I'll believe it when I see it.

I'm sure most people here rememeber the fuss regarding last year's proposed GST on imports under $1000. Haven't heard anything about it since.

Unless they've come up with some revolutionary, cost-effective way to collect it, then it won't happen. AP stated last year that it was not cost-effective for them to collect the 10% GST on imports, so one can assume that it isn't cost-effective to collect $5.00 for every import, either.

eBay even threatened to pull out of Australia over last year's proposal. I imagine this proposal would have similar implications for them, if the government is planning a vendor-collects-it model.