Apple is having a hard time Down Under these days. Recently a company executive had to appear before a Parliamentary inquest about why prices for its products are higher in Australia than in other countries, and now Apple has been ordered to pay for continued construction on a canceled Apple Store project.
The store in question is the MacArthur Chambers location in Brisbane, Australia. The project was renovating a 1934-era historic building, with massive work being done (see image above) to bring the structure to the standards for an Apple Store. However,