[balinor]

Hi Kurt. First, do you have all of your shipping zones set up properly? X-cart will display shipping methods based on what the default address is set to in General Settings. If your default address is Australia, it will only show methods for Australia, as well as the GST. This can scare away potential foreign customers if they see tax in their subtotal!

Here in the US, we have to charge sales tax in the state our business is based in. So as not to scare away people from other states, I generally put the default shipping address as a state other than my own, so the sales tax does not show up by default.

To handle the shipping methods problem, I generally put a large note underneath the subtotal that says something to the effect of "We ship internatinoally, please log-in or register so that we can display shipping options and prices specific to your location". That may clear things up for your customers. Hope this helps!