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Well after a period of glacial slowness, Australia might be getting closer to the rest of the world, but I fear it will simply be a short period of activity before the usual pace resumes.
Still, moving forward is a good thing.
We currently have recalcitrant retail giants clamouring the Federal government to tax online purchases so to protect their own businesses. Never mind that prices are often three times as high for a locally purchased item, if it is indeed available.
This sort of protectionism, high costs and "why us?" whining has affected the ebook roll-out here for some time.
Looks like the government has decided that their latest committee needs to actually do something. Since it was announced (was it a year ago?) there has been pretty much nothing heard from them.
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