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15 September 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 shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required…
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16 December 2022
Who does this notice affect?
Importers of plants for planting (nursery stock) and seed for sowing which are hosts of Xylella.
What has changed?
The department has released the Draft report for the pest risk analysis for bacterial pathogens in the genus Xylella.
The department…
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Exercise Odysseus was a series of 48 discussion exercises and field-based activities that enhanced government and industry preparedness to implement a national livestock standstill in response to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
The exercise took place in 2014 and early 2015, involving…
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31 March 2023
The department has revised the closing date for stakeholders to provide comments on the draft review. We invite you to comment on the draft review by 14 April 2023.
The draft report is available for review and comment on our Have Your Say website haveyoursay.agriculture.gov.au.…
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This step-by-step guide will help you to import frozen dog (Canis lupus familiaris) semen into Australia from New Zealand.Need to knowThis is a complex process. There are strict rules for how you can send frozen dog semen to Australia. Before you start the import process, we recommend you read this…
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01 April 2026Who 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 unplanned outage.All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to use the Post Entry…
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Weekly Australian Climate,Water and Agricultural UpdateKey issuesIn the week ending 9 May 2024, dry conditions dominated much of Australia. However, a low pressure system and a series of troughs brought rainfall totals ranging from 10 to 150 millimetres to much of New South Wales and parts of…
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202-2019 - Updated - Preserved Fruits and Vegetables for human consumption -documentary requirements
3 December 2019
Who does this notice affect?
This notice is of interest to customs brokers and importers of preserved fruit and vegetable products for human consumption.
This IAN is an update in reference to IAN 196-2019 Preserved Fruits and Vegetables for human consumption -documentary…
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2 May 2025Who does this notice affect?This notice is of interest to international vessel masters, shipping agents and importers of timber and timber products.What has changed?The 2024-2025 flight season of the Burnt Pine Longicorn (BPL) beetle will concluded at 23:59 hours (NZST) on Wednesday 30…
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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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