Australian Customs Service

[3] 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.[6] Royal assent was given to the changes on 22 May 2009 and the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service was established.[4] The role of the Australian Customs Service was to prevent the illegal movement of people and harmful goods across Australia's border, and to apply trade measures and collect border-related duties and taxes.[citation needed] Between 1 January 2006 and 22 May 2009, the Chief Executive Officer of the agency was Michael Carmody.
Australian Customs FlagDepartment of Business and Consumer AffairsAustralian Customs and Border Protection ServiceStatutory authorityGovernment of AustraliaMichael CarmodyLionel WoodwardTom HayesAustralian GovernmentDepartment of Industry, Technology and CommerceAttorney-General's DepartmentAustralian Taxation OfficeDepartment of Immigration and Border ProtectionHawke governmentPrime MinisterKevin RuddAustralian Public ServiceMinister for Home AffairsMinister for Justice and CustomsAttorney-General of Australia