Sleep/wake button broken but moved country

my sleep/wake button doesn't work anymore and my phone is eligible for the recall with the sleep/wake buttons not working, but my problem is that i have moved to Australia and the phone was originally purchased in the UK, does any one know how i can go about getting it fixed as it will run out of warranty soon and the apple store wouldn't touch it.

Note that you can mimic the Sleep/Wake button by using AssistiveTouch until you can get the hardware issue fixed.
Enabling AssistiveTouch floats a virtual button on-screen which can mimic all hardware buttons on the device:
Settings>General>Accessibility>AssistiveTouch: turn ON
*Note* If you power off the device using the AssistiveTouch panel (tap the on-screen AssistiveTouch button, Device>Lock Screen (tap and hold to power off)), you will NOT be able to power on the device if your Sleep/Wake (power) button is not functioning. You will need to connect the powered off device either to a PC's USB port or an external charger to power the device back on.

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