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298-2024: Unplanned Service Disruption: Friday 13 December 2024 – Inspection Requests (via email)

13 December 2024Who does this notice affect?Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who are required to book and manage requests for inspections via email.InformationDetail:The department is aware of an unplanned service disruption to the…
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349-2025: Services Restored: Thursday 16 October 2025 – Biosecurity Portal

16 October 2025Who does this notice affect?Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who are required to book and manage requests for inspections through the Biosecurity Portal.InformationRestored time:As of: 17:03 Thursday 16 October 2025 (…
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40-2023: Urgent Scheduled Outage: Friday 22 February 2023 – Biosecurity Portal

24 February 2023 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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Financial assistance and support for farmers

Australian, state and territory governments offer various forms of financial assistance for farmers affected by mice infestation.Australian Government financial supportFarm Household Allowance which assists farming families experiencing financial hardship.Free financial counselling to individuals…
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Biosecurity cost recovery implementation statements

In 2025, the department will apply indexation to biosecurity and imported food regulatory charges. All legislated regulatory charges that are subject to an indexation provision will increase by 2.4% on 1 July 2025.Indexation does not require changes to legislation, new rates for 2025-26 are the…
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Executive Summary

​​This report provides recommendations on indicators that can be used to monitor the social and economic impacts of forestry in Australia, and other research that needs to be undertaken to improve…
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MAA 2024-12: Egg and egg products: All Markets: Avian influenza market access issues update #2 – Affected health certification and changes to country access requirements for Singapore

Date of issue: 7 June 2024Date of effect: ImmediateRelated MAAs: 2024-08, 2024-10 AttentionEgg Exporters - AustralianEgg Export establishmentsLicensed exportersDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Central and Regional officesThis Market Access Advice (MAA) updates…
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Australian Government response to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee report: Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports Amendment (Animal Welfare) Bill 2023

March 2024DownloadAustralian Government response to the  Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee report: Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports Amendment (Animal Welfare) Bill 2023 (PDF 195 KB)If you have difficulty accessing these files, visit web accessibility for…
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MAA 2024-47: Egg and egg products: Avian influenza market access issues update #16 – High pathogenicity avian influenza - certification updates for Kiribati and New Caledonia

Date of issue: 4 December 2024Date of effect: ImmediateRelated MAAs: 2024-08, 2024-10, 2024-12, 2024-13, 2024-15, 2024-16, 2024-18, 2024-20, 2024-22, 2024-25, 2024-26, MAA 2024-29, MAA 2024-30, MAA 2024-32, MAA 2024-35, MAA 2024-40AttentionEgg Exporters - AustralianEgg Export…
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128-2025: Proposed changes to testing requirements for tomato and capsicum seed for sowing

17 April 2025Who does this notice affect?This notice is relevant to importers of tomato and capsicum seed for sowing from all countries, as well as their custom brokers.What is changing?The Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry have commenced a review of Australia’s policies for testing…
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