Digital Passenger Declaration to Replace Incoming Passenger Card

[Pushka]

Ah bugger. I won’t have the fun of doing it when we fly home in 10 days.

It is strange (unusual) though that the government has listened to people's concerns.

Im thinking it was developed/ introduced by the previous Govt so no emotional investment.

 

[Virgin Bart]

And just like that DPD is gone from 6 July.

Is that correct? I couldn't find anything to that effect in the media release, only that they'll try to fix it.

 

[straitman]

Info here:
SMH.COM.AU
COVID vaccine requirement to be scrapped for international arrivals
The federal government will remove one of the last health rules stopping some tourists from travelling to Australia, as well as scrap the digital passenger declaration.

 

[Virgin Bart]

Info here:
SMH.COM.AU
COVID vaccine requirement to be scrapped for international arrivals
The federal government will remove one of the last health rules stopping some tourists from travelling to Australia, as well as scrap the digital passenger declaration.

My apologies. First newborn 3 days ago... Blame her.

 

[serfty]

It is strange (unusual) though that the government public service has listened to people's concerns

Fixed that for you.

 

[SCM]

For those without paid access:

”Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil will from Wednesday also end a requirement for people coming into the country – Australian citizen or not – to complete a digital passenger declaration, saying the government had listened to feedback about the app’s problems.

“While in time it will replace the paper-based incoming passenger card, it needs a lot more work to make it user-friendly,” she said.”

This and the vax BS being gone is the greatest news ever!

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Greatest news for the time being, but bet you it will come back with enhancements/improvement/what they call these 2.
Maybe under the new system, what ever they (ALP) might call it/change the name of the whole agency to make it less military like, they might do without having to use the phone to read the passport chip, and not needing a selfie, might be a good thing to have.
Will have to wait and see.
Who knows what name the ALP will come up for the agency, maybe change back to a "service" rather than a force.

 

[kpc]

Lock this thread on 6th July and archive it.

 

[SYD]

Lock this thread on 6th July and archive it.

and retitle “To be continued”? No doubt DPD 2.0 is coming…

 

[OZDUCK]

Greatest news for the time being, but bet you it will come back with enhancements/improvement/what they call these 2.
Maybe under the new system, what ever they (ALP) might call it/change the name of the whole agency to make it less military like, they might do without having to use the phone to read the passport chip, and not needing a selfie, might be a good thing to have.
Will have to wait and see.
Who knows what name the ALP will come up for the agency, maybe change back to a "service" rather than a force.

Yes, I worked for the Australian Customs Service for 24 of my 37 years there. Once politicians of both sides saw vote gaining opportunities in a 'force'
allowing lots of posturing and belligerent speech making everything changed. Happily I retired just before this happened. Of course it was not perfect but far less imperfect than the current structure. I may just be falling into the trap of "it was all better in my day" but I don't think so.

 

[BCons]

Hooray, that expensive, clunky DPD app is being scrapped, as of 6 July. I heard this on tv news Sun night, but only in passing, so went searching this morning for confirmation:

Digital passenger card shelved after scathing reviews

The Digital Passenger Declaration has been shelved, with new Home Affairs minister Clare O’Neil acknowledging it “needs a lot more work” even after more than $60 million has been poured into the underlying platform slated to eventually be used across government. On Sunday Ms O’Neil issued a...

www.innovationaus.com

And once more for certainty:

Australian virus border restrictions end this week as toll passes 10,000

Border restrictions enforced for COVID-19 will be dropped this week, with arriving passengers no longer required to declare their vaccination status.

thenewdaily.com.au

variously a 60 or 75 million dollar flop.

 

[BCons]

Anyway It doesn’t matter any more because the govt, as part of removing vax rules for incoming pax, has just scrapped the DPD.

Australian virus border restrictions end this week as toll passes 10,000

Border restrictions enforced for COVID-19 will be dropped this week, with arriving passengers no longer required to declare their vaccination status.

thenewdaily.com.au

 

[AIRwin]

Official FAQ:

Digital Passenger Declaration frequently asked questions

immi.homeaffairs.gov.au

 

[RooFlyer]

I think its going to be resurrected sometime as a replacement for the incoming passenger card.

 

[Mattg]

I think its going to be resurrected sometime as a replacement for the incoming passenger card.

Yep. The minister specifically said that this will happen, but only once the DPD is made a lot more user friendly.

 

[vetrade]

I note the work for the DPD was outsourced to an Irish company.
Can't imagine why anything went wrong.........

 

[BCons]

I note the work for the DPD was outsourced to an Irish company.
Can't imagine why anything went wrong.........

Accenture got the work apparently, as part of a larger program.:

Accenture's $60m permissions capability platform gig excludes visas

Work order yet to eventuate.

www.itnews.com.au

 

[vetrade]

Accenture got the work apparently, as part of a larger program.:

Accenture's $60m permissions capability platform gig excludes visas

Work order yet to eventuate.

www.itnews.com.au

Yeah, Accenture's based in Dublin

 

[BrockF]

Good riddance to this! Hope it is much better when/if it returns.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Now, if only NZ will take away the need to hand out 2 RAT (covid test kits) out to each arriving pax, and do the DIY on day 0/day 1, I would book to get to ZQN for my first time visit to this town this Oct.
Also the NZ pax declaration.