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| Date | No. | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 21 December 2023 | 272-2023 | *Update* - 253-2023: Amendment to Biosecurity Regulation 2016 (Pre-Arrival Reporting) |
| 19 December 2023 | 271-2023 | Class 14.4 Approved Arrangement - Updated Container Inspection Record form |
| 18 December 2023 | 270-2023 | Document Assessment Activities |
| 18 December 2023 | 269-2023 | Australian biofouling management requirements |
| 14 December 2023 | 268-2023 | Services Restored: Thursday 14 December 2023 – Network |
| 14 December 2023 | 267-2023 | Methyl Bromide Fumigation Methodology - updated publication date |
| 11 December 2023 | 266-2023 | Voluntary fumigation of fresh cut flowers and foliage, during the Christmas and New Year period |
| 11 December 2023 | 265-2023 | Scheduled Service Disruption: Sunday 17 December 2023 - BICON |
| 11 December 2023 | 264-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Wednesday 13 December to Thursday 14 December 2023 – MARS |
| 7 December 2023 | 263-2023 | Declaring delivery address and rural tailgate requirements |
| 7 December 2023 | 262-2023 | Resolved issue: Agents and operators can now submit Pre-Arrival Report (PAR) |
| 7 December 2023 | 261-2023 | December 2023 / January 2024 holiday shut down operating hours |
| 6 December 2023 | 260-2023 | Biosecurity Portal – changes to the 'Preferred inspection period’ field |
| 4 December 2023 | 259-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Friday 08 December 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 1 December 2023 | 258-2023 | *Cancelled* Scheduled Outage: Friday 01 December to Saturday 02 December 2023 – BICON and MARS impacted, COLS, OPS, and PEBS unavailable. |
| 30 November 2023 | 257-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Thursday 30 November 2023 – Import Management System |
| 30 November 2023 | 256-2023 | Further expansion of the class 19.2 automatic entry processing for commodities (AEPCOMM) approved arrangement |
| 30 November 2023 | 255-2023 | Offshore Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Treatment Providers Scheme: treatment provider suspended – National Fumigation (Charleston) (AEI: US4024SB) |
| 30 November 2023 | 254-2023 | Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS) commercial vessel Pre-Arrival Report (PAR) changes – plant declarations, coastal strip and crew change |
| 30 November 2023 | 253-2023 | The introduction of a Pre-Arrival Report (PAR) for non-commercial vessels – recreational vessels, yachts and motor cruisers |
| 27 November 2023 | 252-2023 | Service Disruption: Saturday 02 December to Sunday 03 December 2023 – BICON, COLS and MARS |
| 27 November 2023 | 251-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Friday 01 December to Saturday 02 December 2023 – BICON and MARS impacted, COLS, OPS, and PEBS unavailable |
| 27 November 2023 | 250-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Thursday 30 November to Friday 01 December 2023 – MARS |
| 23 November 2023 | 249-2023 | Services Restored: Thursday 23 November 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 23 November 2023 | 248-2023 | Services Restored: Thursday 23 November 2023 – Import Management System |
| 23 November 2023 | 247-2023 | Unplanned Service Disruption: Thursday 23 November 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 22 November 2023 | 246-2023 | Unplanned Service Disruption: 22 November 2023 – Import Management System |
| 20 November 2023 | 245-2023 | Management of cabotage vessels intending on loading in-ships-hold agricultural commodities |
| 20 November 2023 | 244-2023 | Service Disruption: Sunday 26 November 2023 - BICON |
| 16 November, 2023 | 243-2023 | Revised Approved Arrangements General Policies |
| 14 November, 2023 | 242-2023 | New compliance measures for approved arrangements under the Biosecurity Act |
| 13 November 2023 | 241-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Saturday 18 November to Sunday 19 November 2023 – COLS, MARS, OPS, and PEBS |
| 13 November 2023 | 240-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Friday 17 November to Saturday 18 November 2023 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS, and PEBS unavailable |
| 10 November 2023 | 239-2023 | Recognition of the Canadian Heat-Treated Wood Products Certification Program (HT Program) to manage BMSB |
| 9 November 2023 | 238-2023 | Offshore Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Treatment Providers Scheme: treatment providers suspended - Ensure Pest Control and Fumigation Pte Ltd (AEI: SG4010SB) and Fumigation Pest Management (AEI: SG4016SB) |
| 9 November 2023 | 237-2023 | Services Restored: Thursday 09 November 2023 – Network |
| 8 November 2023 | 236-2023 | Unplanned Outage: Wednesday 08 November 2023 – Network |
