Bunbury, south of Perth, exports alumina, mineral sands and woodchips through its Southern Ports terminal.
At Bunbury, unescorted access to the Maritime Security Zone (the land and waterside restricted zones, which activate around security regulated vessel movements) requires a current MSIC. A separate, Bunbury-only Limited Area Access card, issued after a 100-point identification check, covers the rest of the port outside that zone; it is not an MSIC and does not substitute for one inside the Maritime Security Zone.
ClientView is an Australian Government authorised MSIC issuing body. Apply online in 10 to 15 minutes, verify your identity at a participating Australia Post outlet in Bunbury, and we lodge every ready application with AusCheck each business day. Our measured median time from a complete application to AusCheck lodgement was 1 business day over the 12 months to June 2026. Start your application or read our measured processing times.
Your MSIC is a national card. An MSIC issued by ClientView is valid at Bunbury and at every other security regulated port and offshore facility in Australia.
Confirm with Southern Ports whether your role needs access to the Maritime Security Zone (which needs an MSIC) or only to the rest of the port (which needs a separate, Bunbury-only Limited Area Access card instead) before your first visit.
Southern Ports states unescorted access to the Bunbury land and waterside restricted zones requires a current MSIC. A separate Limited Area Access card, issued after a 100-point identification check, covers access to the rest of the port, excluding those restricted zones, and is not a substitute for an MSIC inside them. Southern Ports ceased managing and issuing MSICs from 3 April 2025 and now directs applicants to an authorised issuing body; it continues to issue its own Access Cards. Read Southern Ports' Bunbury visitor page.