Day: August 25, 2025
Gifts worth less than $150, letters and documents exempted from new rule which will affect most businesses selling to US customers
Australia Post has temporarily halted some postage to the United States and Puerto Rico, effective immediately and until further notice.
The change is a response to US president Donald Trump’s tariff regime and changes to customs rules for parcels. Until now, low-value packages en route to the US were subject to what’s known as “de minimis” treatment, which allowed parcels worth less than US$800 to enter the country duty-free.
In the first six months of this year there were 80 incidents of piracy and armed robbery in the strategic waterways
Incidents of piracy and armed robbery in the straits of Malacca and Singapore have nearly quadrupled in the strategic waterways this year, according to a new report from an anti-piracy monitoring group.
In the first six months of this year there were 80 incidents of piracy and armed robbery in the straits, according to ReCAAP’s Information Sharing Centre (ISC). In the same period last year there were 21 incidents.