The more I think about it, the more likely I think it'll only be aimed at the $500 to $1000 price bracket. The cost of administration of the Australian GST is bad enough but adding it onto "small imports" will just make it over the top. I don't see how it can be administered by anyone other than the Government because we have quite a large list of exemptions. It's easy to administer in Australia because each exempt item is given a taxation code that identifies it as such. Who is going to determine if the $50 item I bought overseas is GST exempt or not? If it is not, how are they going to collect the GST (a whole $5)? I really think that it's going to be unworkable. Most of the things that I bring into Australia from overseas are through a mail forwarding service so it is me that identifies the item and lists it's value. No one in Customs knows whether the "old razor" I imported is worth $5 or $300.