3 June 2024
Who does this notice affect?
All first point of entry airport corporations, airlines, port operators, vessel agents and crew associated with international aircraft and vessels arriving from Indonesia.
What has changed?
A revised risk assessment has determined that the foot and mouth disease (FMD) situation in Indonesia has stabilised and is comparable to the situation in other countries where FMD is present.
Australia’s strict biosecurity border controls will remain in place. However, in view of the revised assessment, some of the enhanced biosecurity measures introduced in 2022 for the Indonesian FMD response are no longer required from 4 June 2024, including:
Air Traveller Pathway
- biosecurity officers will no longer board all direct flights from Indonesia to deliver a targeted FMD message (mandatory biosecurity messaging will remain on all aircraft that arrive in Australia from all locations), and
- biosecurity officers will no longer deploy sanitation foot mats for travellers (passengers and crew) arriving from Indonesia at Australian airports (Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin, Cairns, Brisbane and Gold Coast airports), and
Maritime Pathway
- cruise vessel operators are no longer required to deliver the on-arrival FMD announcement on vessels that have recently been in Indonesia (mandatory biosecurity messaging will remain on all vessels that arrive in Australia from all locations),
- biosecurity officers will no longer deploy sanitation foot mats for travellers (passengers and crew) arriving from Indonesia on cruise vessels, and
- commercial vessel crew including military personnel (other than livestock vessels) will no longer be required to deploy sanitation foot baths when arriving from Indonesia at Australian ports (ports designated as first points of entry under the Biosecurity Act 2015).
These changes ensure border controls are commensurate with the biosecurity risk.
Further information
Contact the department’s travellers’ team via email travellers@aff.gov.au.