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Talk to us if you have an idea for improving our biosecurity system.
If your idea has promise, we will connect you to the right people to take it forward.
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We identify and collect ideas for new approaches to improve our biosecurity system.
We work to:
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30 October 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) website during the unplanned outage.All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who were required to report pre-arrival information during the unplanned…
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Dr Michele Allan AO was appointed on 22 May 2024 as independent reviewer of the Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity (IGAB).
Is the Intergovernmental Agreement on Biosecurity effective and fit for the future? Final reportThis report fulfils the requirement…
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Food safety recognition agreements (arrangements) can be mutual, meaning both countries recognise each other’s food safety regulatory systems as comparable (equivalent) to their own, or they can be unilateral, meaning only one country out of the two will recognise the other country’s food safety…
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The Australian Government provides grant funding to support opportunities to secure value-added benefits for agricultural industries, deliver improved traceability outcomes, and provide national leadership.Activities will also support effective responses to biosecurity outbreaks and changing market…
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Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, May 2020
This Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS) Regulatory Performance Report covers the period 1 December 2019 to 31 March 2020.
During this period, the department received 6 reports of non-compliance with…
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20 October 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 during this planned maintenance period (e.g. clients required to use the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS)).…
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15 February 2019Who does this notice affect? All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment during this…
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Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, November 2020
This Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS) Regulatory Performance Report covers the period 1 March to 31 May 2019.
The reviews concern the performance of ESCAS supply chains in Indonesia,…
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Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture, October 2019
This Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS) Regulatory Performance Report covers the period 1 June to 31 August 2019.The reviews…
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