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Backing our farmers to grow with border biosecurity

On National Agriculture Day this week, we’re celebrating Australian farmers and highlighting how our biosecurity system supports and helps them grow the quality food and fibre all Australians enjoy.Each day, people like our biosecurity officer Alessio are on the lookout for countless pests in…
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67-2018 - BICON external website outage for 30 minutes from 20:00 to 20:30 Wednesday 27th June (AEST) and BICON online payments unavailable from 20:30 Wednesday 27th June (AEST) until further notice

​​​27 June 2018 Who does this notice affect? All clients who use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system to submit import permit applications.Information The department…
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Live animal import fees and charges

Animals coming into Australia must spend time at specially equipped biosecurity stations to ensure they are free of disease before being released. Fees are charged by the biosecurity station for housing…
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Notice of intent to import live horses

Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, June 2024.The completed form and relevant attachments must be emailed to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry regional office no later than 3 working days prior to horse arrival.Regional office contact…
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26-2018 - Cargo Online Lodgement System Unavailable from 14:00 Saturday 24th March to 14:00 Sunday 25th March 2018 (AEDT)

​20 March 2018Who 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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Meat chickens levy

​​​​Important—you can lodge your meat chicken return online.​​​​Please be aware that information submitted as part of your return for transactions from 1 January 2023 will be recorded as levy payer information. The type of information you will need to provide is available below under the heading ‘…
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The Report of the Eminent Scientists Group on the Draft Final Import Risk Analysis Report for Prawns and Prawn Products to the Director of Animal and Plant Quarantine

Dr John C Radcliffe AM Emeritus Professor Malcolm Nairn AM Dr Mark Lonsdale Dr TJ Higgins Dr Mark Crane APRIL 2009 Introduction In 2004 the Eminent Scientists Group (ESG) was established to…
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Moving goods from, within and to Torres Strait

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry regulates the movement of goods from the Torres Strait under the Biosecurity Act 2015.Torres Strait islands are a potential pathway for the movement of exotic pests, weeds and diseases present in countries very close to Australia—the…
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