Border Security: Australia's Front Line
Border Security: Australia's Front Line is an Australian factual television programme in the form of an observational documentary that airs on the Seven Network. The show follows the work of officers of the Department of Home Affairs, Australian Border Force, and biosecurity officers as they enforce Australian immigration, customs, quarantine and finance laws. All three of these government agencies cooperate with filming. Officers from the Australian Fisheries Management Authority and personnel from the Australian Defence Force have also appeared on the show.
| Border Security: Australia's Front Line | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Nothing to Declare |
| Genre | Factual |
| Narrated by | Grant Bowler |
| Composer | Neil Sutherland |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 16 |
| No. of episodes | 238 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Lyndal Marks |
| Production location | Australia |
| Running time | Approx 30 minutes (including commercials) |
| Production company | Seven Studios |
| Original release | |
| Network | Seven Network |
| Release | 13 October 2004 – present |
| Related | |
| Border Security: Canada's Front Line Homeland Security USA Border Security New Zealand UK Border Force Customs | |
Most of the programme is filmed at Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane airports; scenes from the Sydney international mail arrival facility are also shown. Occasionally, the programme features other locations such as Perth Airport, seaports, international mail centres, raids on workplaces suspected of employing persons contrary to the restrictions of their visa or immigrant status and the work of Australian Border Force vessels and aircraft in the waters of Northern Australia.
The series has so far produced 15 series as of 2021.