> take the privilege of international travel too lightly
That's a weird expression. You mean too lightly compared to one country's overreaction of 9/11? Everything is light compared to that.
As for Australian border, I've seen people going in, just paying the fine for whatever was not right (like too much tobacco in the luggage) and getting in without much problem. I've also had the "pleasure" of being told that's the last time I'm allowed in as a tourist. All of those interactions were a lot simpler than every one of my arrivals to the US where people saying "you can go" were way worse worse than people saying "there's a problem" in other places I visited.
That's a weird expression. You mean too lightly compared to one country's overreaction of 9/11? Everything is light compared to that.
As for Australian border, I've seen people going in, just paying the fine for whatever was not right (like too much tobacco in the luggage) and getting in without much problem. I've also had the "pleasure" of being told that's the last time I'm allowed in as a tourist. All of those interactions were a lot simpler than every one of my arrivals to the US where people saying "you can go" were way worse worse than people saying "there's a problem" in other places I visited.