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@everard6920wrote:

 

This idea was a mess last year, and it's a mess this year. That's why it was pushed back a year.

 

 

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And by creating a 12 month reprieve on GST, they gave Aussie shoppers a countdown (real or not) for GST-free overseas shopping. 

In the article I read, they blamed a large surge in small packages being imported from overseas over the last year for the increasing costs of security screening processes, and of course they conclude this is only set to increase, because... trends?

It couldn't possibly be a situation of the government's creation, the 'get it while you can', thing. 

-_-