| 8 November 2023 | 235-2023 | Cargo Compliance Verification (CCV) inspection time estimation |
| 7 November 2023 | 234-2023 | Commencement of 2023-24 Burnt Pine Longicorn (BPL) (Arhopalus ferus) flight season |
| 6 November 2023 | 233-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Saturday 11 November to Sunday 12 November 2023 - BICON |
| 3 November 2023 | 232-2023 | *Cancelled* Scheduled Outage: Friday 03 November 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 31 October 2023 | 231-2023 | Urgent Scheduled Outage: Wednesday 01 November to Thursday 03 November 2023 – DAFF messaging |
| 31 October 2023 | 230-2023 | Removal of permit requirements for fresh dragonfruit from Vietnam and fresh grapefruit from Egypt |
| 31 October 2023 | 229-2023 | Addition of pathways for animal-based goods onto the Compliance-Based Intervention Scheme (CBIS) |
| 30 October 2023 | 228-2023 | Feedback on Self-Assessed Clearances (SAC) Cost Recovery |
| 30 October 2023 | 227-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Saturday 04 November to Sunday 05 November 2023 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS, and PEBS unavailable |
| 30 October 2023 | 226-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Friday 03 November 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 25 October 2023 | 225-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Thursday 26 October 2023 - PEBS |
| 25 October 2023 | 224-2023 | Changes to lodgement of documentation for imported Solar Panels through the class 19.1 Non Commodity for Containerised Cargo Clearance (NCCC) approved arrangement |
| 25 October 2023 | 223-2023 | Services Restored: Tuesday 24 October 2023 – BICON |
| 24 October 2023 | 222-2023 | Unplanned Service Disruption: Tuesday 24 October 2023 – BICON |
| 24 October 2023 | 221-2023 | Services Restored: Monday 23 October 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 23 October 2023 | 220-2023 | Unplanned Service Disruption: Monday 23 October - Biosecurity Portal |
| 23 October 2023 | 219-2023 | Service Disruption: Sunday 29 October 2023 - BICON |
| 23 October 2023 | 218-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Thursday 26 October to Friday 27 October 2023 - MARS |
| 17 October 2023 | 217-2023 | Changes to health certification for cats and dogs exported from New Zealand to Australia |
| 16 October 2023 | 216-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Wednesday 18 October 2023 – DAFF Messaging |
| 16 October 2023 | 215-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Friday 20 October to Saturday 21 October 2023 - COLS, MARS, OPS, PEBS |
| 11 October 2023 | 214-2023 | New Community Protection (CP) question for green coffee beans and updates to the Highly Compliant Importer (HCI) scheme |
| 11 October 2023 | 213-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Saturday 14 October 2023 - BICON |
| 11 October 2023 | 212-2023 | *Cancelled* Scheduled Outage: Thursday 12 October 2023 - PEBS |
| 9 October 2023 | 211-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Wednesday 11 October 2023 – MARS |
| 9 October 2023 | 210-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Thursday 12 October 2023 - PEBS |
| 9 October 2023 | 209-2023 | Importing Bulk Whole Grain Information Session |
| 6 October 2023 | 208-2023 | Offshore Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Treatment Providers Scheme: treatment provider under review – Ensure Pest Control & Fumigation (SG4010SB) |
| 6 October 2023 | 207-2023 | Unplanned Outage: Friday 06 October 2023 – ICS |
| 4 October 2023 | 206-2023 | Urgent Scheduled Outage: Thursday 05 October 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 28 September | 205-2023 | Changes to Vegetable seed for sowing permit application form |
| 28 September | 204-2023 | Changes to commercial vessel Pre-Arrival Reporting requirements for certain Australian External Territories in the Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS) |
| 27 September | 203-2023 | Services Restored: Wednesday 27 September 2023 – MC Declaration and Treatment Certificate Portal |
| 25 September | 202-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Thursday 28 September to Friday 29 September 2023 – MARS |
| 23 September | 201-2023 | Unplanned Service Disruption: Thursday 21 September 2023 – MC Declaration and Treatment Certificate Portal |
| 22 September | 200-2023 | Import Document Assessment Delays |
| 20 September | 199-2023 | Changes to recycling of select materials for international cruise ships |
| 20 September | 198-2023 | Change in permit validity periods and charging arrangements for laboratory goods |
| 19 September | 197-2023 | Service Disruption: Sunday 24 September 2023 - BICON |
