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9 May 2022
Who does this notice affect?
All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system during this planned maintenance period.
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Due to scheduled system maintenance, BICON will be unavailable from 23:00 Saturday 14 May to 00:00 Sunday 15 May…
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Fruit flies are one of the world’s most destructive horticultural pests and pose a risk to most commercial fruit and vegetable crops. In Australia, Queensland fruit fly (Qfly) and Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly) are the two species threatening our horticultural industry. To support our national…
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The Australian Government has a number of important functions in relation to aquaculture, including national programs for research, management of biosecurity, aquatic animal health, food safety,…
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23 December 2021
Who does this notice affect?
This notice is for all pet transport companies and importers of dogs to Australia.
What has changed?
Ehrlichiosis is a disease that affects dogs and is caused by a bacteria called Ehrlichia canis (E. canis). The disease is spread through infected…
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The honey bee industry is critical to Australia’s agriculture. Bees produce honey and wax as well as pollinate crops. The industry is worth more than $14 billion annually.
Around 70% of honey is produced from our native flora. Skilled commercial beekeepers produce 37,000 tonnes of honey annually.…
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The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests in 2012. The Day celebrates and raises awareness of the importance of all types of forests.
On each International Day of Forests, countries are encouraged to undertake local, national and international efforts…
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This visualisation of Australia's native forest data brings together data from three key national datasets used to prepare Australia's State of the Forests Report 2018 and the Australian forest profiles series. These datasets are Forests of Australia, Tenure of Australia's forests, and…
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3 August 2015Who does this notice affect? This notice is of interest to all clients of the Department of Agriculture. What is changing? The department has introduced a new approach to delivering…
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15 April 2024Who does this notice affect?All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) external website during this planned maintenance period.InformationDue to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, the BICON external website will be unavailable from 23:…
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9 January 2023
Who does this notice affect?
All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge inspection requests to the department during this planned outage.
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Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, the Biosecurity Portal will be unavailable for clients…
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