Procedural Instructions: Airport CCTV – data handling; Airport CCTV – Incident response; Audiovisual Records; Policy Statement: Border Clearance; and documents regarding the Department’s Policy in…

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The release comprises five procedural and policy documents from the Department of Home Affairs, mainly governing airport closed-circuit television (CCTV) operations. The Airport CCTV data handling instruction (TI-742, approved May 2018) sets rules for handling, retaining and releasing CCTV recordings to other agencies under section 44 of the Australian Border Force Act 2015, the Crimes Act 1914 and the Freedom of Information Act 1982. A companion Airport CCTV incident response instruction (marked PROTECTED) covers duress alarms and surveillance processes. The Border Clearance policy statement addresses immigration and customs clearance under the Migration Act 1958, including section 166 compliance within two working days, and detention powers under Part XII of the Customs Act. The Audiovisual Records instruction (TI-7057, approved August 2023) governs digitisation and storage of records. The release contains no visa statistics, detention population data, or cyber risk assessments.