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We publish communiques:on behalf of our ministerial forums and industry groupsto provide updates on ongoing issuesMinisters’ forumsAgriculture Ministers’ MeetingWhat is the Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting2025Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting - 15 August 20252024Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting – 8 March…
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15 August 2025Meeting CommuniquéCommonwealth, State, and Territory Agriculture Ministers met virtually on Friday, 15 August 2025. The meeting was chaired by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the Hon Julie Collins MP. The Assistant Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry…
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15 August 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) website to submit and/or pay for import permit applications.InformationStart time: As of: 13:20 Friday 15 August 2025 (AEST).The BICON website is currently…
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We ensure that all goods, conveyances and travellers meet Australia’s biosecurity import conditions and that food imported into Australia and intended for sale meets food safety requirements.We are responsible for operational policy and front-line regulation to manage biosecurity and imported…
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The arrival of the Year of the Rabbit on 22 January is a reminder to be biosecurity aware this Lunar New Year.
Acting Secretary of the Department and acting Director of Biosecurity, Dr Chris Locke, said Lunar New Year gifts could be stopped at the border as they may pose an unacceptable risk to…
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An Australian biosecurity podcast projectThis podcast series ran from July 2021 to May 2023 and shared useful information about Australia’s biosecurity system. While it’s now archived, you can still listen to it using the links below. All information was current at the time of recording.Listeners…
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Receive the latest newsSubscribe to the specific ‘Biosecurity Non-Commercial Vessel News’.Subscribe to Import Industry Advice Notices provide updates and notices that are useful to our industry partners such as process changes (such as commercial and non-commercial vessel related changes or…
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Non-commercial vessels arriving in Australian territorial seas must submit a pre-arrival report (PAR), which includes questions on biofouling management. The PAR responses help us manage biosecurity risks associated with biofouling on non-commercial vessels. Biosecurity officers…
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We’re working with the Pacific family to increase trade and improve biosecurity in the region.Are you interested in exporting goods from the Pacific into Australia? Find out what you need to know and who to contact.What you need to knowExporting to AustraliaWhat to consider when exporting…
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The Victorian emergency response to an outbreak of H7 high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry has been successful, with eradication officially declared on 13 June 2025.There have been no new cases of H7 HPAI since 24 February and Australia confirmed freedom from high pathogenicity…
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