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It is important that any locust activity is reported as soon as possible to your state biosecurity agency, or department of primary industries or agriculture.
You can also report locust activity directly to the Australian Plague Locust Commission (APLC) by phoning 1800 635 962 (an answering…
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People, animals and goods entering Australia must meet biosecurity requirements. This includes goods that arrive by mail.In this sectionTravelling to AustraliaMoving to AustraliaBringing or mailing goods to AustraliaSending or ordering goods online from outside AustraliaBringing cats and dogs (and…
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Weekly Australian Climate,
Water and Agricultural Update
Key issues
During the week ending 21 July 2021, cold fronts and troughs brought rainfall to much of southern Australia. A high-pressure system and associated cloud free skies saw little to no rainfall across the northern half of the…
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13 September 2021
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Notice to Industry 1: Amended administrative conditions for all ruminant reproductive material (PDF 81KB)
Notice to Industry 1: Amended administrative conditions for all ruminant reproductive material (Word 161KB)
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1 May 2023
Who does this notice affect?
All importers and customs brokers who are required to lodge inspection requests to the department using the Biosecurity Portal.
Information
Resolved time:
As of: 14:40 Monday 01 May 2023 (AEST).
Detail:
The unplanned service disruption to the…
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30 October 2024Who does this notice affect?All clients anticipating the receipt of email notifications for biosecurity directions from the department.InformationRestored time:As of: 14:10 Wednesday 30 October 2024 (AEDT).Detail:The unplanned service disruption to the department’s Agriculture…
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03 July 2025Who does this notice affect?Customs brokers who use the External Broker Website.InformationStart time:As of: 08:00 Wednesday 02 July 2025 (AEST).Detail:The External Broker Website is currently experiencing an unplanned outage. As a result, clients are unable to access this system.…
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04 July 2025Who does this notice affect?Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who use the External Broker Website.InformationResolved time: As of: 10:00 Friday 04 July 2025 (AEST).Detail:The unplanned outage to the External Broker…
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3 March 2020
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise exporters of their responsibility to provide documentary evidence of timber legality to their importer, when exporting some types of wood products to the Republic of Korea.
Summary of changes and key points
On 1 October 2019…
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All military vessels arriving in Australia must undergo a routine vessel inspection by a biosecurity officer at their first point of entry into Australian territory (unless invoking sovereign immunity).…
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