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23 April 2021
Who does this notice affect?
All clients who submit import permit applications to the department for assessment via the Australian Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON).
What has changed?
In recent months, importers may have experienced longer than usual timeframes in the…
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19 February 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)Approved…
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Gardening is a great Australian pastime.
Across the country, people turn to their gardens as a way to relax and enrich their lives.
It might surprise you that as a gardener – regardless of the size of your garden – you have a responsibility to uphold and protect our biosecurity status by…
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The Application to Import Live Fish and Drosophila consists of the following sections:
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Importer details
Enter the name, street address, telephone number, fax number and email address of the person or organisation importing the goods into Australia. In the space provided, enter…
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14/06/2023
Who does this notice affect?
Importers and customs brokers of wooden furniture
What has changed?
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) is implementing community protection (CP) questions on targeted tariffs related to wooden furniture. This change is…
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The department’s international scientific collaboration has gone digital with international plant health surveys being conducted remotely for the first time in 2021-2022.
Australia’s Chief Plant Protection Officer (ACPPO), Dr Gabrielle Vivian-Smith, said it was a new approach to important…
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The risk to Australia
The exotic brown marmorated stink bug is not found in Australia and is a pest of considerable biosecurity concern to Australia’s agricultural industries. Juveniles and adults feed on, and can severely damage, fruit and vegetable crops. It is also a nuisance pest as adults…
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Watch farm biosecurity videosThe 2007 equine influenza (horse flu) outbreak in Australia was a timely reminder of why biosecurity is both beneficial and necessary. Regardless of whether you own a large or small property, you are responsible for keeping your animals, plants/crops free from weeds,…
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Customs brokers are not directly regulated under Australia’s illegal logging laws. Legal obligations are placed on the businesses that regulated import wood, pulp and paper products into Australia.However, your clients may ask for help understanding their responsibilities under the illegal…
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PLANT PEST
Leaves infected with barley stripe rust take on a yellowappearance. Frank Peairs, Bugwood.org
Barley stripe rust (exotic strains)Exotic to AustraliaFeatures: A fungal disease of barley that can cause completecrop lossesWhere it’s from: Asia, Europe, Central Africa and North,…
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