Here in Canada, anything that exceeds the low value item exemption (which is ridiculously low at $20) gets taxed at the border when it enters the country. This

Here in Canada, anything that exceeds the low value item exemption (which is ridiculously low at $20) gets taxed at the border when it enters the country. This is a pain, yes, but at least you're still able to buy whatever overseas goods you want. The Australian solution seems.. illogical at best. Savvy buyers can just work around the blocks, but others will be left without goods that they could have otherwise purchased, albeit with a bit of a delay. Obviously the goal is to coerce sites into collecting the taxes to keep the business, but surely that could be done within the existing system, without bringing internet censorship into it. For instance, they could de-prioritize processing of shipments where taxes weren't collected, giving companies an incentive to comply (since they would have an advantage in shipping time over competitors who don't). This approach seems unnecessarily heavy-handed.