Newspaper items used in the compilation of this issue outline (see also the Web Links / Internet Information section)AUST, January 9, 2012, page 12, comment by Dick Smith, `Dark side of online deals'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/dark-side-of-online-deals/story-e6frgd0x-1226239331087
AGE, January 4, 2012, page 2, news item by B Butler, `Retailers told: go online, or wither on vine'.
AUST, February 29, 2012, page 3, news item by Damien Woolnough and Andrew Colley, `Net offers to lure shoppers into stores'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/website-offers-used-to-lure-shoppers-back-to-shopping-centres/story-e6frg6nf-1226284470811
AGE, February 28, 2012, page 8, news item (photo) by Rachel Wells, `Online sales outpacing traditional retail'.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/online-sales-outpacing-traditional-retail-20120227-1tyya.html
AGE, March 3, 2012, page 6, news item (ref to Harvey Norman) by Kim Christian, `Harvey's online plan falters'.
http://www.theage.com.au/business/harveys-online-plan-falters-20120302-1u8yj.html
AGE, March 23, 2012, page 10, editorial, `Retailers must grasp their virtual future'.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/retailers-must-grasp-their-virtual-future-20120322-1vmv0.html
AGE, April 6, 2012, page 22, comment (ref in part to workplace conditions in Amazon.com warehouses) by Suzy Freeman-Greene, `The dark face of a cheap and easy online shopping habit'.
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/the-dark-face-of-a-cheap-and-easy-online-shopping-habit-20120405-1wfj1.html
H/SUN, May 16, 2012, page 17, comment by Beverley O'Connor, `Global village demands shopping freedom'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/global-village-demands-freedom/story-e6frfhqf-1226356690531
AGE, May 17, 2012, page 5, news item by Rachel Wells, `Watchdog urged to probe local distributors blocking online sales'.
http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/shopping/watchdog-to-probe-web-deals-20120517-1yslw.html
AGE, May 11, 2012, page 1, news item (photo) by Rachel Wells, `Importers close door on overseas online stores'.
http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/shopping/importers-close-door-on-overseas-online-stores-20120511-1yg3r.html
AGE, May 14, 2012, page 10, editorial, `Consumers will always find a way'. (second editorial down page)
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/editorial/rising-ever-higher-melbourne-eclipses-itself-20120513-1yktc.html
AGE, May 18, 2012, page 1, news item by Rachel Wells, `Probe into retailing on the net' (ref to consumers / ACCC / Australian Competition and Consumers commission).
http://www.theage.com.au/national/probe-into-retailing-on-the-net-20120517-1ytns.html
AUST, June 1, 2012, page 3, news item by Natasha Bita, `Online invoice scam has Customs beaten'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/online-invoice-scam-has-customs-beaten/story-e6frgakx-1226377878687
AGE, June 11, 1012, page 5, news item (ref to blocking of overseas internet websites selling wheelchairs etc for the disabled) by Rachel Wells, `Advocates call for inquiry into "profiteering" on disability equipment'.
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/advocates-call-for-inquiry-into-profiteering-on-disability-equipment-20120610-204fv.html
AUST, August 25, 2012, Australian Magazine insert, page 16, analysis by Kate Legge, `Clicks & mortar'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/clicks-and-mortar/story-e6frg8h6-1226454069567
http://www.smh.com.au/national/online-tax-no-silver-bullet-say-retailers-20120908-25lex.html
AUST, September 7, 2012, page 3, news item by Blair Speedy, `Retailers cheer internet sales tax call'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/markets/retailers-cheer-call-for-higher-tax-on-internet-sales-tax/story-e6frg916-1226466814408
H/SUN, September 15, 2012, page 27, news item by Peter Rolfe, `Call to end GST free ride'.
http://m.news.com.au/VIC/pg/0/fi1758546.htm
AGE, September 15, 2012, page 3, news item by Josh Gordon, `State backs push to impose GST on online purchases'.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/state-backs-push-to-impose-gst-on-online-purchases-20120914-25xxw.html