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Passport prices in Australia will rise to more than $400 from today. Here's why

From today, Australians will be paying more for a new 10-year passport as indexation has pushed prices up by 3.5 per cent.
Time Out

Australian passport fees are increasing yet again in 2026

Need a new passport? You’ll want to submit those documents pronto, as Australia’s trusty blue travel book is about to get pricier in the New Year. Sure, we have one of the most powerful passports on ...

Major issue with Australian passport as fee set to rise again on January 1: 'You'd expect better'

An Aussie parent has shared their disappointment after receiving their child's first-ever Australian passport. The citizen ...
ZDNet

Australia launches biometric passport checking

The Australian Customs Service (ACS) will next week launch its biometric passport checking system "publicly," drastically shortening its trial period and before concerns about how to apply it to all ...
The Conversation

Need to renew your passport? The weird history of Australian passports explains how they got so expensive

David Lee receives funding from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for a history of the Department of Trade. Now borders are open, Australians are applying for and renewing passports in ...
Daily Mail

I paid $450 for my passport and I'm not just angry at the state of it... but also at how it arrived in the mail: 'Are you kidding me?'

An Aussie has lashed out at the state of her new $450 passport, which was delivered in a plain envelope. Tilly McConnell claimed the Australian Passport Office must be 'cutting costs on all corners' ...