Customs is generally the first point of contact for people entering Australia. Our Border Force Officers are there waiting.

A shopper learned an expensive lesson when her $19,000 alligator-skin handbag was destroyed by customs officials in Australia because it entered the country without the correct import license. The ...

Chris Schlicht and Marine Guillou of Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick look at how infringmement is being treated both in the Australian courts, and by Customs’ new seizure process In the first part of ...

Customs protection for trade marks Part 13 of the Australian Trade Marks Act sets out the provisions that deal with imports of goods infringing Australian trade marks. The object of Part 13 is "to ...

In today’s interconnected world, international trade is the engine of economic growth. However, moving goods across borders isn’t as simple as shipping from point A to point B. Behind every successful ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: A ship waiting to be filled with a load of coal can be seen behind a surfer riding a wave at Merewether Beach in ...