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The Australian Plague Locust Commission (APLC) produces a monthly Locust Bulletin during the seasons of locust activity (spring, summer and autumn). The Bulletin gives regional summaries of the locust situation and weather events of potential significance for locust development. It also provides a…
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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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23 April 2021
Who does this notice affect?
All clients who submit import permit applications to the department for assessment via the Australian Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON).
What has changed?
In recent months, importers may have experienced longer than usual timeframes in the…
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26 August 2021
Who does this notice affect?
This notice is for all airlines, freight forwarders, pet transport companies and importers of cats and dogs to Australia.
What has changed?
COVID-19 impact on cat and dog imports to Australia
Unfortunately, COVID-19 continues to impact the…
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12 October 2021
Who does this notice affect?
All clients who submit import permit applications to the department for assessment via the Australian Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON).
What has changed?
In recent months, importers may have experienced longer than usual timeframes in the…
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27 September 2021
Who does this notice affect?
All importers and customs brokers who lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment.
What has changed?
The department has made enhancements to the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS) and the Cargo Workload…
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Import conditions for fresh strawberries (Fragaria x ananassa) from Japan have been published on our Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON). Import permits will now be issued.
The decision to commence imports will be a commercial decision between an exporter in Japan and an…
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Land use data at both the national scale and catchment scale are available on this page.National scale land use dataLand use data mapped at the national scale can be downloaded from this page. Table 1 provides links to the datasets and associated documents that should be read before using the data…
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This guideline sets out mandatory minimum testing requirements for export establishments that prepare egg products. Under Chapter 5 of the Export Control (Egg and Egg Products) Rules 2021, these requirements must be incorporated into your approved arrangement which will be verified through export…
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5 December 2019
Who does this notice affect?
This notice is of interest to importers (and their customs brokers) of Brassica rapa, Raphanus sativus and Eruca vesicaria seed for sowing from all countries.
What has changed?
The purpose of this notification is to advise stakeholders that Phase 1…
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