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Increased measures to address non-compliance effectively and proportionately

To uphold Australia’s high biosecurity standards, over the past year we have ramped up our enforcement response to non compliance. Recent updates to the Biosecurity Act include additional measures to address non-compliance more effectively, which includes:civil sanctions including infringement…
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Civil penalties awarded under the Biosecurity Act

Two travellers have received civil penalties totalling $54,000 following multiple attempts to circumvent Australia’s biosecurity laws and conceal more than 240 live fish through Melbourne International Airport. The ornamental fish in water were found during…
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National Management Group Communiqué: National Tropical Weeds – 26 November 2024

The National Management Group (NMG) met on 26 November 2024 and approved a new four-year Response Plan for the National Tropical Weeds Eradication Program (The Program). The Response Plan 2024-2028 represents the next phase of the long-term commitment from governments in eradicating these weeds…
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Potential distribution of the invasive marine species Potamocorbula amurensis (Amur River clam) in Australia

Author: Rupert Summerson Amur River clam (Potamocorbula amurensis)Photo credit: Evan Rees (NABS Aquatic Officer, Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy) OverviewAmur River clam is a species of bivalve mollusc that is native to the north-western Pacific Ocean…
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Non-tariff measures: a revised methodology for the quantification of bilateral trade effects of policy measures at a product level

Non-tariff measures: a revised methodology for the quantification of bilateral trade effects of policy measures at a product levelQuantification of the trade effects of non-tariff measures provides an important input for decision making. This technical paper outlines improvements to an earlier…
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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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30-2019 - COLS, MARS, OPP, PEBS and PEMS unavailable from 23:00 Wednesday 06 March 2019 to 04:00 Thursday 07 March 2019 (AEDT)

1 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 during this planned…
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77-2019 - COLS, MARS, OPP, PEBS and PEMS unavailable from 23:00 Wednesday 22 May 2019 to 05:00 Thursday 23 May 2019 (AEST)

20 May 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 during this planned outage…
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41-2019 - COLS, MARS, OPP, PEBS and PEMS unavailable from 23:30 Saturday 30 March 2019 to 03:50 Sunday 31 March 2019 (AEDT)

25 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 during this planned…
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169-2025: S-methoprene sourcing issues in the European Union

3 June 2025Who does this notice affect?This notice is of relevance to importers, manufacturers, customs brokers, agents and associated biosecurity industry participants involved in the importation of new and used/aged oversize tyres from the European Union and Brazil.What has changed?The department…
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