https://qz.com/1294009/amazon-blocked-australians-from-shopping-on-most-of-amazon/ > Amazon will soon be sub-prime, if you live in Australia. The company is blocking Aussies from shopping on its international websites, and limiting them instead to its much smaller local platform, Amazon.com.au. > The change, which takes effect July 1, is Amazon’s response to a 10% goods and services tax that Australia is adding to all imported online goods worth less than A$1,000 ($756). Previously, GST only applied to most goods and services sold in Australia, as well as imports worth more than A$1,000, giving companies that sold cheap imported goods an advantage over local suppliers.