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Following 18 months of feedback from industry about the biofouling requirements on commercial vessels arriving to Australia, the department has listened and taken steps to improve how we manage biofouling on commercial international vessels.
There are no changes to how commercial vessel…
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10 February 2025PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify all Export Documentation system (EXDOC) and Plant Exports Management System (PEMS) users, including plant export clients, exporters and authorised officers, of a disruption to export systems due to a departmental maintenance…
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Two travellers have received civil penalties totalling $54,000 following multiple attempts to circumvent Australia’s biosecurity laws and conceal more than 240 live fish through Melbourne International Airport.
The ornamental fish in water were found during…
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3 April 2025Who does this notice affect?Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who will be required to book and manage requests for import inspections using the Biosecurity Portal during this planned outage.Approved arrangements operators…
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1 March 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 planned…
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20 May 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 planned outage…
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25 March 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 planned…
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31 March 2022
Who does this notice affect?
Sea Cargo Reporters of Self Assessed Clearance (SAC) consignments.
What has changed?
The purpose of this notice is to provide further advice about upcoming electronic system changes occurring within the Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment…
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2 November 2022
Who does this notice affect?
Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers and principal agents—associated with shipping or importing goods that…
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17 September 2008
This Industry Advice Notice is to advise of a change to the contact for EXDOC users that are returning documents such as phytosanitary certificates that have been printed on AQIS…
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