Australian Customs Service
Australian government agency responsible for Australian border protection (1985-2009) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Australian Customs Service was an Australian Government agency responsible for Australian border protection, duties and taxes between 1985 and 2009. The Service was first under the portfolio of the Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce from 1985 to 1998 and then the Attorney-General's Department from 1998 to 2009.[3]
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Formed | 1 July 1985[1] |
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Dissolved | 22 May 2009 |
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Type | Statutory authority |
Jurisdiction | Government of Australia |
Headquarters | Customs House Canberra 35°17′1″S 149°7′55″E |
Employees | 6,284 (in April 2008)[2] |
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In 1998, the collection of Excise duties was transferred to the Australian Taxation Office. The Service was dismantled in 2009 and replaced with the newly augmented, retasked and renamed Australian Customs and Border Protection Service which moved from AGD to the newly established Department of Immigration and Border Protection in September 2013.