When will Australia get modern entry procedures?

[Aeryn]

Both come from plants. so 7
and if contains milk, then 8

Muesli bars definitely 7

I just tick yes.

Not the intent of those questions.

Officially you do not have to declare potato chips nor commercial chocolate bars source:

https://www.abf.gov.au/entering-and-leaving-australia/can-you-bring-it-in/categories/goods-without-declaring

 

[Warragul]

Sure, but wiki is often very inaccurate. However Bitre does mention 61 international airlines. 60 international airlines seem a bit too much, but I have not counted.

It is 61. That includes cargo only carriers and what some would consider double ups - eg Air Asia and Air Asia X are separate.

 

[Quickstatus]

It is 61

Thats what Bitre says but seems a bit too many for me.

Not the intent of those questions.

Sure, but i'll tick yes.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

This one always puzzled me, for packaged processed food like chocolate bars, chips and the like, how would they know it came from the plane and not from the point of origin (and why would it matter )?

I get these rules are written with the semi-fresh/ frozen and reheated food served up during meal service in mind, so I suspect no one is ever going to be prosecuted if they bring in a mars bar they took from the plane.

True story… passenger behind me on a Cathay Pacific flight a few weeks ago was approached about how they wanted their Kosher meal opened.

They asked the crew if they could forgo opening and heating and if they could ‘take it home?’.

The crew member said ‘you want to take this off the aircraft?’ [passenger nodding]

‘Errr… no’

And then there’s the Aussie flight engineer who was getting leftover meals and bread rolls from cabin crew and trying to bring those into Australia! Caught by Border Force!

https://www.abf.gov.au/newsroom-subsite/Pages/Do-not-risk-it-for-the-biscuit-%E2%80%93-two-Brisbane-airport-workers-face-fines-and-criminal-sanctions.aspx

 

[Quickstatus]

And then there’s the Aussie flight engineer who was getting leftover meals and bread rolls from cabin crew and trying to bring those into Australia! Caught by Border Force!

The reason i always tick yes is because i was caught by the Beagle once (and ticked no).
An apple was found - this was part of the welcome fruit basket when we were at the Datai Langkawi. We stashed it in the luggage meaning to eat it on our travels but completely forgot about it.

Sadly Beagles are not used anymore after 2018.
Apparently Labs are easier to train.
i guess this is part of modernising the entry procedures.

 

[OZDUCK]

The reason i always tick yes is because i was caught by the Beagle once (and ticked no).
An apple was found - this was part of the welcome fruit basket when we were at the Datai Langkawi. We stashed it in the luggage meaning to eat it on our travels but completely forgot about it.

Sadly Beagles are not used anymore after 2018.
Apparently Labs are easier to train.
i guess this is part of modernising the entry procedures.

There is a huge pool of specially bred Labs with the aim to improve the abilities of the dogs over generations.. They are part of a multinational breeding program that in my time included Australia, USA and the UK. Dogs have not been 'taken off the street' since 1993 as the failure rate was too high. The multinational nature means that inbreeding does not cause problems as breeding dogs are swapped between the various countries.

https://www.abf.gov.au/about-us/what-we-do/border-protection/detector-dogs/breeding

 

[OZDUCK]

I forgot to put a photo of my favourite detector dog. A Customs Social Club fundraiser around 2002.

 

[justinbrett]

Commercially packaged and unopened snacks such as chocolate bars or crisps. I declare them. Not gonna throw away good food. You never know when you’re gonna want a snack at 2am when you have jet lag! Not trying to bring in the leftover steak or apple

Yes, exactly as @Aeryn said, if it's highly processed food that doesn't normally need to be declared, you can take it (and not declare it).

Anything you normally would have to declare, can't be taken from the plane. Eg, a sandwich, diary (including packaged yoghurt, cheese etc).

At the end of the day the rule is for the most conservative approach to stop people doing silly things. If you start to blur the line (you can bring cheese and crackers, but the cheese has to be from a certain list of countries so you better check with the airline as to where they purchased your cheese....) Just easier and safer to tell people not to do it. Give people an inch and they'll take the entire galley home.

 

[Beano]

Both come from plants. so 7
and if contains milk, then 8

Muesli bars definitely 7

I just tick yes.

I ticked yes to a small Kit Kat (plant, dairy) and was sent to secondary inspection and waived through. No 10 always amuses me when I am in business mode! Is that a John Deere in your HLO?

 

[justinbrett]

I ticked yes to a small Kit Kat (plant, dairy) and was sent to secondary inspection and waived through. No 10 always amuses me when I am in business mode! Is that a John Deere in your HLO?

You have a Kit Kat tree?

 

[AuSammy]

I ticked yes to a small Kit Kat (plant, dairy) and was sent to secondary inspection and waived through. No 10 always amuses me when I am in business mode! Is that a John Deere in your HLO?

If one wanted to be pedantic, is not a dog a farm animal (sheep herding etc) ? Who hasn't been near a dog in the last 30days.

 

[wombatpatties]

This!! Couldn’t agree more. While I do think the physical card system could be improved (and ideally moved online), the biggest bottleneck is almost always baggage arrival. We were recently back from overseas and, despite clearing immigration with hundreds of people lining up for the green/yellow card (around a 30-minute wait), we got to the carousel to find not a single bag out yet. Ended up waiting close to 45mins before all luggage arrived and we could finally exit.

In contrast, on our trip through Singapore, we cleared immigration in about 15–20 minutes. By the time we reached the baggage carousel, unloading had already finished and our bags were neatly placed to the side with others, presumably cleared to make room for the next flight.

I agree with what you are saying, but Asian along with Arab countries have more labour. More hands make light work so they say. Australians wont work under a certain amount, wanting A1 conditions, they dislike uniforms, and always look scruffy, what do you expect?

 

[Himeno]

If one wanted to be pedantic, is not a dog a farm animal (sheep herding etc) ? Who hasn't been near a dog in the last 30days.

Depends what is meant by "near".

 

[elanshin]

Ahh china .. their digital arrival card rollout just happened late last year. I just arrived and not a single piece of paper to be seen. Aggressively rolled out so everyone has to use the QR code.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

If one wanted to be pedantic, is not a dog a farm animal (sheep herding etc) ? Who hasn't been near a dog in the last 30days.

No. A farm animal is one that lives on a farm.

If you have been to a farm, and been in contact with animals on that farm, you’d tick yes.

 

[Aeryn]

The farm question is to prevent bringing things like foot & mouth into Australia. If you tick yes they usually want to see that the shoes you wore on the farm are free from soil/manure. Same as if yiu have been in a forest/NP.