[Australia] Auspost halt on incoming items by sea

[Whales]

https://auspost.com.au/service-updates/international-service-updates

Apparently I'm a week late to the party.  It's going to be interesting to see this play out.

I have several items outstanding from Aliexpress & eBay.  I wonder if they'll get rerouted to airmail or not (depends who is footing the bill of storing it in transit I guess).

[Black Phoenix]

This is due to the increasing number of prohibited items coming into Australia by sea.

I would be interested in knowing what kind of items they are talking about.

[SmallCog]

Australia Post said that it would process any sea mail containers which had already arrived in the country, as well as any items which were currently en route via sea.

https://www.news.com.au/national/australia-post-suspends-sea-mail-amid-prohibited-item-concerns/news-story/1ee350bb63a8ec8ffd553e604e04c6b3] [url]https://www.news.com.au/national/australia-post-suspends-sea-mail-amid-prohibited-item-concerns/news-story/1ee350bb63a8ec8ffd553e604e04c6b3[/url]

Anything outstanding should turn up eventually

Seems reading between the lines they can’t keep up with the screening so they’ve turned the tap off

Most mail is by air anyway

[Whales]

Speculation:

A scatter of Auspost workers try to get to their sorting machines, but no packages are flowing into them.  Everything is blocked at the other end of the room where the burly ABF offices are murmuring sounds of disappointment and shaking their heads.

"What sort of things are you guys finding today?" asks one particularly skinny Auspost worker.
"PROHIBITED ITEMS" grunts the ABF employee holding an assault rifle.  He points it at the packages and growls.
"So what sort of stuff?"
"PROHIBITED ITEMS"
"Drugs?  Guns?  Lasers?"
"PROHIBITED ITEMS"

[SiliconWizard]

That's a good one. Very clever.

[retiredfeline]

This is due to the increasing number of prohibited items coming into Australia by sea.

I would be interested in knowing what kind of items they are talking about.

Tobacco trying to bypass excist duty apparently. I remember reading that, but I can't find the mention any more. Maybe Auspost redacted their webpage. It was reported on ABC or The Guardian.

[Halcyon]

Tobacco, weapons, drugs, restricted medications, you name it. People try their luck and post that stuff.

[Whales]

Orange multimeters, black topped chips, Timtams made with maize sugar, ...

I've only ever had one package cut open for ABF inspection before.  They put a note inside it and taped it back up.  I suspect it was because the description was wildly different to the contents (probably a stuff up or mistranslation by the seller).

On that note: I had an "adult toys" package come in once from China.  I can't remember what was inside (probably latching switches -- they can be pretty exciting).

[tggzzz]

Tobacco, weapons, drugs, restricted medications, you name it. People try their luck and post that stuff.

It is effectivel a physical DDoS attack

[RoGeorge]

Tobacco, weapons, drugs, restricted medications, you name it. People try their luck and post that stuff.

Source of the info?

[tggzzz]

Tobacco, weapons, drugs, restricted medications, you name it. People try their luck and post that stuff.

Source of the info?

How about https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0439351/ ?

[SiliconWizard]

Tobacco, weapons, drugs, restricted medications, you name it. People try their luck and post that stuff.

Source of the info?

How about https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0439351/ ?

 

I have no doubt it's worth disrupting businesses and people's lives for some tobacco.

[tggzzz]

Tobacco, weapons, drugs, restricted medications, you name it. People try their luck and post that stuff.

Source of the info?

How about https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0439351/ ?

 

I have no doubt it's worth disrupting businesses and people's lives for some tobacco.

Not tobacco; that's merely incidental. The disruption is for money, and any/every vector is sufficient

[RoGeorge]

How about https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0439351/ ?

No TV here since long, long time ago.  Will listen to this instead:  Every Little Movement 

[Whales]

Illegal cigarettes imports makes sense, we tax them heavily as an anti-smoking measure (circa $30 and up per packet?  I'm the wrong person to ask).

[SiliconWizard]

Tobacco, weapons, drugs, restricted medications, you name it. People try their luck and post that stuff.

Source of the info?

How about https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0439351/ ?

 

I have no doubt it's worth disrupting businesses and people's lives for some tobacco.

Not tobacco; that's merely incidental. The disruption is for money, and any/every vector is sufficient

Yeah. I'm wondering what is making the most disruption at the moment though...

[Geoff-AU]

I've only ever had one package cut open for ABF inspection before.

Me too.  It was a Rick Astley vinyl single I bought in order to play a prank on a friend.

Now I'm on a different list.....

[SiliconWizard]

I've only ever had one package cut open for ABF inspection before.

Me too.  It was a Rick Astley vinyl single I bought in order to play a prank on a friend.

 

[Black Phoenix]

One hit wonder hey? I think he never thought that his music would be still relevant nowardays, although not for the reasons he expected.

Heck when I was a kid my mom bought me a a Casio Electronic Piano and the demo mode was that his music.