Duty free into Australia

[janinlondon]

It seems from this advice that we are no longer allowed to carry duty free liquids into Australia?

"Duty-free purchases:

Customers who are flying out of Australia may carry items purchased from Australian duty free shops.
For flights departing Singapore, duty free items are allowed into Australia provided these items are purchased on board or are delivered by duty free staff to the gate-hold room in a sealed bag.
Customers who are entering Australia via transit in Singapore will NOT be allowed to carry duty free items purchased from previous sectors."

i think it means you can't buy duty free liquid in the UK and take it right through to Aus. You can buy it in Singapore but it must be delivered by duty free shop to the gate. IS that what you read?!?!?

Yes Eidsvold - I think that's what it means. We can no longer buy duty free booze in the UK to take to Australia. Wish the BAA duty free shops would get their acts together and advise people of this!!

Janinlondon,

You are reading this correctly.

A lot of pax in transit have been caught out by this ruling.

I have read of people who have flown from (e.g) the US to the UK (e.g Heathrow) and then caught an onward flight to another UK airport. It is at this point that their unopened duty free is confiscated.