Checked Baggage Screening

To improve your security when travelling around Australia, the Australian Government has introduced the security screening of all checked baggage on Australian domestic passenger jet flights, and any other flight departing from the same apron during a jet's operational period. To ensure checked items do not contain explosive materials or improvised explosive devices, your checked baggage may be screened in a number of ways, including:

• X-ray examination;
• testing for explosive residues using Explosive Trace Detection equipment; or
• physical search.

Checked baggage is currently screened at the following domestic and regional airports:

Adelaide Albury Alice Springs Argyle Avalon Ayers Rock Ballina/Byron Gateway Broome Brisbane Cairns Canberra Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Coffs Harbour Darwin Derby/Curtin Emerald Geraldton Gladstone Gove Hamilton Island Hervey Bay Hobart

Kalgoorlie-Boulder Karratha Kununurra Launceston Learmonth Mackay McArthur River Melbourne Mildura Mt Isa Newcastle Newman Norfolk Island Paraburdoo Perth Port Hedland Port Macquarie Ravensthorpe Rockhampton Sunshine Coast Sydney Townsville Whitsunday Coast

As at 1 July 2012, checked baggage will be screened at the following regional airports:

Albany Barcaldine Blackall Bundaberg Busselton Cloncurry Devonport Esperance Horn Island

Longreach Moranbah Olympic Dam Port Lincoln Ravensthorpe Roma Tamworth Wagga Wagga Weipa

See Regional Screening for additional information.