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Treated ballast water and its impact on port water quality

​​ ​Concerns have been raised by state environmental protection authorities about the prospect of large volumes of chemically treated ballast water, above, being discharged in Australian ports. Authors: Rupert…
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Invasive Plants and Animals Committee meeting 5

​18 March 2016 The Invasive Plants and Animals Committee (IPAC) met on 18 March 2016 by teleconference. Key issues discussed by the committee are summarised below.Australian Weeds Strategy/Australian…
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Agricultural Workforce Working Group – 15 November 2022

The Agricultural Workforce Working Group (the Working Group) met for the second time on 15 November 2022. This tripartite group, comprising representatives of agriculture and processing employers and unions, along with government, was created as an outcome of the Government’s Jobs and Skills Summit…
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Pest expedition bears fruit for bio and food security

A joint PNG-Australia expedition visited remote Treaty Villages in PNG’s Western Province last week to discuss and help manage one of the world’s worst horticultural pests, the Oriental fruit fly.The team of Australian and PNG officials, a PNG national PhD candidate and local rangers began…
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118-2018 - BICON Scheduled Outage from 19:30 Saturday 22 September to 07:40 Sunday 23 September (AEST)

18 September 2018Who does this notice affect? All clients who use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system.Information Due to scheduled hardware maintenance of the department’s IT…
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187-2018 - COLS services restored as of 18:15 Friday 14 December 2018 (AEDT)

​14 December 2018Who 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…
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87-2018 - BICON Scheduled Outage from 21:00 Sunday 5th August to 02:30 Monday 6th August (AEST)

​​​1 August 2018Who does this notice affect? All clients who use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system.Information Due to scheduled maintenance of the department’s IT infrastructure…
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78-2018 - BICON Scheduled Maintenance from 23:30 Tuesday 31st July to 02:10 Wednesday 1st August (AEST)

25 July 2018Who does this notice affect? All clients who use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system.Information Due to scheduled maintenance, the Department’s Biosecurity Import…
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14-2024: Scheduled Outage: Friday 09 February 2024 – Biosecurity Portal

5 February 2024 Who 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. Information Due to…
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112-2019 - EXDOC unavailable from 20:00 to 21:00 Sunday 14 July 2019 (AEST)

8 July 2019Who does this notice affect? All clients required to use the Export Documentation (EXDOC) system during this planned outage.Information Due to scheduled maintenance, the Export Documentation (…
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