I don't know about Australia, but postage from China to the EU is generally heavily subsidized, due to an old effort to boost the region's export economy. It ju

I don't know about Australia, but postage from China to the EU is generally heavily subsidized, due to an old effort to boost the region's export economy. It just hasn't ever been rolled back, but there are talks to do just that. Then shipping to the EU (and possibly other regions) will reflect the actual postage costs.