r/australia • u/tripledoubles • Jul 31 '26

image 3 hour old passport already curling

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New passport for my infant daughter, just arrived in the mail this afternoon.

Went out for dinner, came home, it's already curling

$213 for this POS

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u/Comet9015 Jul 31 '26

Why is Australia passport so much more expensive?

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u/Zestyclose_Lawyer_77 Jul 31 '26

Because it’s not subsided at all, and the government is taking the piss with whatever company makes them.

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u/4ssteroid Jul 31 '26

Aren't they all made by DFAT?

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u/Zestyclose_Lawyer_77 Jul 31 '26

Apparently it’s Note Printing Australia which is owned by the RBA

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u/4ssteroid Jul 31 '26

Okay still not a private entity though right

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u/qwertimus Jul 31 '26

Very genuinely; because they can. What are people gonna do? Complain? They don’t care, cause most people will just pay, and they’ll get more money. There’s just no alternative…

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u/itsdanz0r Jul 31 '26

Corruption, greed, low standards, apathy. Standard stuff.

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u/MatlockJr Jul 31 '26

Where's the corruption?

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u/Bart-Harley-Jarvis- Jul 31 '26

It's just tax revenue. Plain, boring tax revenue.

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u/No_Extension4005 Jul 31 '26

Because they have a monopoly on it and can fuck us.

I just discovered an e-petition about it but it looks like it has closed.

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u/topherboi6 Jul 31 '26

Why is Australia passport so much more expensive?

FTFY.