| 19 September | 196-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Thursday 21 September 2023 – COLS |
| 19 September | 195-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Wednesday 20 September to Thursday 21 September 2023 - COLS, MARS, OPS, PEBS, BMSB/Treatment Certificate Portal |
| 18 September | 194-2023 | Services Restored: Monday 18 September 2023 – BMSB/Treatment Certificate Portal |
| 18 September | 193-2023 | Unplanned Service Disruption: Monday 18 September 2023 – BMSB/Treatment Certificate Portal |
| 14 September | 192-2023 | List of unregistered treatment providers: Treatment provider unacceptable - Combat Pest Control (1987) Pte Ltd (AEI: SG4013SB) |
| 14 September | 191-2023 | Offshore Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Treatment Providers Scheme: treatment providers under review - Fumigation Pest Management (AEI: SG4016SB) and National Fumigation (Charleston) (AEI: US4024SB) |
| 14 September | 190-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Sunday 17 September 2023 – SAC processing |
| 13 September | 189-2023 | Services Restored: Wednesday 13 September 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 13 September | 188-2023 | Unplanned Service Disruption: Wednesday 13 September 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 8 September | 187-2023 | Service Disruption: Friday 08 September 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 8 September | 186-2023 | Service Disruption: Friday 08 September 2023 – DAFF messaging |
| 5 September | 185-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Friday 08 September to Saturday 09 September 2023 – COLS, MARS, OPS, and PEBS |
| 4 September | 184-2023 | Services Restored: Friday 01 September 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 1 September | 183-2023 | Unplanned Service Disruption: Friday 01 September 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 1 September | 182-2023 | Commencement of the 2023-24 Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) Risk Season - 1 September 2023 |
| 31 August | 181-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Friday 01 September 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 31 August | 180-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Saturday 02 September to Sunday 03 September 2023 - BICON |
| 31 August | 179-2023 | Correcting defect to ballast water report in the Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS) |
| 31 August | 178-2023 | Revised Live plants conveyance log form for cruise vessels |
| 30 August | 177-2023 | Implementation of changes to import conditions for prawns and prawn products (excluding dried prawns and shelf stable prawns) for human consumption. |
| 28 August | 176-2023 | Approval of new Recognised Offshore Cleaning and Pre-inspection Provider (ROCIP) facility in Japan for used vehicle and associated parts for export to Australia |
| 28 August | 175-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Saturday 02 September to Sunday 03 September 2023 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS, and PEBS unavailable |
| 28 August | 174-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Thursday 31 August to Friday 01 September 2023 – MARS |
| 22 August | 173-2023 | Import condition changes for geotextiles |
| 21 August | 172-2023 | Service Disruption: Sunday 27 August 2023 - BICON |
| 18 August | 171-2023 | Increase to the length of validity of standard import permits issued by Biosecurity Animal Division |
| 18 August | 170-2023 | Nominations for the department’s imported sea container pathway working group are now open |
| 14 August | 169-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Saturday 19 August to Sunday 20 August 2023 – COLS, MARS, OPS and PEBS unavailable, BMSB/Treatment Certificate Portal impacted |
| 7 August | 168-2023 | Inner Harbour 29 at Port of Port Adelaide is now a biosecurity entry point for freight containers and general goods |
| 7 August | 167-2023 | Department of Home Affairs Jetty, Neutral Bay at Port of Sydney is now a biosecurity entry point for non-commercial vessels |
| 1 August | 166-2023 | Class 14.4 Approved Arrangement - Industry support material |
| 2 August | 165-2023 | Negotiations with the USDA regarding Government Certification for Bulk Culture Media Finalised Who does this notice affect? |
| 31 July | 164-2023 | Applications for the Department’s Safeguarding Arrangement Scheme now open |
| 31 July | 163-2023 | National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) Commencement |
| 31 July | 162-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Friday 04 August 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 31 July | 161-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Wednesday 02 August to Thursday 03 August 2023 – MARS |
