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National Farm Safety Week is underway and acts as a reminder of the many dangers involved in farming and the need to protect our farmers and farm workers the best we can.This year's Farm Safety Week is based on the theme ‘Recipes for Averting Disaster’. It focuses on the intangible risks and…
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22 May 2025Who does this notice affect? Biosecurity fumigation stakeholders, including overseas government and industry treatment providers (both in Australia and pre-border), shipping, freight, and logistics companies, peak industry bodies and technology developers. What has changed?…
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A woman has been prosecuted for illegally importing more than 62,000 kilograms of Thai food into Australia, for distribution on Sydney’s black market.The woman coordinated the importation of illegal pork products, insect-infested fresh fruit and vegetables, frog meat and raw prawns by misdeclaring…
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21 June 2023
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses to export persimmons to Thailand in 2024.
Summary of changes and key points
Only farms located in Queensland are eligible to apply for…
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23 June 2022
Who does this notice affect?
Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots*, and freight forwarders wishing to book and manage requests for import inspections using the Biosecurity Portal in NSW, QLD, WA, SA, NT and ACT.
The Portal is planned to be…
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18 December 2020
Who does this notice affect?
All Master Consolidators and Offshore Treatment Providers required to lodge treatment certificates and MC Declarations.
Information
An unplanned outage is preventing clients from accessing the online BMSB declaration and treatment certificate…
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14 July 2022
Who does this notice affect?
All importers and customs brokers attempting to submit lodgements in COLS.
Information
The issue preventing some clients from being able to submit lodgements through the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS) has been resolved.
Action
No action required…
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Nationally consistent and regularly updated ground cover information is a critical indicator for environmental targets related to soil erosion and land management in Australia. Ground cover or vegetation cover reduces soil erosion, increases water infiltration, enables carbon sequestration and…
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26 November 2020
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise the mainland apple and pear industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of orchards/blocks and packhouses to export to Thailand for the 2021 season.
Summary of changes and key points
Applicants can…
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17 November 2020
Who does this notice affect?
Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries including importers, customs brokers, freight forwarders, transport companies, shipping lines, stevedores and any other operators in the sea container supply and logistics chain that are responsible…
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