After weeks of speculation, a false start, another false start, hushed whispers across the entire retail industry and endless "insider tips" - we finally have another rumoured launch date for Amazon Australia: and that date is December 5!

Amazon Australia's launch may have been exaggerated, but Jeff Bezos' empire is getting closer to opening every day. Now, a new report shows that Amazon has purchased a large chunk of land in Sydney's south-west with plans to turn the site into a "network operations and data centre".