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31 May 2024Who does this notice affect?Biosecurity industry participants who have approved arrangements (under Chapter 7 of the Biosecurity Act 2015), particularly the managers and contact persons for these approved arrangements.What has changed?The department is introducing a new, more convenient…
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07 March 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) updates IAN 2021-07 issued on 25 June 2021 which provided clarification to industries and exporters about the evidence required to apply for manual export certification for non-prescribed goods (NPGs) under the Export Control Act 2020 (the Act…
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19 October 2020/import/industry-advice/2020/178-2020
Who does this notice affect?
All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system during this planned maintenance period.
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Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, BICON users may…
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04 March 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) website.InformationStart time:As of: 09:30 Tuesday 04 March 2025 (AEDT).The department’s BICON website is currently experiencing an unplanned service disruption. As a…
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28 February 2025Who does this notice affect?All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment.InformationStart time: As of: 07:55 Friday 28 February 2025 (AEDT).The Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS) is…
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Dairy industry notices are released by the department to advise the dairy export industry of general issues or changes to operational requirements including:
billing arrangements
certification
legislation
importing country requirements
departmental systems updates (including NEXDOC).…
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20 October 2025Who does this notice affect?All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned maintenance period.InformationDue to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, there will be a scheduled outage to the Maritime…
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27 June 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) website.InformationRestored time:As of: 15:00 Friday 27 June 2025 (AEST).Detail:The unplanned service disruption to the BICON website has been resolved.Clients should…
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The renewal of the AAWS establishes Australia’s commitment to modern, sustainable, evidence and science-based welfare practice. The department has prepared a cross-sectoral animal welfare environmental scan to outline the context in which animal welfare systems operate in Australia, and within…
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30 January 2026Who does this notice affect?All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to make payments within PEBS.InformationResolved time:As of: 10:55 Friday 30 January 2026 (AEDT).The unplanned service disruption to the Post Entry Biosecurity System (PEBS) has been resolved.…
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