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8 October 2025Who does this notice affect?All importers of cats and/or dogs who use the Post Entry Biosecurity System (PEBS).What has changed?Due to a system release delay, the Animal Care Declaration will now come into effect at 23:30 Thursday 16 October 2025 instead of the planned updated release…
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22 December 2020
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to remind industry and Authorised Officers (AOs) that the use of the Plant Exports Management System (PEMS) will be mandatory from 1 February 2021.
Summary of changes and key points
From 1 February 2021, PEMS will become the only…
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Under international law, foreign governments are entitled to invoke sovereign immunity on State-owned or operated aircraft arriving into Australian territory. Whenever the claim of sovereign immunity is invoked, biosecurity officers are not permitted to board sovereign immune aircraft to conduct…
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Date of issue: 13 July 2022
Date of effect: Immediate
Reference Number: MAA2022-11
Related MAAs: N/A
Attention
Industries—Industry bodies - Seafood Export Consultative Committee
Export establishments
Exporters
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Central and Regional…
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27/06/2023Who does this notice affect?Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, offshore treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal agents and master consolidatorsWhat has changed?To provide…
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Guide to using the glossary
This glossary contains common terms, acronyms and definitions that relate to approved arrangements. It is subject to review on a regular basis.
Definitions that are not contained within this glossary can be found in the Biosecurity Act 2015 (the Act) or in…
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26 October 2022
Who does this notice affect?
All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned maintenance period.
Information
This scheduled maintenance has been cancelled and an outage will not occur at the…
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18 February 2021PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify industry that export cost recovery implementation statements (CRIS) for 2020–21 have been published on the department’s website and CRIS for 2021-22 will be released for public consultation shortly.Key pointsA separate CRIS has…
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17 February 2021PurposeThis Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify industry that export cost recovery implementation statements (CRIS) for 2020–21 have been published on the department’s website (awe.gov.au/cris) and CRIS for 2021-22 will be released for public consultation shortly.Key pointsA…
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Agriculture is central to the strength of our economy. We export two thirds of Australia's agricultural products every year.
We are striving to strengthen our agricultural exports. One way of achieving this is through the Modernising Agricultural Trade program. This program will update the systems…
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