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.