Export controls : What are they? Do they affect you?

Australian export control laws regulate the export from Australia to a place outside Australia of defence and strategic goods and technology. Such exports include both the physical (tangible) export of defence and strategic items and the transmission (intangible) of certain controlled technology via email or publication.

Categories of defence and strategic goods and technology include nuclear materials, facilities and equipment; materials, chemicals, microorganisms and toxins; and sensors and lasers.

 While your research or teaching work may not be specifically related to weapons or defence, it may involve defence and strategic goods and technology. Export of these items from Australia to a place outside Australia either tangibly or intangibly will require a permit.