| 28 July | 160-2023 | The department is making changes to how we process fresh avocados from New Zealand on the Compliance-Based Intervention Scheme (CBIS) |
| 28 July | 159-2023 | Update – Change of date - Master Consolidator Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) season industry information sessions |
| 26 July | 158-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Saturday 29 July to Sunday 30 July 2023 – DAFF messaging |
| 24 July | 157-2023 | Changes to lodgement of Master Consolidator (MC) declarations for LCL / FAK containers subject to BMSB |
| 24 July | 156-2023 | Register to attend the Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) season Industry information sessions |
| 24 July | 155-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Thursday 27 July to Friday 28 July 2023 – MARS |
| 24 July | 154-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Tuesday 25 July 2023 – S-Cargo and SeaPest messaging |
| 20 July | 153-2023 | Services Restored: Thursday 20 July 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 20 July | 152-2023 | Unplanned Service Disruption: Thursday 20 July – Biosecurity Portal |
| 18 July | 151-2023 | Upcoming publication of import conditions for fresh melons from the Republic of Korea |
| 18 July | 150-2023 | Reduction of the maximum weight of fresh mustard stick and betel leaves (Piper betel) allowed for inspection at airports, seaports and mail centres |
| 17 July | 149-2023 | Service Disruption: Sunday 23 July 2023 - BICON |
| 17 July | 148-2023 | Changes to the approved arrangement search tool |
| 14 July | 147-2023 | Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Information Sessions |
| 0 July | 146-2023 | Ensuring continued access to BICON accounts |
| 10 July | 145-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Friday 14 July 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 3 July | 144-2023 | Changes to the incoming passenger video used by airlines |
| 3 July | 143-2023 | Offshore treatment provider list now live |
| 30 June | 142-2023 | Continuation of Biosecurity Response Zones (BRZ) at all First Point of Entry ports (including External Territories) in response to current outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in Indonesia |
| 27 June | 141-2023 | Onshore clearance of foreign force military equipment imported for Combined Military Activity (CMA) Talisman Sabre 2023 |
| 27 June | 140-2023 | New fees and charges for biosecurity and imported food regulatory activities – commence 1 July 2023 |
| 27 June | 139-2023 | Offshore treatment provider list changes |
| 26 June | 138-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Friday 30 June to Saturday 01 July 2023 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS, MARS and PEBS unavailable |
| 20 June | 137-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Saturday 24 June to Sunday 25 June 2023 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS, and PEBS unavailable |
| 19 June | 136-2023 | Service Disruption: Sunday 25 June 2023 - BICON |
| 19 June | 135-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Thursday 22 June to Friday 23 June 2023 – COLS |
| 19 June | 134-2023 | New Inspection Technique for Fresh Chicory and Fresh Endives for Human Consumption |
| 16 June | 133-2023 | Release of draft 2023-24 biosecurity cost recovery implementation statement (CRIS) |
| 15 June | 132-2023 | COLS API changes: Implementation of an additional API, available for integration from 23 June 2023 |
| 14 June | 131-2023 | Updating community protection questions on tariffs for wooden furniture in the Integrated Cargo System (ICS) |
| 13 June | 130-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Saturday 17 June 2023 - BICON |
| 9 June | 129-2023 | *Update* - 116-2023: Implementation of Unaccompanied Personal Effects (UPE) process improvements |
| 1 June | 128-2023 | Changes to the use and disclosure of information under the Biosecurity Act 2015 |
| 30 May | 127-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Saturday 03 June to Sunday 04 June 2023 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS, and PEBS unavailable |
| 30 May | 126-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Tuesday 30 May to Wednesday 31 May 2023 - COLS, MARS, OPS, PEBS, BMSB/Treatment Certificate Portal |
| 26 May | 125-2023 | Cat and Dog imports to Australia – 2023 Christmas New Year Arrangements |
| 24 May | 124-2023 | Updates to Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS) offline forms for commercial vessels |
| 23 May | 123-2023 | Australian Biosecurity Webinar – Budget 2023-24 Sustainable Funding for a strong biosecurity system |
| 23 May | 122-2023 | Key dates and information for the 2023-24 Continued Biosecurity Competency period |
| 22 May | 121-2023 | Service Disruption: Sunday 28 May 2023 - BICON |
