brought in UK manufactured records and they were locally released and sold more than enough copies to chart, just as Warners in the UK brought in German manufactured vinyl and CDs to be sold locally in the UK. One issue with using 'international' for Aussie and NZ releases is that they were usually released later here than in the UK and Europe. My understanding of the discussion so far between the mods is that Australia/New Zealand should be treated as a distinct and separate market, just as the UK is treated as a separate market from the rest of Europe.
This looks to be identical to the UK entry - same cat no. and bar code? I suppose the question is where the CD was released. If this was released in Australia and wasn't an import, presumably the two entries could be combined under International.