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69-2025: Scheduled Outage: Wednesday 12 March to Thursday 13 March 2025 – Multiple Systems

11 March 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients who will be required to make an online payment during this planned outage.All clients attempting to submit permit applications and access invoices using the Department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned outage.All…
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160-2025: Scheduled Outage: Wednesday 28 May to Thursday 29 May 2025 – Multiple Systems

26 May 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients who will be required to make an online payment during this planned outage.All clients attempting to submit permit applications and access invoices using the Department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned outage.All…
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One Health Day messages from three biosecurity Chiefs

Australia’s three Chiefs of biosecurity have come together to mark One Health Day, reminding all Australians of the shared responsibility to safeguard our world-renowned biosecurity status.One Health Day is a global initiative that recognises the interconnectedness of human, animal, plant and…
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APLC offices and contacts

​ Location of APLC bases​​​​The APLC has staff located in Canberra and ​field bases in Narromine, Broken Hill and Longreach.The APLC is headed by a Director who is accountable to…
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Ecologically Sustainable Forest Management

​​​​​​​​​An increase in our understanding of forest ecology and changes in community attitudes in recent years have improved forest management practices.Today's focus is on managing forests to ensure they…
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118-2019 - Addition of New Zealand sanitary certificates to eCert for Imports

26 July 2019Who does this notice affect?Customs brokers and importers who import animal-based products from New Zealand that require sanitary certification.What has changed?Effective 5 August 2019, the…
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63-2025: Unplanned Outage: Friday 07 March 2025 – DAFF messaging

07 March 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients submitting the below declarations:Full Import Declaration (FID)Long Form Self Assessed Clearance (LFSAC)Short Form Self Assessed Clearance (SFSAC)Cargo Report Self Assessed Clearance (CRSAC)Cargo Report Personal Effects (PE)All clients required…
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Government actions on prevention and preparedness

If your livestock are showing signs of foot-and-mouth disease, immediately call theEmergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888(free call within Australia)Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious animal disease that affects cloven hoofed animals, including cattle, buffalo, sheep,…
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171-2024: Biosecurity Operations Division (BOD) - Cargo Operations-Assessment – Expected behaviour when interacting with the department

5 August 2024Who does this notice affect?This notice is for all participants involved in importing goods into Australia and their onshore management.What has changed?This advice clarifies acceptable behaviour when interacting with the department whether that be in person, via email, phone, text,…
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Australian Government response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee Inquiry Report: Operation, effectiveness, and consequences of the PGPA (Location of Corporate Commonwealth Entities) Order 2016

Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, December 2017 Download Australian Government response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee inquiry report: Operation, effectiveness, and consequences of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (…
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