Simple Flying
Louis Hardiman
20 August 2026
At the start of this year, Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD) completed a government-mandated security overhaul. It introduced a range of new features, including mandatory body-scanner screening. The changes applied to all passengers across both domestic and international terminals. This rollout is part of a nationwide security overhaul that will cost $2 billion, both upgrading the level of security and the speed through which passengers travel through it.
At the same time, the Transport Security Administration (TSA) is completing a $781 million scanner rollout with CT capabilities. These developments don't match the work put in by the Australians. It is possible that the US is still many years behind...
