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Departing Australia: four gateways, a second Sydney airport and the border paperwork

Nine in ten passengers flying out of Australia leave through Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane or Perth, and Western Sydney International starts passenger flights on 25 October 2026. These notes cover where international departures leave from, the SmartGates and the charge already in your fare, AUSTRAC’s cash rule, and the arrival steps for New Zealand, Singapore and Bali, in the three countries that receive the most passengers flying out.

Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth carry nine in ten departures

Government airline statistics for the year to June 2026 show Sydney handled 38 per cent of passengers leaving Australia on international flights, Melbourne 27 per cent, Brisbane 16 per cent and Perth 12 per cent; Adelaide, the Gold Coast and Cairns shared most of the remainder. Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport adds a second Sydney gateway: the federal infrastructure department lists its first passenger flights on 25 October 2026, Air New Zealand to Auckland from 26 October and Singapore Airlines to Singapore from 23 November. From another city, weigh a departure from your own airport against a domestic connection into one of the four.

SmartGates, the Passenger Movement Charge and TRS claims

Australian Border Force lets any traveller use the departure SmartGates if they hold a valid machine-readable passport and can use the gates independently. The Passenger Movement Charge is collected when your ticket is sold, so it already sits in the taxes on your fare; children aged eleven or younger are exempt. To claim back GST under the Tourist Refund Scheme, show the goods, original tax invoices, passport and boarding pass at the TRS facility at least 30 minutes before departure, then declare those goods on your Incoming Passenger Card if you bring them home. Taking a camera or laptop you will return with? Register it on form B263 before you go.

AUSTRAC’s ten-thousand-dollar cash declaration

Carrying 10,000 Australian dollars or more, counting Australian and foreign notes together with bearer instruments such as traveller’s cheques and money orders, means a declaration whether you are leaving or coming back. AUSTRAC asks you to complete its online form before you pass through customs and to keep the receipt for a Border Force or police officer; a paper version is available from those officers. Splitting a larger sum among family members so each carries less is structuring, which is illegal. Money moved through a bank or a money transfer business needs no declaration.

New Zealand, Singapore and Bali: what to file before landing

New Zealand, Singapore and Indonesia received the most passengers flying out of Australia in the same statistics. Australian citizens travelling on an Australian passport need neither a visa nor an NZeTA for New Zealand, according to Immigration New Zealand. Singapore requires every arriving traveller, except transit passengers who do not clear immigration, to submit the free SG Arrival Card within three days before arrival. For Bali, Smartraveller advises completing the All Indonesia arrival card within 72 hours of travel and applying for an e-Visa on Arrival; the Bali tourist levy is a separate payment from that visa.

Facts checked

Sources (9)
  1. Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics: International airlines, traffic by city pairs (data.gov.au, July 2025 to June 2026) · checked
  2. Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts: Western Sydney Airport set to open · checked
  3. Australian Border Force: Arriving and leaving · checked
  4. Australian Border Force: Passenger Movement Charge · checked
  5. Australian Border Force: Tourist Refund Scheme · checked
  6. AUSTRAC: Moving money overseas · checked
  7. Immigration New Zealand: Visa waiver countries and territories · checked
  8. Immigration and Checkpoints Authority of Singapore: SG Arrival Card · checked
  9. Smartraveller, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Indonesia travel advice · checked

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Sydney. In the year to June 2026 it handled about 38 per cent of passengers leaving Australia on international flights, ahead of Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, according to BITRE city-pair statistics. Western Sydney International becomes a second Sydney option from 25 October 2026.

Yes. Australia collects it when the ticket is sold and the airline passes it to the Department of Home Affairs, so it appears among the taxes. Children aged eleven or younger on the departure date are exempt, and it applies whether or not you come back.

Only when the combined value reaches 10,000 Australian dollars or more, in any mix of Australian and foreign cash or bearer instruments. File AUSTRAC’s online declaration before customs and keep the receipt; Border Force or police officers can supply a paper form.

Yes. Australian Border Force opens departure SmartGates to any traveller with a valid machine-readable passport who can use them independently, whatever their nationality. Arrival SmartGates have separate age and height conditions.

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