2012 ended with significant controversy and questions about Australia’s border security, with Customs and Quarantine officers at Sydney airport arrested as detailed making headline news.
The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (Customs & Border Protection) brought to the attention of the National Customs Brokers Licensing Advisory Committee (NCBLAC) a detailed compliance report. During October 2012, NCBLAC decided to cancel the corporate license of the customs brokerage subject to the report. This decision was given stay upon payment of a bond and an expeditious review of the decision to be completed by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT).
He has vowed that border protection staff involved in graft will be “ripped out by the throat” as he moves towards “massive reforms” to confront corruption and organised crime. But Jason Clare, who as Home Affairs minister has responsibility for the Australian Customs & Border Protection Service (CBP), has made little effort to involve the industry whom he tainted in mid 2012 with loose talk about criminality in the supply chain.
2012 ended with significant controversy and questions about Australia’s border security, with Customs and Quarantine officers at Sydney airport arrested as detailed making headline news.
The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (Customs & Border Protection) brought to the attention of the National Customs Brokers Licensing Advisory Committee (NCBLAC) a detailed compliance report. During October 2012, NCBLAC decided to cancel the corporate license of the customs brokerage subject to the report. This decision was given stay upon payment of a bond and an expeditious review of the decision to be completed by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT).
He has vowed that border protection staff involved in graft will be “ripped out by the throat” as he moves towards “massive reforms” to confront corruption and organised crime. But Jason Clare, who as Home Affairs minister has responsibility for the Australian Customs & Border Protection Service (CBP), has made little effort to involve the industry whom he tainted in mid 2012 with loose talk about criminality in the supply chain.
