The federal government is insisting it is rolling out biosecurity measures at airports “as quickly as possible”. But returning passengers say they face little scrutiny. auspol
Travellers arriving from Indonesia were expecting to have to clean their shoes and walk over sanitisation mats on Saturday under the toughest biosecurity rules ever introduced at Australian airports to prevent an outbreak of foot and mouth disease.
On Saturday morning, weary travellers toting surfboards through Melbourne and Sydney airports reported few additional measures, aside from an extra announcement on their flight from Denpasar., including requiring passengers flying from Indonesia to walk over sanitisation mats, and clean their shoes.said they were not asked to clean their shoes on sanitisation foot mats while going through customs, nor were they asked if they had cleaned the dirt from their belongings.
But she said Victoria was better prepared for an outbreak than the rest of the country, having introduced a mandatory tagging system for sheep and goats. While Holroyd said he felt many travellers flying to Australia were still “blasé” about foot and mouth disease, he and Allen had taken a cautious approach.
“Minister Murray Watt is working night and day to make sure we are doing everything we can to address this,” she said. “This includes putting sanitation mats into some international airports. It includes giving a million vaccines to Indonesia, and it includes working very closely with the National Farmers Federation and other groups that represent our agricultural sector.”
Senator McKenzie said the option to close the border should remain on the government’s table. “We can’t emphasise enough that the kitchen sink needs to be thrown at this.”
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