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28 March 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients submitting the below declarations:Full Import Declaration (FID)Long Form Self Assessed Clearance (LFSAC)Short Form Self Assessed Clearance (SFSAC)Cargo Report Self Assessed Clearance (CRSAC)Cargo Report Personal Effects (PE)All clients required…
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20 August 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) website to submit and/or pay for import permit applications.InformationBetween Tuesday 05 August and Tuesday 19 August 2025, clients may have experienced intermittent…
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24 May 2019Who does this notice affect? This notice affects clients of the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (the department) who import FCL consignments of seeds, grains and stored plant…
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30 June 2025Who does this notice affect?Biosecurity industry participants and accredited persons operating under the department’s approved arrangement class 19; Continued Biosecurity Competency (CBC) providers and Registered Training Organisations (RTOs).What has changed?Effective 1 July 2025,…
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27 June 2025Who does this notice affect?All importers and customs brokers who lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment through the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS).What has changed?Non-account clients will need to have the necessary $40 document assessment…
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27 February 2023Who does this notice affect?Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who are required to book and manage requests for import inspections using the Biosecurity Portal.InformationThe Biosecurity Portal is currently experiencing…
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6 January 2023Who does this notice affect?All importers and customs brokers who are required to lodge inspection requests to the department using the Biosecurity Portal. InformationThe Biosecurity Portal is currently experiencing an unplanned service disruption. As a result, some clients may…
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1 December 2022Who does this notice affect?Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who are required to book and manage requests for import inspections using the Biosecurity Portal.InformationThe Biosecurity Portal is currently experiencing…
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28 March 2022
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise stakeholders that all Melbourne based offices will be consolidated into one new office location.
Summary of changes and key points
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment will relocate the following 3 existing…
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2 March 2022
Who does this notice affect?
Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries including importers, customs brokers, freight forwarders, transport companies, shipping lines, stevedores and any other operators in the sea container supply and logistics chain that may seek to lodge a…
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