Masterpiece Sightings

[Hereticpoo]

I'm not disagreeing with any of this, but I find this interesting as I thought Customs was federal. Are all goods expected upon their first entry to the country, like airline passengers? Are those customs officials determining what can and can't be in the package based on the packages destination? That would be tough to implement. Is there a secondary state level of inspection? If so, wouldn't this affect domestic interstate shipments as well?



Dang, that sucks. Sorry. So you've got one more try left.

Perth is lucky enough to have its own International Mailing Centre. Anything coming to Perth via Overseas touches down here directly, not in the eastern states. Packages are inspected at the entry border. Because WA doesn't recieve its international mail via Sydney, WA customs has different alerts than Sydney customs. Unfortunately, QLD, NSW, ACT, SA, VIC all share the same entry border, therefore MP5=bad in the east. I may be wrong, but thats how I see it.

[Kyle]

Perth is lucky enough to have its own International Mailing Centre. Anything coming to Perth via Overseas touches down here directly, not in the eastern states. Packages are inspected at the entry border. Because WA doesn't recieve its international mail via Sydney, WA customs has different alerts than Sydney customs. Unfortunately, QLD, NSW, ACT, SA, VIC all share the same entry border, therefore MP5=bad in the east. I may be wrong, but thats how I see it.

Although Perth has its own mailing centre, it still depends on whether the country of origin has direct flight to Perth. I've had parcels reaching Melbourne first and going through customs there and it showed in Auspost's tracking status.