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117-2019 - BICON invoicing services, COLS, OPP and PEBS unavailable from 23:30 Thursday 25 July to 02:00 Friday 26 July 2019 (AEST)

23 July 2019Who does this notice affect? All clients attempting to submit access invoices using the Department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system during this planned maintenance period. All…
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166-2019 - BICON invoicing services, COLS, OPP and PEBS unavailable from 23:00 Thursday 24 October to 05:00 Friday 25 October 2019 (AEDT)

21 October 2019Who does this notice affect? All clients attempting to access invoices using the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system during this planned maintenance period. All…
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155-2019 - BICON invoicing services, COLS, OPP and PEBS unavailable from 23:00 Thursday 03 October to 00:00 Friday 04 October 2019 (AEST)

30 September 2019Who does this notice affect? All clients attempting to access invoices using the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system during this planned outage. All importers and…
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IAN 2024-14: NEXDOC – planned outage

Date of issue: 17 May 2024Dates of effect: 18 May 2024AttentionRegistered dairy exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders, approved export permit issuers and EDI users.Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.Summary of changes and…
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37-2019 - Services Restored - Unscheduled Service Disruption Impacting AIMS, COLS, ICS, S-Cargo and SAC Tuesday 19 March 2019 (AEDT)

​​19 March 2019Who does this notice affect? All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment.Information Due to…
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331-2025: UPDATE: PEQ Animal Care Declaration form now included in PEBS booking confirmation

30 September 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 9th October 2025 instead of the planned release of…
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86-2021: Port of Esperance is now a first point of entry for freight containers

4 May 2021 Who does this notice affect? Vessel operators, shipping agents, importers, brokers, first point of entry (FPOE) operators and others. What has changed? The Port of Esperance FPOE determination has been amended to: Determine the Port of Esperance as an FPOE for freight containers.…
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270-2022: Services Restored: Sunday 18 December 2022 – MARS

18 December 2022 Who does this notice affect? All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who are required to report pre-arrival information. Information The unplanned outage to the Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS) has been resolved. Users can now log in as normal.…
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269-2022: Unplanned Outage: Friday 16 December 2022 – MARS

16 December 2022 Who does this notice affect? All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who are required to report pre-arrival information. Information The Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS) is currently experiencing an unplanned outage. As a result, external users are…
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National Biosecurity Committee Meeting 42

The National Biosecurity Committee (NBC) met on 19 and 20 March 2025 in Canberra. The meeting was co-chaired by Justine Saunders (Deputy Secretary, Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) and Rachel Chay (Deputy Director General & Chief Biosecurity Officer,…
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