Quarantine

Quarantine

Australia's quarantine laws are very strict. All incoming passengers to Australia are required to fill in a customs form, answer all questions truthfully and upon arrival, submit it to a customs officer.

If you declare that you have forbidden items, then these will be inspected by a Customs officer and if found to be harmless will be returned. If the items present a health risk, then the items may either be fumigated, held in custody until clearance is granted, stored at the airport for later collection, re-exported or destroyed. This of course depends on the quarantine risk assessment conducted by Customs.

For more information about quarantine requirements and forbidden items, please visit the Quarantine website. If you wish to bring prescription medicine into Australia, then the best referral for further information would be the Australian Therapeutics Goods Administration website.

By Neil Rao