| 22 May | 120-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Friday 26 May 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 22 May | 119-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Thursday 25 May to Friday 26 May 2023 – MARS |
| 19 May | 118-2023 | Reminder to have your say on the approved arrangements webpages |
| 19 May | 117-2023 | *Update* Scheduled Outage: Friday 02 June to Saturday 03 June 2023 – COLS, MARS, OPS and PEBS unavailable, BMSB/Treatment Certificate Portal impacted |
| 19 May | 116-2023 | Implementation of Unaccompanied Personal Effects (UPE) process improvements |
| 15 May | 115-2023 | Update – Australia’s importing country requirements for phytosanitary certificates from 1 July 2023 |
| 15 May | 114-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Friday 19 May to Saturday 20 May 2023 – COLS, MARS, OPS and PEBS unavailable, BMSB/Treatment Certificate Portal impacted |
| 12 May | 113-2023 | *Update* Scheduled Outage: Thursday 18 May to Friday 19 May 2023 – COLS |
| 8 May | 112-2023 | Addition of two new animal-based commodities onto the Compliance-Based Intervention Scheme (CBIS) |
| 8 May | 111-2023 | Have your say on the approved arrangements webpages |
| 8 May | 110-2023 | Biosecurity Portal Support Materials |
| 8 May | 109-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Thursday 11 May to Friday 12 May 2023 - PEBS |
| 8 May | 108-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Friday 12 May to Saturday 13 May 2023 – COLS |
| 5 May | 107-2023 | Updated - Unplanned Service Disruption: Friday 05 May 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 5 May | 106-2023 | Unplanned Service Disruption: Friday 05 May 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 5 May | 105-2023 | Permits to import cats and dogs to Australia and expected behaviour when interacting with the department |
| 1 May | 104-2023 | Services Restored: Monday 01 May 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 1 May | 103-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Saturday 06 May to Sunday 07 May 2023 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS, and PEBS unavailable. |
| 1 May | 102-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Wednesday 03 May to Thursday 04 May 2023 - COLS, MARS, OPS, PEBS |
| 1 May | 101-2023 | Update: Unplanned Service Disruption: Monday 01 May 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 1 May | 100-2023 | Unplanned Service Disruption: Monday 01 May 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 1 May | 99-2023 | Conclusion of the 2022-23 Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) Risk Season |
| 27 April | 98-2023 | Importation of plant-based animal feed and fertilisers into Australia |
| 27 April | 97-2023 | Services Restored: Wednesday 26 April 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 26 April | 96-2023 | Unplanned Service Disruption: Wednesday 26 April – Biosecurity Portal |
| 24 April | 95-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Saturday 29 April to Sunday 30 April 2023 – BICON |
| 24 April | 94-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Friday 28 April 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 21 April | 93-2023 | Extension of implementation date – Australia’s importing country requirements for phytosanitary certificates |
| 19 April | 92-2023 | The BICON website is being upgraded! |
| 19 April | 91-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Saturday 22 April to Sunday 23 April 2023 – DAFF applications |
| 19 April | 90-2023 | Proposed changes to biosecurity fees and charges – Consultation closes 24 April 2023 |
| 17 April | 89-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Friday 21 April to Saturday 22 April 2023 – MARS |
| 17 April | 88-2023 | Service Disruption: Sunday 23 April 2023 - BICON |
| 17 April | 87-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Saturday 22 April to Sunday 23 April 2023 – DAFF Messaging |
| 17 April | 86-2023 | Conclusion of the Burnt Pine Longicorn (BPL) flight season and BPL vessel inspections |
| 17 April | 85-2023 | Reminder to have your say on how we manage offshore treatment providers |
| 17 April | 84-2023 | Launch of new website to raise awareness of hitchhiker pests |
| 14 April | 83-2023 | Services Restored: Thursday 13 April 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 12 April | 82-2023 | Unplanned Service Disruption: Wednesday 12 April 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 11 April | 81-2023 | Reporting enhancements to class 14.4 Approved Arrangement - Industry performed rural tailgate inspection |
| 11 April | 80-2023 | Information on international travel with cats, dogs and assistance dogs |
