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The National Management Group (NMG) held a meeting on 8 September 2023 to discuss the Varroa destructor response.
The Response Plan is continuing and NMG agreed to adopt further risk-based approaches for new eradication zones based on the advice of the Consultative Committee on Emergency Plant…
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30 October 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) website during the unplanned outage.All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who were required to report pre-arrival information during the unplanned…
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This step-by-step guide will help you prepare your cat for import into Australia from a Group 3 classified country. You can print this guide and use it as a checklist.Need to knowThis is a complex process. Before you start the import process, we recommend you read this guide in full.Allow at…
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This step-by-step guide will help you prepare your dog for import into Australia from a Group 3 classified country.You can print this guide and use it as a checklist.Need to knowThis is a complex process. Before you start the import process, we recommend you read this guide in full.Allow at least 6…
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Under the Biosecurity Act 2015, all international vessels and goods become subject to biosecurity control when they enter Australian territorial seas.If your vessel is subject to biosecurity control, you can only enter Australia at ports that are first points of entry (FPOE). This is unless we have…
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Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry June 2024Exporters wanting to receive a quota certificate under the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) for export of eligible goods to Indonesia, must use one of the below forms when…
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16 May 2016Who does this notice affect?All clients lodging import documentation for biosecurity assessment purposes.For informationThe department has recorded a Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS)…
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20 October 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 (e.g. clients required to use the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS)).…
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Publication detailsDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, June 2025If your organisation uses software that requires integration with BICON, you can access the BICON Software Developers Guide which provides the technical interface specifications for this system.DownloadBICON Software…
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Australia’s agricultural and veterinary (agvet) chemicals regulatory system is instrumental in protecting the health and safety of people, animals, and the environment from risks associated with agvet chemicals. A well-functioning regulatory system increases the value of the Australian agricultural…
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