article_snippet.sent: The changes may also affect consumers buying any products for less than $1,000 online from overseas, thus affecting companies such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon and eBay.
article_snippet.sent: consumer advocacy group Choice argues that the federal government should instead be tackling the exorbitant domestic costs of TV shows, music and movies, and difficulties accessing them.
article_snippet.sent: We need to make it easier ... in order to encourage greater competition,' Choice chief executive Alan Kirkland told ABC radio on Friday.
article_snippet.sent: It comes after News Corp Australia chief executive Julian Clarke slammed the foreign companies' ability to avoid paying tax, consequently leading to an unlevelled playing field in the advertising market.
article_snippet.sent: News Corp Australia chief executive Julian Clarke implored the government to 'fix that problem' during a Senate Standing Committees on Economics in which News Corp Australia chief executive Julian Clarke argued against the disadvantage of competing against overseas companies with a lower operating cost.