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If you export food (meat, fish, seed, grains, fruit and vegetables) or livestock, or you import goods into Australia, you must be aware of your obligations under Australian law.The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry administers a range of import and export legislation and may use…
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OverviewProduction and post-production facilities are designed and managed to physically exclude pests.Protected facilities applies to the pest exclusionary structure such as a greenhouse or glasshouse, packing facility, a cold room, storage or processing facility, or a secure laboratory.Evaluating…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
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For the week ending 14 June 2023, an intense low, cold front and a trough generated rainfall of between 10 and 50 millimetres across much of New South Wales, and parts of southern Queensland, southern South Australia and far…
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Mixed cattle farmers Jake and Frankie Fennell run a 4,000-strong beef herd on their property Wintinna Station in Outback South Australia.
After the 2017-2019 drought, they embraced GPS cattle tracking tags and rotational grazing to better prepare their business for drought.
“We came across [the…
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3 February 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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3 February 2020
Who does this notice affect?
All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned outage.
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Due to scheduled maintenance, the Maritime Arrivals Reporting System (MARS) will be unavailable from…
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28 September 2020
Who does this notice affect?
All clients required to create new permit applications or access existing application documents within the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system.
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The issue causing a service disruption to BICON has now been…
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18 November 2020
Who does this notice affect?
All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment.
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An unplanned service disruption is preventing some clients from accessing the Cargo Online…
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12 March 2019Who does this notice affect? All exporters of plants who require to submit inspection results or supporting plant export documentation.Information Due to scheduled maintenance, the Plant…
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18 August 2019Who does this notice affect? All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system during this planned maintenance period.Information The outage to…
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