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APPENDIX 7:
(Incorporated in Hansard on 16 December 1993 at page 4732)
CHIEF MINISTER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION WITHOUT NOTICE TAKEN ON NOTICE
20 OCTOBER 1993
MS FOLLETT: On 20 October 1993 Mr Stevenson asked me a question relating to the potential for re-establishment of a Customs section at the Fyshwick Mail exchange and for dead letters to be dealt with in the ACT. I noted at the time that these, matters were not my portfolio responsibility but I undertook to make some inquiries.
MY ANSWER IS: Since the closure of the Customs section at the Fyshwick Mail. Exchange international letters and parcels destined for the ACT are inspected at the International. Mail Centre in Clyde and the majority, I understand, are forwarded onto their destination without further delay or cost. If a postal item has duty or sales tax payable, or it requires customs clearance for any other reason, it is held at Clyde and the addressee is informed of this by post. Clearance can then be arranged through the office of the Sub-Collector of Customs for the ACT in Fyshwick, or the recipient can employ a Customs Clearance Agent, who will charge for this service.
After clearance, which can be done by facsimile, the item can be released and then forwarded to the post office closest to its final destination for collection. Sales tax and/or duty charges can be paid either at Fyshwick (for amounts over $1000) or at the local post office upon collection of the item. The only additional charges may be demurrage, which are an Australia Post charge levied on goods that are not collected within two weeks of the notification being sent from Clyde. These charges are cumulative.
Letters which cannot be delivered and are without an apparent return address, known as dead letters, are sent to Sydney on a daily basis where they are opened and then returned to the
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