Australia Post update

Australia Post will no longer accept international postings containing firearms, including all firearm components, or items of weaponry.

Items of weaponry include grenades, mortar shells, canisters, or items which resemble these articles (including replicas) for carriage to or from Australia.

Australia Post defines Firearm and Firearm Parts to mean the contents of an article where:

1. The description of such contents appearing on the face of the article includes those words or other words which could reasonably be construed as meaning a firearm or a part thereof; or
2. It is otherwise detected during the course of post that the article contains a matter or thing which in Australia Post’s opinion is a firearm or firearm part not including a firearm part which in Australia Post’s opinion would not impact:
   1. Australia Post’s operations; or
   2. The safety or security of persons or property.

For the purpose of this definition Australia Post advises that the following items, are deemed to be firearm parts and are therefore prohibited from International carriage by Australia Post:

• A gas piston, friction assembly, action bar, breech bolt or breech block
• A firearm barrel
• An assembled trigger mechanism
• A receiver
• Something, other than a complete firearm, that includes 1 or more of these items
• Any other matter or thing the carriage of which would contravene a law of a State or Territory or which is prohibited by Australia Post pursuant to the Australia Post Terms and Conditions including those items excluded from carriage in the Australia Post Dangerous and Prohibited Goods and Packaging Post Guide.

Permits
Customers with import or export permits should be advised that their permits are still valid but that Australia Post will no longer carry these items.

Exclusions from the definition of “items of weaponry”
Australia Post will continue to carry items such as knives, daggers, swords, and axes, which have a valid import or export permit where required and are legally permissible to carry into Australia (if inbound) or into the country of destination (if outbound).