I have a feeling its all to do with the understanding of the difference between "REQUIRE" and "REQUEST"
To most Foreign Operators there is none....they think a request for something is equivalent to a requirement for it,hence they dont push the issue when advised that the duty Runway is less than optimal.
The phenomina is a particularly Australian ATC thing and to my view there is an inherent danger in the process,its all part of the "bandaid" fix adopted in Australian ATC proceedures.
LAHSO,Idependant opposite direction Runway Ops,PRM ILS,are all proceedures adopted to compensate for a less than optimal infrastructure overlay,and as such compromise safety.
You can understand that for a crew whos mother tongue is not English the subtleties of the difference between Require and Request are often lost, ATC should be more pro active in understanding this,and in conditions which could be considered at the very least "Sporting" but at worst down right Trying ie Crosswinds,Shortish Runways,Wet Runways etc particularly after a long haul flight,some common sense needs to prevail.