Battery pouch with terminal protection
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Can you take smart luggage on a plane?
Carry-on: Conditions Checked: Conditions Same on domestic flights
Allowed if the battery is removable. To check the bag you must take the battery out and carry it in the cabin; a bag with a built-in battery that cannot be removed will be refused.
Flying within Australia? This rule does not change.
Lithium battery rules are dangerous-goods rules, not screening rules, so they are identical on a domestic flight.
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.
Travel insurance
A bag refused at the gate for a sealed-in battery is a bag you are buying again on the other side. Baggage cover is the part of a policy worth reading before an expensive case goes into the hold.
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Batteries & electronics
Drones
The drone itself can fly either way, but its lithium batteries follow the spare-battery rules: carry-on only, terminals protected, the usual size bands.
AirTags and luggage trackers
Fine in both bags.
Cordless hair straighteners
A gas-powered cordless straightener or curler travels carry-on only, one per person, with the safety cover fitted.
Wheelchairs and mobility scooters
Mobility aids travel free on Australian airlines and do not count towards your baggage allowance, but battery-powered ones need advance notice - usually 48 hours - so the airline can check the battery type and how it is secured.
CPAP and medical devices
Medical devices travel in the cabin and most Australian airlines do not count them towards your carry-on allowance.
Power banks
Carry-on only, never in checked baggage.
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.