North Queensland Bulk Ports runs four security regulated ports on the Queensland coast. One MSIC covers all four, and every other regulated port in Australia. This page brings together what applies at each, what NQBP asks of people on site, and how to get your card through ClientView.
Each port below is separately declared a security regulated port under the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003. One MSIC covers all of them, and every other regulated port and offshore facility in Australia.
Each card names the participating Australia Post outlet closest to the port, but you do not have to use it. Any participating outlet in Australia can verify your identity, and for most people the easiest one is near home, not near the wharf. Not every Post Office offers the service, so use our one-minute guide to find one that does: Find an Australia Post MSIC verifier near you.
Security regulated port, declared under C2016G00428, 30 March 2016
Nearest participating Australia Post outlet: Mackay Post Office, Shop 1, 65-69 Sydney Street, Mackay QLD 4740
Security regulated port, declared under C2025G00121, 7 March 2025
Nearest participating Australia Post outlet: Mackay Post Office, Shop 1, 65-69 Sydney Street, Mackay QLD 4740
Security regulated port, declared under C2026G00570, 26 August 2026
Nearest participating Australia Post outlet: Bowen Post Office, 46 Herbert Street, Bowen QLD 4805
Security regulated port, declared under C2015G01638, 9 October 2015
Nearest participating Australia Post outlet: Weipa Post Office, Shop 4, Lot 56 Commercial Avenue, Nanum QLD 4874
North Queensland Bulk Ports publishes one set of MSIC guidance covering all four of its ports, on its safety and security page. Each port also has its own induction and access arrangements on top of the MSIC, and NQBP's safety and security page is linked on every port card below.
NQBP lists ClientView among the organisations you can apply for an MSIC through (North Queensland Bulk Ports safety and security page, checked 10 September 2026).
NQBP's own words, quoted from its safety and security page, checked 10 September 2026:
An MSIC is valid at any port in Australia, and every person entering a restricted zone must wear one.
Each of NQBP's four ports is a security regulated port declared under the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003, and each carries its own declaration instrument, cited on its card above.
Under regulation 6.07F(1) of the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Regulations 2003, anyone who needs unmonitored access to a maritime security zone at any of them at least once a year must hold a valid MSIC. The card is national: issued once, it is valid at all four NQBP ports and at every other regulated port and offshore facility in Australia.
Four steps. We lodge to AusCheck every business day, so nothing sits in a queue at our end.
Fill out the secure online form. It takes most applicants under an hour once documents are to hand.
Visit any of at least 324 Australia Post outlets that offer the MSIC identity check (Australia Post outlet locator, 27 August 2026), or use your trained workplace verifier if your employer has one.
Once you are verified we submit your application to the Department of Home Affairs for the mandatory AusCheck background check.
After approval your MSIC is printed and dispatched by registered post to the address you nominate.
How long it takes
Apply at least six weeks before you need the card, so there is buffer even if your application falls outside the typical range. ClientView's measured processing time data, with its sample size, period and full methodology, is published and refreshed monthly at msic.com.au/msic-processing-times, which is the page that owns that dataset.
One all inclusive price covering the government background check fee, identity and document verification, secure lodgement and postage. No separate verification, finance or postage charges. Prices as at 18 August 2026. You will complete your application on our secure application portal, msic.au.
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If your staff verify identity through your own trained workplace verifier rather than at Australia Post, the rate is $451.82 ex GST for a 2 year card and $765.45 ex GST for a 4 year card, a saving of $27.27 and $9.10 respectively.
If your organisation puts people onto NQBP's ports, ClientView's corporate portal lets you apply for, track and renew every MSIC in one place, and bulk applications take a single spreadsheet. Tell us and we will set it up.
See our corporate solutions, or call 1300 855 960.
If you need unmonitored access to a maritime security zone at Hay Point, Mackay, Abbot Point or Weipa at least once a year, yes. Escorted visitors and people who stay outside the security zones do not.
Yes. An MSIC is national. One card is valid at all four NQBP ports and at every other regulated port and offshore facility in Australia.
Yes. ClientView is an Australian Government authorised MSIC issuing body, and NQBP lists ClientView on its own safety and security page. Call 1300 855 960.
At a participating Australia Post outlet. The nearest to each port is shown on its card above, and the nearest to you may be closer to home than to the port.
Yes. Inductions and site access are NQBP's, on top of the MSIC. Each port's card links to NQBP's own safety and security page.
All inclusive from $479.09 ex GST for a two year card. The full table, with the four year price and the corporate rate, is on our pricing page with its as at date.
ClientView has issued MSICs as an Australian Government authorised MSIC issuing body since 2005, and has served more than 5,000 companies.
An MSIC can only be issued by a body the Australian Government has authorised under the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Regulations 2003, and the background check behind every card is run by AusCheck. If you are ever unsure about an issuing body, ask AusCheck before you pay.
You do not have to take our word for it. AusCheck publishes the list of MSIC issuing bodies, and you can read it yourself: the AusCheck issuing bodies list.
North Queensland Bulk Ports names ClientView on its own safety and security page as one of the organisations you can apply for an MSIC through. Checked 10 September 2026.
One all inclusive price for a two year card, covering the government background check fee, identity and document verification, secure lodgement and postage. Prices as at 18 August 2026. See full pricing
ClientView issues your MSIC the same way at every Australian port: same price, same process, same team.
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