Can you take duty-free alcohol and perfume on a plane?
Carry-on: Conditions Checked: Yes Does not apply domestically
Bought airside, it can exceed 100ml if it stays in the sealed tamper-evident bag with the receipt inside. On itineraries with a connection, the next airport's screening decides - transit countries can and do confiscate it.
If you connect through another country, buying at the final airport or having it checked through is the safe play.
Flying within Australia? This one does not apply.
There is no duty-free on a domestic flight - the sealed bag and the 100ml exemption are both international-only.
Two rules explain most of this page. Lithium batteries fly in the cabin so the crew can reach them, and the 100ml liquid limit is an international rule. Your flight home is screened under the departure country's rules, which are sometimes stricter than Australia's.
Flying soon? Screening is the easy part
What stops Australians at the airport is more often the passport, the visa or the phone than the bag. Say where you are going and we will show you the entry rules for an Australian passport, what an eSIM actually costs there, and what the insurance covers.
Money & payments
Duty-free is priced in the airport’s currency and the terminal exchange rate is the worst one you will see all trip. A card with no foreign transaction fee usually beats paying in AUD at the till.
Compare cardsLiquids & toiletries
What is actually worth booking.
New destination guides and side-by-side comparisons for Australian travellers - which eSIM, which travel card, which insurance is worth paying for, and what to sort before you go. Prices in Australian dollars, a few emails a year.
Packing something else? The full A to Z of what you can take on a plane covers 61 items, the domestic flight rules set out what changes when you are not leaving the country, and the pre-departure checklist puts the rest of the trip in order.
Last reviewed 2 September 2026. Screening, dangerous-goods and biosecurity rules change, and airlines can be stricter than the government baseline. For anything unusual, the linked source and your airline's dangerous-goods page are the final word.