Scrapping Australia’s incoming passenger card among changes that could bring in $50bn a year, report says

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called for paper incoming passenger cards to be abolished. Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

If you’ve ever awkwardly scrambled to find a pen to fill in the incoming passenger card on a flight into Australia, you’re not alone.

A report from the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry called for the paper cards to be abolished, one of several recommendations aimed at modernising Australian air and seaports’ passenger processing.