Leaving airport while in transit in Australia

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As an Irish citizen you do not require a visa to enter Australia, only an Electronic Travel Authority (Subclass 601). This is free (although depending on how you obtain one there'll likely be a A$20 service charge), and is generally approved within a matter of minutes, although it can occasionally take up to a few days.

Note that you will require an ETA even if you are not planning to pass through immigration and enter the country - an Irish citizen can normally transit Australia without a visa/ETA as long as you're remaining airside, however this only applies if you are staying less than 8 hours. As your layover is 12 hours, you will need to obtain an ETA before you will be allowed fly to Australia.

Once you have an ETA, on arrival it will either be your choice to stay airside, or pass through immigration and enter the country (if your layover is overnight, then in some airports you will have to leave the airside area as not all Australian airports are open overnight).

Note that the site you had linked to in the original post is a SCAM site which will charge you A$150 for the ETA (rather than the normal A$20). Be sure to only use the official gov.au site I've linked above for applying for all Australia Travel Authorities/Visas.

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