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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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12 September 2024Who does this notice affect?Persons under an approved arrangement class 19, including customs brokers and self-reporting importers, who are interested in attending an information session on the upcoming release of the Biosecurity Cargo Status Tracker.What has changed?The department…
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7 November 2024Who does this notice affect?This notice applies to all industry participants involved in managing biosecurity import inspections, including approved arrangement operators, customs brokers, importers, and freight forwarders.Background informationThe department is exploring a new…
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Biosecurity is the management of the risk of pests and diseases entering, emerging, establishing or spreading in Australia and causing harm to animals, plants or human…
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New Export Legislation
On 28 March 2021 Australia’s new legal framework for agricultural exports commenced. The Australian Government introduced the new export legislation as part of a wider initiative to strengthen Australia’s agricultural exports and market access. This initiative will make the…
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The Australian Government is preparing for a highly contagious strain of bird flu that is not in Australia but has spread quickly across the world. The Australian Government H5 bird flu resources aim to educate and raise awareness of the potential threat of this strain of bird flu to Australia…
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25 November 2024Who does this notice affect?Approved arrangements (AA) operators who are required to lodge Class 14.4 AA inspection outcomes via the Biosecurity Portal.InformationRestored time:As of: 03:40 Saturday 23 November 2024 (AEDT).Detail:An unplanned service disruption was previously…
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27 August 2021Who does this notice affect?Operators and workers at first points of entry (FPOE) including port and airport authorities, air and cruise terminals, stevedores, marinas, jet bases, Royal Australian Air Force bases and Royal Australian Navy bases.What has changed?A 'Have Your Say'…
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19 August 2022
Who does this notice affect?
All importers and customs brokers who are lodging inspection requests to the department.
Information
The unplanned service disruption to the Biosecurity Portal and Scheduling and Workload Management System (SWMS) has now been resolved.
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To approve export requests (REXs) under the Export Control Act and associated Rules, you must register as an automated export permit issuer (AEPI) with the department. You also need to register as a Client Group Member for the company you are approving export requests for, see How to register and…
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