Major change announced for travellers heading to Australia

<p>Handwritten passenger arrival cards will be replaced by a digital option at all Australian airports, in a move hoped to make touching down a much smoother process.</p> <p>The federal government will provide AU$56.1 million (NZ$67.6 million) over four years to roll out the digital passenger cards to modernise airport operations across the country.</p> <p>Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said the days of scrambling for a pen after a long international flight were numbered.</p> <p>"A lot of us have been in the situation at the end of a flight when the cards get handed out, and you're you're not always at your best at the end of a flight," he told ABC News Breakfast. </p> <p>"People are scrambling around, 'Who's got a pen? What's the name of this flight again?