Infringement Notice Statistics At Australian International Airports.

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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry released infringement notice statistics for biosecurity violations detected at Australian international airports covering 2022-2024. The dataset tracks enforcement actions across nine major airports (Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Canberra, Darwin, Gold Coast/Coolangatta, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, and Richmond). The grand total shows 12,586 infringement notices issued over the three-year period, with significant variation across months and airports. Hobart recorded notably high numbers in certain months (5,715 notices in 2023; 409 in 2022; 428 in 2024), while other airports show distributed enforcement activity. Monthly totals range from 94 to 542 notices, indicating consistent biosecurity monitoring at entry points. Much of the detailed airport-by-airport breakdown is redacted under section 47E(d), limiting transparency on specific