​24 August 2018

Who does this notice affect?

All clients attempting to access the department’s following external websites during this planned outage period.

• http://www.agriculture.gov.au
• agwhitepaper.agriculture.gov.au
• gabcc.gov.au
• http://www.igb.gov.au
• lakeeyrebasin.gov.au
• https://micor.agriculture.gov.au
• http://www.marinepests.gov.au
• http://www.outbreak.gov.au
• minister.agriculture.gov.au/ruston 
• http://minister.agriculture.gov.au/littleproud
• http://www.waterrating.gov.au
• http://www.ric.gov.au
• http://www.waterquality.gov.au
• https://portals.agriculture.gov.au/*

Information

Due to scheduled maintenance, all department’s website (http://www.agriculture.gov.au/) will be unavailable from 22:00 Friday 31st August to 06:00 Saturday 1st September 2018 (AEST).

Departmental systems will be available during this time such as the Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system, the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS), the Post Entry Biosecurity System (PEBS) and Online Payments.

Action

Clients are advised to access departmental systems directly:

• BICON: https://bicon.agriculture.gov.au/BICONWeb4.0/
• COLS: https://online.agriculture.gov.au/cols/  
• PEBS: https://online.agriculture.gov.au/webcenter/portal/peq
• Online Payments: https://online.agriculture.gov.au/webcenter/portal/payments

Further information   

If you have any concerns or questions please contact us at Information.