{"id":46109,"date":"2020-06-20T05:45:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T05:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=46109"},"modified":"2021-12-20T11:05:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T11:05:36","slug":"media-release-stronger-penalties-for-travellers-who-dont-declare-high-risk-biosecurity-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/media-release-stronger-penalties-for-travellers-who-dont-declare-high-risk-biosecurity-items\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Release Stronger penalties for travellers who don&#8217;t declare high risk biosecurity items"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; font-size: 28px;\">Media Release Stronger penalties for travellers who don\u2019t declare high risk biosecurity items<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43363 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Australia.jpg\" alt=\"Australia\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; color: #3366ff;\"><strong>The Ho<\/strong><strong>n.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0David Littleproud MP<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Minister for Agriculture, Drought and<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Emergency Management<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Deputy Leader of the Nationals<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41414 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Scott-Morrison-349x400.jpg\" alt=\"Scott Morrison\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Wednesday 17<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0June 2020<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">Stronger penalties for travellers who don\u2019t declare high risk biosecurity items<\/span><\/h1>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Biosecurity Amendment (Traveller Declarations and Other Measures) Bill<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a02020 introduced into the House of Representatives.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Bill enables higher value infringement notices to be issued for goods that have not been declared on an incoming passenger card and pose a high biosecurity risk.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Director of Biosecurity will determine which goods are subject to a higher infringement notice amount.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">An amendment to the\u00a0<em>Biosecurity Act 2015<\/em>\u00a0to strengthen biosecurity penalties was introduced into the House of Representatives today.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management, David Littleproud, said the\u00a0<em>Biosecurity Amendment (Traveller Declarations and Other Measures) Bill 2020<\/em>\u00a0is about protecting Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u201cAustralia produces the best agricultural products in the world, but we need to be vigilant to protect Australia from an ever-increasing number of pests and diseases that threaten our country and way of life,\u201d Minister Littleproud said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u201cOur biosecurity system safeguards our environment, animal, plant and human health from exotic pests and diseases. It also underpins the productivity and sustainability of our agricultural industries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u201cPests such as brown marmorated stink bug have the potential to decimate our crops and do untold damage to our natural environment, and pose a continual threat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u201cDiseases such as African swine fever, would be devastating for our\u00a0$1.2 billion pork industry, as well as threaten our trade, environment and economy if there were an outbreak in Australia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u201cThat is why the Australian Government continues to invest millions of dollars into preventing them from entering Australia but we need everyone to do their bit when they travel to our country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u201cThe Bill enables infringement notices with a higher value to be issued for goods that have not been declared on an incoming passenger card and pose a high biosecurity risk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u201cUnder the new legislation the Director of Biosecurity will determine which goods pose a high biosecurity risk and can therefore be subject to a higher infringement notice amount than currently applies. Instead of the two penalty units ($420) currently available at the airport, infringement notices may be issued for up to 12 penalty units ($2520). The value of a penalty unit will be indexed on 1 July 2020 ($222 instead of $210).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u201cThis is a response to travellers whether they be Australian citizens, residents or international visitors continuing to enter Australia with high biosecurity risk items and not declaring them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u201cBy being aware of the risk items, passengers and air crew can help Australia maintain its global reputation for producing high quality food and protect our unique environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u201cWe need everyone to get the message, if in doubt just declare it and if you don\u2019t declare it, you will be caught and issued with an infringement notice. \u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u201cThis government is serious about biosecurity and this legislation provides us with another tool to manage non-compliance. It builds on changes introduced in 2019 that allow visitors to have their visas cancelled and be refused to be entry into Australia for a serious breach of our biosecurity law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The new legislation is expected to commence on 1 January 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media Release Stronger penalties for travellers who don\u2019t declare high risk biosecurity items The Hon.\u00a0David Littleproud MP Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management Deputy Leader of the Nationals Wednesday 17th\u00a0June 2020 Stronger penalties for travellers who don\u2019t declare high risk biosecurity items Biosecurity Amendment (Traveller Declarations and Other Measures) Bill\u00a02020 introduced into the House 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