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Civil penalties awarded under the Biosecurity Act

Two travellers have received civil penalties totalling $54,000 following multiple attempts to circumvent Australia’s biosecurity laws and conceal more than 240 live fish through Melbourne International Airport. The ornamental fish in water were found during…
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42-2024: Scheduled Service Disruption: Wednesday 13 to Thursday 14 March 2024 – BICON, COLS, MARS, OPS, and PEBS

13 March 2024Who does this notice affect?All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned maintenance period.All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity…
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35-2025: *Update* Scheduled Outage: Saturday 15 February to Sunday 16 February 2025 – BICON, eCertificates, EVE, EXDOC, NEXDOC

10 February 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients required to use the Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned maintenance period.All clients required to use the Export / Next Export Documentation (EXDOC/NEXDOC) systems during this planned maintenance period.Approved…
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2025Tuesday March 4Australian crop report – March quarter 2025Agricultural commodities – March quarter 2025Tuesday June 3Australian crop report – June quarter 2025Agricultural commodities – June quarter 2025Tuesday September 2Australian crop report – September quarter 2025Agricultural commodities…
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96-2025: Scheduled Service Disruption: Wednesday 02 April to Thursday 03 April 2025 – COLS, COLSB2G, MARS, OPS and PEBS

31 March 2025Who 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 maintenance period.All users of the Cargo Online Lodgement System Business to Government (COLSB2G)…
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105-2025: Scheduled Service Disruption: Friday 04 April to Saturday 05 April 2025 – AAMP, BCST, Biosecurity Portal, EVE

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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142-2025: Scheduled Service Disruption: Saturday 10 May to Sunday 11 May – Multiple Systems

07 May 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned maintenance period.All clients submitting the below declarations:Full Import Declaration (FID)Long Form Self Assessed Clearance (LFSAC)Short Form Self…
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153-2025: Scheduled Service Disruption: Saturday 24 May to Sunday 25 May 2025 – Multiple Systems

19 May 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned maintenance period.All clients submitting the below declarations:Full Import Declaration (FID)Long Form Self Assessed Clearance (LFSAC)Short Form Self…
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181-2025: Scheduled Service Disruption: Tuesday 10 June to Wednesday 11 June 2025 – COLS, COLSB2G, MARS, OPS and PEBS

10 June 2025Who 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 maintenance period.All users of the Cargo Online Lodgement System Business to Government (COLSB2G)…
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185-2025: Scheduled Outage: Saturday 14 June to Sunday 15 June 2025 – BICON

10 June 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned outage.InformationTo support system maintenance, BICON will be unavailable from 23:00 Saturday 14 June to 01:00 Sunday 15 June 2025 (AEST).Following…
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