Hello all

Follow the link below to the Australia Post Customer Advice Update relating to the international shipment of firearms, parts etc.

http://www.auspost.com.au/GAC_File_Metafile/0,,3078_customer_advice,00.pdf

Ian

Ian in Oz, Thanks for posting the advice.

If my interpretation is correct, this ban also includes brass cases, and projectiles, which "hits for six" what I was told by a local gunshop employee last Friday.

I shall now have to find a courier that will bring these items into the country.
Brian.

The local PO won't even accept empty cases for movement between states so obviously they don't even know their own rules

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The local PO won't even accept empty cases for movement between states so obviously they don't even know their own rules

Australia Post used to have a recruiting policy of hiring people of below average intelligence because of the boredom of the job.

When the Union found out about it they got quite upset.

I hope no one here works for Aust Post else I am in trouble again!

I do not see anything in the regulations below that would prevent one from sending unprimed cases or bullets by mail from outside Australia.

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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:
a) Australia Post’s operations; or
b) 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.

We have learned not to describe our parcels as containing bullets. When the average bunny hugger or ignorant postal worker sees "bullets", he automatically thinks "ammo" and trouble follows. We use the appropriate customs tariff code and describe the contents as non ferrous machined parts. Cases and jacketed bullets could be described as non ferrous swaged components.

Within Australia nothing has changed and it is stated quite clearly here:

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DOMESTIC CARRIAGE
The domestic carriage of firearms and weaponry conditions remains unchanged.

The obvious route would be to have a copy of these regs when you mail your parcel and ride roughshod over anyone who tries to make up their own rules.

In South Africa, where incompetence from government officials has become a huge problem in the last ten years, it is easily solved by climbing the ladder to a department director and giving him a tough time. I do not accept any excuse and report any lack of service to the provincial government director or the appropriate minister's office. A small number of people doing this regularly, will soon result in a directive that will set matters right. Every government employee has a file on which any reprimand, mistake or disciplinary action is refelected. Threaten accordingly and they will protect their file from notations that prevent promotion and salary increases.

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Originally posted by Gerard:
In South Africa, where incompetence from government officials has become a huge problem in the last ten years, it is easily solved by climbing the ladder to a department director and giving him a tough time. I do not accept any excuse and report any lack of service to the provincial government director or the appropriate minister's office. A small number of people doing this regularly, will soon result in a directive that will set matters right. Every government employee has a file on which any reprimand, mistake or disciplinary action is refelected. Threaten accordingly and they will protect their file from notations that prevent promotion and salary increases.

Gerald

In Australia most government employees have lifetime tenure whether they have actual work to do or not. Indeed in the public service there is a category for "unassigned" staff. Full pay and benefits of course. Some of the bludgers sit on the list for many years and they are not underpaid. I am sure there "service" would also result in "promotions" by the number of years as well they are "unassigned".

Whether they can show any level of competence is not relevant, just whether they are still alive or not seems relevant.

Gerard,
You need to be careful that you check with all relevant bodies before importing/exporting anything. Australia Post, Australian Customs, Federal Police, State Police, the dog next door. Too many fingers in the pie!
Cheers...
Con

FWIW I finally got my 1000 projectiles today they were sent from America in November they came through the post maybe I was lucky?