记者从外交部获悉，澳大利亚移民与边境保护部队（Immigration Border Force）工作人员将在11月9日（星期一）举行24小时（早0时至晚24时）连续罢工。参加人员包括移民边检、动植物检疫和海关检验人员。预计届时澳各国际机场将出现长时间排队情况。
中国驻澳大利亚使馆、驻悉尼总领馆提醒近期抵离澳大利亚的中国公民关注此次罢工，留意航班变化，合理安排行程，尽量避开上述时间，如在通关时遇到拥堵和延迟等情况，请耐心等候并听从安排。
Disruptions are expected at Australia’s international airports today as more than 5,000 Australian Border Force officers stop work for 24 hours.
Key points
More than 5,000 ABF officers striking for 24 hours in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Darwin, Cairns and Gold Coast
International passengers urged to arrive for flights earlier than planned
Strike will affect passport and arrival checks and slow cargo and baggage processing
The industrial action is part of a union campaign against the Federal Government’s proposed cuts to conditions and pay.
The strike will affect all of Australia’s eight international airports, maritime ports and mail centres as frontline workers take full-action from this morning.
The stoppage by Immigration Department union members — which includes Border Force officers — could see a delay in passport and arrival card checks at air and sea ports and delayed baggage and cargo.
The Community and Public Sector Union’s Nadine Flood said the strike would affect international travellers as they passed through customs.
Skeleton staff will be on hand to check arrival cards and passports and to carry out customs inspections and screening.
Counter-terrorism and national security staff will not take part in the strike action.
Melbourne Airport is yet to experience any delays, but international passengers have been advised to arrive well in advance of flight departure times.
“We got here at 5:00 and our flight doesn’t leave here until 2:30 in the afternoon,” one traveller said.
“I’m not too worried at this point … I’ll guess I’ll wait and see until I get through the gates.”
But some travellers arriving from overseas said they had no issues during processing at Sydney Airport.
One traveller named Carly said it took her “about 20 seconds” to pass through customs.
“My friend just messaged me and said ‘it’s going to take ages, they’re all in strike’ and I thought, ‘Oh great’, but then I went straight through,” she said.
Other airports affected are Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Darwin, Cairns and the Gold Coast.