| 11 April | 79-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Thursday 13 April to Friday 14 April 2023 – COLS, OPS, PEBS |
| 4 April | 78-2023 | Services Restored: Tuesday 04 April 2023 – BICON |
| 4 April | 77-2023 | Unplanned Service Disruption: Tuesday 04 April 2023 – BICON |
| 3 April | 76-2023 | Proposed changes to biosecurity fees and charges – online forum |
| 31 March | 75-2023 | Have your say on how we manage offshore treatment providers |
| 30 March | 74-2023 | New Human Health Update process in Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS) for cruise vessels |
| 28 March | 73-2023 | Document assessment outside business hours |
| 27 March | 72-2023 | Proposed changes to biosecurity fees and charges – public consultation |
| 27 March | 71-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Saturday 01 April to Sunday 02 April 2023 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS and PEBS unavailable |
| 27 March | 70-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Saturday 01 April 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 27 March | 69-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Thursday 30 March to Friday 31 March 2023 – MARS |
| 23 March | 68-2023 | Services Restored: Thursday 23 March 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 23 March | 67-2023 | Unplanned Service Disruption: Thursday 23 March 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 20 March | 66-2023 | Service Disruption: Sunday 26 March 2023 - BICON |
| 20 March | 65-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Thursday 23 March to Friday 24 March 2023 – COLS, OPS, and PEBS |
| 17 March | 64-2023 | Utilising Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS)offline forms to meet vessel reporting requirements |
| 17 March | 63-2023 | Update: Increased intervention on imported bulk mined and chemical fertilisers from the People’s Republic of China |
| 16 March | 62-2023 | New biosecurity first point of entry determination for Norfolk Island Airport |
| 15 March | 61-2023 | Urgent Scheduled Outage: Thursday 16 March 2023 - BICON |
| 14 March | 60-2023 | Operational change to Phalaenopsis (Orchid plants) imported from an approved high health arrangement |
| 14 March | 59-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Thursday 16 March to Friday 17 March 2023 - COLS, MARS, OPS, PEBS, BMSB/Treatment Certificate Portal |
| 14 March | 58-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Tuesday 14 March to Wednesday 15 March 2023 – PEBS |
| 8 March | 57-2023 | Services Restored: Wednesday 08 March 2023 - COLS |
| 8 March | 56-2023 | Unplanned Outage: Wednesday 08 March 2023 – COLS |
| 6 March | 55-2023 | COLS Enhancements: COLS Enhancements: Integration available with your logistics software from 24 March 2023 |
| 6 March | 54-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Saturday 11 March to Sunday 12 March 2023 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS and PEBS unavailable. |
| 6 March | 53-2023 | Biosecurity Portal Webinar Series |
| 6 March | 52-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Thursday 09 March to Friday 10 March 2023 – COLS, OPS and PEBS |
| 6 March | 51-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Wednesday 08 March to Thursday 09 March 2023 – DAFF applications |
| 3 March | 50-2023 | *Update* Scheduled Outage: Saturday 04 March to Sunday 05 March 2023 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS and PEBS unavailable |
| 2 March | 49-2023 | Services Restored: Thursday 02 March 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 1 March | 48-2023 | Unplanned Service Disruption: Wednesday 01 March 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 27 February | 47-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Friday 03 March to Saturday 04 March 2023 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS and PEBS unavailable |
| 27 February | 46-2023 | Scheduled outage: Saturday 04 March 2023 - BICON |
| 27 February | 45-2023 | Services Restored: Monday 27 February 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 27 February | 44-2023 | Unplanned Outage: Monday 27 February 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 27 February | 43-2023 | Offshore Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Treatment Providers Scheme: treatment provider suspension - Anticimex NV (BE4003SB) |
| 27 February | 42-2023 | Extended consultation period for the draft report for the pest risk analysis for bacterial pathogens in the genus Xylella |
| 27 February | 41-2023 | Biosecurity Portal is enhanced with new features |
| 24 February | 40-2023 | Urgent Scheduled Outage: Friday 24 February 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 21 February | 39-2023 | Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS) offline forms revised for commercial vessels to report arrival and voyage changes |
