We shipped by air to Perth in March-08, and no-one mentioned insurance (and we didnt want to bring it up, ´cos we wanted to get our bike out of the airport!)...
But it IS obligatory to have 3rd party cover in Oz (I would advice against riding uninsured, even though you probably wont get checked very often - we were never stopped whilst there), and in a couple of days I found out from somewhere, that the Department of Infrastructure & planning was the place to contact, and from there I was able to get a temporary 48-hour insurance, that allowed me to ride to a roadworthiness test. After passing this (they just check, that the vehicle has lights and other such items required by law) I got the relevant document, and then rode to the next government building, where I was issued a ´carnet-insurance´, valid all over Oz for 6 months I think... and all in all the process cost something like 200 AUD.
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