AUS Department of Home Affairs: $5 Fee for International Parcels under $1000

rawm on 22/03/2018 - 06:47
Last edited 22/03/2018 - 06:48

Hot off the press:

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/department-of-hom…

From the article:

'Australian shoppers would have to pay a $5 tax on every parcel posted from overseas under a federal government plan to cover skyrocketing security screening costs.
Parcels containing purchases like clothing, makeup and books worth less than $1000 - which now represent 90 per cent of deliveries entering Australia - would attract the new tax.
The Department of Home Affairs proposal will provoke opposition from online retailers like eBay and Amazon…'

If this get's through, what are the implications for us?

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    $5 unworkable, but a fee will happen
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    Big change, the Liberals will do this
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  • Cluster on 23/03/2018 - 16:49
    +3

    When I first traveled internationally in 2004 the duty free limit was $900. Today? It's $900. Taking into account 14 years of inflation the duty free limit has decreased by over 25%, yet they're now trying to grab another $5 per package too? Talk about sheer Customs greed.

    • t25 on 24/03/2018 - 21:55

      I think the duty free limit was even lower with an amount like $300 back in the 90s. And $900 is such a pathetic amount for duty free.

  • berry580 on 23/03/2018 - 16:54
    +1

    This would kill the high volume low value transactions from China dead in it's tracks.

    Bye bye $1 screen protectors.

    • CacheHunter on 03/04/2018 - 21:34

      We'll all be ordering thousands of 1c items off zapals etc, addressed to the PM's and treasurer's home addresses. They'll either pay thousands to collect them all so that they can identify the one parcel that they actually ordered, or there'll be thousands of usb cables, screen protectors etc going cheap at the customs auctions for uncollected items. Either way, we win.

  • Windows7forever on 23/03/2018 - 17:24
    +1

    This country is going to the dogs. Outrageous policy!

  • OzzyOzbourne on 23/03/2018 - 19:15

    So 500% tax on $1 items from China.

  • gstfree on 23/03/2018 - 20:45
    +1

    Administration cost may be more than $5

  • Syn88 on 23/03/2018 - 22:42

    Shrug. I guess I’ll just buy in bulk.

  • itsdougie on 23/03/2018 - 22:47

    Peter Dutton knows his ministry is going to lose the pay dispute against his staff who have not had pay outcomes for 4 years. To afford the pay out the government will need to recover costs from somewhere. This must be it.

    • petry on 24/03/2018 - 11:31
      +1

      crap - racist support for the yanks trade war -typical dyed in the wool ozzie pollie bought and paid for by the yanks.

      In the event of war they'll all be off to the states to live in splendour -look at old kim - had a great time after all the defence contracts he signed.

  • Kamsi on 24/03/2018 - 00:43

    Stupid way of grabbing money out of people. Whoever thought of this idea need to be hang their head of shame.

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