The ANU Defence Export Controls website is currently under review. For information on what to do if your research is affected by export controls, please consult the ANU Defence Export Controls Sharepoint site (under development).
Defence Export Controls (DEC) are a collection of laws and regulations that set out what can and can’t be sent or shared overseas from Australia. These laws ensure Australia protects national interests and meets international obligations.
Whether DEC apply to your research depends on:
- What Goods, Technology or Software you are working with, and
- What you are doing with it.
It is important to note that:
- DEC applies to Goods, Technology and Software with potential military applications (called 'dual-use') even if they are not being researched or used for this purpose.
- "Technology" also encompasses instructions, skills and training.
- Export activities that require a permit include many activities common in academia.
If you are exporting Goods, Technology or Software to somewhere outside Australia, and these items have or could have a military use, then DEC may apply to you. Contact us if you have any questions or concerns.
Resources for ANU Staff and Students
- DTCA Seminar Presentation May 2017 (PDF, 580.66 KB)
- Guidance on information required when completing Defence Export Control Application Form (PDF, 191.82 KB)
Key links
- Defence Trade Controls Act 2012
- Autonomous Sanctions Regulations
- DEC Activity Assessment Questionnaire: self-assess if your activity is subject to Export Controls; and
- DSGL Search: determine if Goods, Software or Technology are listed in the DSGL and therefore potentially controlled.
Key updates
- Report arising from 2018 independent review of the Defence Trade Controls Act
- 2018 Amendments to 13E of the Customs (Prohibited Exports) Regulations 1958
Related Links
(under review)
- Defence Export Control Office
- Defence Export Controls Awareness Training Program
- Export Controls and Your Rights
- Strengthened Export Controls: Facts and Myths
- Supply FAQs
- Publication FAQs
- Brokering FAQs
- Australian Export Controls and ICT
- Overview of Cryptography and the Defence Trade Controls Act 2012
- Australian Export Controls and the Life Sciences
- Request for DSGL Advice/Activity Assessment
- Application to Export and Supply Controlled Goods and Technology