by Lib opposed by Labor and the US govt for the record) a legislative process started in 1990 after it was discovered that Australian were paying $12 more for new release CD's than US consumers (even when taking into account exchange rates) by the time the government had deregulated that market everyone was probably ripping music off Kazaa or something anyway! Well, thanks for finally covering the issue in a tad more depth. If the publishers were being hard done by, we'd be hearing feel good stories about how they're fighting the good fight for us in this country. Instead, we're being fed obfuscation and obviously empty market-speak. What do we have to do? Get Consumer Affairs involved? Do they even have any power here? Publishers will only answer if there's greater publicity, so maybe another petition or letters to newspapers and publications like Choice. Maybe slip an A Current Affair reporter $50 and let them run with it.. Since I recently got a decent paying job with little debts, I've bought nearly 40 games in about 3 months and played none of them due to finishing university. I bought 8 of them in Australia, the rest either Steam or eBay. Waiting a week or so for a game can be annoying, but I'm not going to be held ransom when I don't have to. Viva la internets. I'm looking at importing and buying online more and more now; when the US pays $60 for a game, and we pay