Pacific Week of Agriculture 2025
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Safeguarding Australia Together: Celebrating National Biosecurity Week 2025
Swift action by a Sydney importer stops Red Imported Fire Ants in their tracks
A routine delivery quickly became a biosecurity success story, after quick-thinking staff at a Sydney importer sprang into action after spotting ants inside a 40-foot container of vehicle radiators from overseas.
National Diagnostic Protocol—Meadow spittlebug
A new National Diagnostic Protocol (NDP) has been developed for the exotic meadow spitt
270-2025: Unplanned Service Disruption: Friday 15 August 2025 – BICON website (payments and application submission)
15 August 2025
Who does this notice affect?
All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) website to submit and/or pay for import permit applications.
Information
Start time: As of: 13:20 Friday 15 August 2025 (AEST).
The BICON website is currently experiencing an unplanned service disruption to financial functions. As a result, users may experience errors/failures when attempting to submit and/or make payments for import permit applications via BICON.
Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting
15 August 2025
Meeting Communiqué
Commonwealth, State, and Territory Agriculture Ministers met virtually on Friday, 15 August 2025. The meeting was chaired by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the Hon Julie Collins MP. The Assistant Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator the Hon Anthony Chisholm also attended.
New risk management measures for import of dairy products for human consumption
From August 2025, we will start to implement new risk management measures for import of dairy products for human consumption. This will include negotiation of new health certificates with trading partners.
The transition to new measures will take 12 months to complete.
We will negotiate with overseas government authorities to develop new health certification for dairy products, including cheese, permitted for import. These overseas government authorities along with health certificate details will be available soon.
268-2025: Unplanned Service Disruption: Thursday 14 August 2025 – BICON website (payments and application submission)
14 August 2025
Who does this notice affect?
All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) website to submit and/or pay for import permit applications.
Information
Start time: As of 00:00 Thursday 14 August 2025 (AEST).
The BICON website is currently experiencing an unplanned service disruption to financial functions. As a result, users may experience errors/failures when attempting to submit and/or make payments for import permit applications via BICON.
267-2025: Scheduled Service Disruptions: Thursday 14 August to Saturday 16 August 2025 – BICON
14 August 2025
Who does this notice affect?
All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) website during this planned maintenance period.
Information
Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, users of the BICON website may experience several brief intermittent outages between the following service disruption windows: