> " ChrisF" <chrisf@gmail_.com> wrote in message
> news:k7th94$i2g$1@speranza.aioe.org...
>> Can interstate parcel mail be inspected by authorities the same way as
>> what happens with international mail?

> International mail may be checked for compliance with federal customs
> laws, quarantine laws, etc.  Those laws don't apply to interstate mail.
> Indeed, rather than interstate mail, it is essentially just domestic
> Australian mail.  Other laws apply equally to both international and
> domestic mail.

> But your query is short on context.  What is your specific concern?

> "Pelican" <water-bi...@sea.somewhere.org.ir> wrote in message
> news:k7u6kg$4pp$1@dont-email.me...

>> " ChrisF" <chrisf@gmail_.com> wrote in message
>> news:k7th94$i2g$1@speranza.aioe.org...
>>> Can interstate parcel mail be inspected by authorities the same way as
>>> what happens with international mail?

>> International mail may be checked for compliance with federal customs
>> laws, quarantine laws, etc.  Those laws don't apply to interstate mail.
>> Indeed, rather than interstate mail, it is essentially just domestic
>> Australian mail.  Other laws apply equally to both international and
>> domestic mail.

>> But your query is short on context.  What is your specific concern?

> No specific concern. I recently purchased something from interstate.  I
> realised it would be an unsuspicious way to smuggle things across the
> country.  All you would need is someone on the inside in the supplier
> company.