Buying anime in Australia isn’t exactly cheap, and if your local retailer doesn’t have a particular item in stock you may inevitably have to purchase it via the Madman Entertainment online store. While their shipping costs aren’t as high as importing titles from the US (RightStuf’s prices are currently $13.50 USD for first item + $3.50 for each item + a couple of weeks waiting), Madman Entertainment did charge for across-Australia shipping which mean’t throwing a couple of extra dollars their way for each order.
The key word in that last sentence is “did”, with the publisher today confirming that they have abolished all shipping fees on all orders that take place within Australia. So that $4 you could have spent on shipping could be put towards something more useful than a box to get the products to your door.