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All aboard!! ABF officers have conducted operations 230km from Adelaide in Port Pirie, continuing our targeted patrols of South Australia’s regional coastline 🛥️ Vessel Limestone Coast conducted surveillance and intelligence activities, ensuring the border remains safe from imports of illicit drugs. Australia's 37,000km of coastline features more than 60 international seaports, many of which are in regional and remote regions. Our operations in remote locations are crucial for protecting our bo

The ABF-led Illicit Tobacco Taskforce has crushed the operations of one of Australia’s biggest illicit tobacco criminal syndicates. Following intelligence into a serious crime group, a huge haul of illicit tobacco, cigarettes and vapes have been seized in Queensland by the ABF and the Gold Coast Public Health Unit. The serious organised crime group is part of a network suspected of illegal tobacco importation, distribution, storage, transport and money laundering representing a significant threa

ABF officers among the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Australia. ABF officers Alysha and Jon were proudly in the first group of Australians to receive the COVID-19 vaccine alongside the Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday 21 February. Twenty people were in the first priority group to receive the Pfizer jab at Sydney's Castle Hill Medical Centre. 'For me it's something I really wanted to do to help protect myself, as a frontline worker.' Alysha said. The vaccine priority rollout inc

One day these rookies might be on the frontline of Australia’s border security. But for now, they must complete their rigorous training and development at the ABF’s Detector Dog Program Facility. If you live in Melbourne or Geelong and would like to help these rookies develop into detector dogs, apply to become a Detector Dog Foster Carer today at www.abf.gov.au/detectordogs | Australian Border Force

We recently visited some of our newest Border Force Office Recruits to hear about their experience joining the ABF. Our entry-level BFORT program is a 12-month training course, both in the classroom and on the job, that prepares you for operational duties across Australia’s border environments. If this sounds like the job for you, applications are currently open for the program in WA and NT. Applications close 26 November 2025 at 11:59pm AEDT (midnight). https://jobs.homeaffairs.gov.au/search/?c

A career with the ABF can take you anywhere. Protecting Australia’s border and the community across air, land and sea. We’re looking for new recruits to join our 12-month Border Force traineeship. As a new recruit, you’ll spend six months in training and your final six months on the job in real operational environments. So, do you think you’re ready for an exciting, dynamic and rewarding career? Applications for our nation-wide recruitment round open this Monday, 16 October. For more info, visit