See post #16 above. It's not necessary to tape off battery terminals, or to empty or flush the fuel tank. The rules are contained in packing instruction 900 in the DGR book. Whatever your shipping agent told you is just hearsay that he probably got from his grandmother or a friend of a friend of a friend who read it on the internet.
If you want to ship from Sidney to Vancouver by Air Canada, go to Air Canada's web-page where they fully explain the process for shipping motorcycles. Here's a direct link to a PDF Air Canada produces to provide motorcycle shippers with correct guidance about how to prepare the motorcycle for air shipment:
Air Canada - Fly Your Bike.
Note that Air Canada's policies exactly follow the rules set out in the DGR book packing instruction 900.
Michael
PS: That Air Canada document only mentions a few destinations (not including Australia) because Air Canada only offers special low prices for motorcycle shipping - basically a summer sale - to a few destinations. They will fly motos between any two points that Air Canada serves (e.g. Vancouver - Sidney or Vancouver - Brisbane), but sale prices don't apply to those other destinations.
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