The Federal Government has announced that there will be no change to the current importation provisions for books.

Today’s media release by the Hon Dr Craig Emerson MP explains that the Government has not accepted the Productivity Commission’s recommendation to remove the parallel importation restrictions on books and has decided not to commit to a new spending program for Australian authors and publishers.

The Government judged that removing the current restrictions would be unlikely to have any material effect on the availability of books in Australia.