Originally Posted by
mre5765
Because my clothing is of animal and vegetable origin. If I declare it (like I declared my prescription medicine) I have to go through secondary screening and wait even longer to get out of the bloody airport.
Not sure how you can call it secondary screening when it is the only screening point at SYD, but ok.
Originally Posted by
mre5765
They are putting all the bags through X-rays. How hard is it to pull the stuff that is actually dangerous and stop hassling and barking at people who have come to spend thousands to tens of thousands of dollars in your country? How hard is it to stop treating people who visit countries that have a different interpretation of "food" as criminals?
I think you are misunderstanding the purpose of the screening machines. Food is the dangerous item that they are screening for - both Australia and New Zealand have important agricultural industries and work hard to keep pests out of the country.
If you declare your food items, you can often bypass the screening. The biosecurity guy will ask you what you have, and if it is not dangerous, you can exit straight out. If you don't declare you do need to go through the screening just incase you have something.
I have never had a problem with them barking at me - though I wish they could make the queue shorter.