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Securing our region against potential outbreaks

There are 300,000 doses of a vaccine against the serious cattle virus that causes lumpy skin disease (LSD) that have been secured in an agreement that will help Australia prepare for potential future outbreaks. LSD, which also affects buffalo, has been reported in Indonesia but Australia remains…
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Improvements to biofouling management for vessels

Following 18 months of feedback from industry about the biofouling requirements on commercial vessels arriving to Australia, the department has listened and taken steps to improve how we manage biofouling on commercial international vessels. There are no changes to how commercial vessel…
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42-2024: Scheduled Service Disruption: Wednesday 13 to Thursday 14 March 2024 – BICON, COLS, MARS, OPS, and PEBS

13 March 2024Who does this notice affect?All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned maintenance period.All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity…
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142-2025: Scheduled Service Disruption: Saturday 10 May to Sunday 11 May – Multiple Systems

07 May 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned maintenance period.All clients submitting the below declarations:Full Import Declaration (FID)Long Form Self Assessed Clearance (LFSAC)Short Form Self…
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104-2025: *Update* Unplanned Service Disruption: Thursday 03 April 2025 – BCST

3 April 2025Who does this notice affect?Approved arrangement operators attempting to access online reports of entries referred to the department for biosecurity assessment, or management under a class 19 Approved Arrangement, via the Biosecurity Cargo Status Tracker (BCST).InformationUpdate: To…
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96-2025: Scheduled Service Disruption: Wednesday 02 April to Thursday 03 April 2025 – COLS, COLSB2G, MARS, OPS and PEBS

31 March 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.All users of the Cargo Online Lodgement System Business to Government (COLSB2G)…
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295-2025: Scheduled Outage: Thursday 04 September to Friday 05 September 2025 – COLS, COLSB2G, MARS, OPS and PEBS

01 September 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.All users of the Cargo Online Lodgement System Business to Government (…
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153-2025: Scheduled Service Disruption: Saturday 24 May to Sunday 25 May 2025 – Multiple Systems

19 May 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned maintenance period.All clients submitting the below declarations:Full Import Declaration (FID)Long Form Self Assessed Clearance (LFSAC)Short Form Self…
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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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