| 21 February | 38-2023 | Revised Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS) ballast water reporting |
| 20 February | 37-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Saturday 25 February 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 20 February | 36-2023 | Service Disruption: Sunday 26 February 2023 - BICON |
| 20 February | 35-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Thursday 23 February to Friday 24 February 2023 – MARS |
| 17 February | 34-2023 | Increased intervention on imported bulk mined and chemical fertilisers from the People’s Republic of China |
| 17 February | 33-2023 | Implementation of the Learnhub Education and Training Platform for class 19 accredited persons |
| 17 February | 32-2023 | Non-commercial vessels (yachts) arriving in Australian territory with animals on board |
| 17 February | 31-2023 | Urgent Scheduled Outage: Saturday 18 February – COLS, MARS, OPS, PEBS |
| 14 February | 30-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Wednesday 15 February 2023 – DAFF messaging |
| 13 February | 29-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Friday 17 February to Saturday 18 February 2023 – COLS, MARS, OPS and PEBS unavailable, BMSB/Treatment Certificate Portal impacted |
| 13 February | 28-2023 | The BICON website is being upgraded! |
| 13 February | 27-2023 | Reminder: Complete the survey on the Methyl Bromide Fumigation Methodology changes |
| 10 February | 26-2023 | Unplanned Service Disruption: Friday 10 February 2023 – Request for Inspection (RFI) and Biosecurity Portal clients |
| 7 February | 25-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Saturday 11 February to Sunday 12 February 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 3 February | 24-2023 | Additional profile questions to some existing commodities on the Compliance-Based Intervention Scheme (CBIS) to improve the lodgement process |
| 3 February | 23-2023 | Fresh ready-to-eat pomegranate arils for human consumption from India |
| 2 February | 22-2023 | Services Restored: Thursday 02 February 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 2 February | 21-2023 | Unplanned Service Disruption: Thursday 02 February 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 1 February | 20-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Thursday 02 February to Friday 03 February 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 30 January | 19-2023 | Reduced fees for entries subject to AEP verification |
| 25 January | 18-2023 | Approval of new Recognised Offshore Cleaning and Pre-inspection Provider (ROCIP) facility in Japan for used vehicle and associated parts for export to Australia |
| 24 January | 17-2023 | Biosecurity Portal display of Import Directions |
| 23 January | 16-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Wednesday 25 January to Thursday 26 January 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 23 January | 15-2023 | Service Disruption: Sunday 29 January 2023 - BICON |
| 23 January | 14-2023 | Offshore Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Treatment Providers Scheme: treatment provider suspension - Agronet (FR4002SB) |
| 23 January | 13-2023 | Industry consultation on the Methyl Bromide Fumigation Methodology open |
| 20 January | 12-2023 | Urgent Service Disruption: Friday 20 January to Saturday 21 January 2023 - COLS, MARS, OPS, PEBS, BMSB/Treatment Certificate Portal |
| 19 January | 11-2023 | Urgent Scheduled Outage: Friday 20 January to Saturday 21 January 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 19 January | 10-2023 | Update on the Hitchhiker Pest Container Survey |
| 18 January | 09-2023 | Unplanned Service Disruption: Wednesday 18 January 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 16 January | 08-2023 | Scheduled Outage: Wednesday 18 January to Thursday 19 January 2023 – DAFF applications |
| 13 January | 07-2023 | 20 days to go… make the move to the Biosecurity Portal now |
| 12 January | 06-2023 | Review of rabies virus risk in imported dogs, cats and canine semen from approved countries – final report released |
| 11 January | 05‑2023 | Cessation to Temporary Brown Marmorated Stink bug (BMSB) measures for Roll-on Roll-off (RoRo) vessels from China |
| 9 January | 04‑2023 | Scheduled Outage: Saturday 14 January to Sunday 15 January 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 6 January | 03‑2023 | Unplanned Service Disruption: Friday 06 January 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |
| 5 January | 02‑2023 | Australia’s importing country requirements for phytosanitary certificates from 1 May 2023 |
| 5 January | 01‑2023 | Scheduled Outage: Saturday 07 January to Sunday 08 January 2023 – Biosecurity Portal |