SESSION 1- BORDER COMPLIANCE Steve Moore (Director, Customs Licensing Trusted Trader and Trade Services Department of Home Affairs)
"Compliance Update – Spring 2018"
• Compliance Report – Infringement Notices, audit results and emerging focus areas
Paul Zalai (Director, Freight & Trade Alliance – FTA) Steve Moore (Director, Customs Licensing Trusted Trader and Trade Services Department of Home Affairs) Russell Wiese (Principal, Hunt & Hunt Lawyers)
"Targeted consignments - rights and responsibilities"
• CEF Holds – response to Ombudsman Report • CEF operational impacts • CEF compensation – what options are available Panel - what you can and can't tell your clients - related obligations, risks and ethics SESSION 2 - BIOSECURITY COMPLIANCE Department of Agriculture & Water Resources Rama Karri (Acting Director Cargo and Mail Section)) Julie Weymouth (Acting Director Compliance Division) Andrew Crawford (Head of Border & Biosecurity – FTA)
"Biosecurity & Panel Discussion - Spring 2018"
• Cost recovery • Highly Compliant Importer Program (HCIP) • COLS, Approved arrangements • Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs season • Panel
SESSION 3 - TRUSTED ARRANGEMENTS
Michael Moseley (Superintendent, Australian Trusted Trader, Department of Home Affairs) Kate Thorne Assistant Director Air Cargo Security International, Department of Home Affairs) Andrew Crawford (Head of Border & Biosecurity – FTA) Travis Brooks-Garrett (Director, Freight & Trade Alliance - FTA)
"Trusted Arrangements – Spring 2018"
• Estimated saving of $3.2B to Australian industry by 2025 • Importer benefits – Origin Advance Rulings minimising the need for Certificates of Origin, Duty deferral, streamlined cargo reporting • Exporter benefits – unique Trader Identification Number (TIN), expansion of MRAs • Count-down to 1 March 2019 implementation of security reforms • Piece-level examination (approved RACAs – CTOs and third parties) • Known Consignor – integration with ATT • Panel
SESSION 4 - MANAGING COMPLIANCE
Russell Wiese (Principal, Hunt & Hunt Lawyers)
"Legal and ethical obligations of trade professionals"
• Consideration of various legal and ethical obligations of customs brokers and freight forwarders including: duties owed as a condition of being a licensed broker; duties owed to third parties; duties owed to your employer; and duties under the Privacy Act
Travis Brooks-Garrett (Director, Freight & Trade Alliance - FTA)
"Customs broker operational update – Spring 2018"
• Part X Shipping update – consortiums • Infrastructure surcharges • Victorian logistics reform • Licensing update
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