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As part of the 2023-24 Budget, the Australian Government committed to providing greater transparency and accountability in biosecurity funding and expenditure with the annual publication of a Biosecurity Funding and Expenditure Report.On 30 October, the inaugural report was published as an appendix…
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What is biosecurity?Biosecurity protects Australia’s plant, animal and human health by reducing the risk of unwanted pests and diseases arriving and establishing in the country. We need to…
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On 23 October 2013, the Department of Agriculture received a report from Animals Australia that Australian cattle exported to Mauritius under Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS) requirements had been moved to locations outside of the approved supply chain and slaughtered in a…
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15 June 2020
Who 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 maintenance period.
All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON)…
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23 February 2021
Who 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 outage.
All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required…
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The following list contains links to submissions received in response to the 'Release of the draft import rish analysis report for the non-regulated analysis of existing policy for fresh salacca fruit from Indonesia'.
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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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25 November 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 (e.g. clients required to use the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS)).All…
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PurposeThe purpose of this document is to make country-specific Appendix B certificates that have been agreed by approved countries readily available to horse importers.This document is provided for information only. To the extent that this document is inconsistent with any import permit or…
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Minimum water quality standardsWater used in registered establishments may come from a number of sources:town water provided through a commercial water supplierdams and riversbore waterrain waterwater reclaimed from milk and milk products.The Export Control (Milk and Milk Products) Rules 2021…
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