15 May 2024

Who 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 shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned maintenance period.

All clients who will be required to make an online payment during this planned maintenance period.

15 May 2024

Who does this notice affect?

All clients of the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system.

Information

Between 14:00 and 16:20 on Tuesday 14 May 2024 (AEST) there was an unplanned service disruption resulting in some users being unable to access the BICON.

This issue has now been resolved and users are able to access the BICON as normal.

The department apologises for any inconvenience caused.

14 May 2024

Who does this notice affect?

All clients required to use Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry web-based applications during this planned maintenance period.

Information

The department will be conducting scheduled infrastructure maintenance from 23:00 Saturday 18 May to 03:00 Sunday 19 May 2024 (AEST).

During this time, all DAFF applications may experience several intermittent outages. These applications include, but are not limited to:

The below training courses and tools are available to help you and your establishment on your dairy export journey.

Training

Culture: Growing dairy exports

The National Fire Ant Eradication Program (the Program) is a highly scrutinised eradication program. It has been independently reviewed many times since 2001 to help understand its effectiveness and identify areas for improvement.

The three most recent Program reviews and responses are found below.

13 May 2024

Purpose

This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise stakeholders of the temporary suspension of exports for certain commodities to Lebanon, following notification from Lebanon’s Ministry of Agriculture of revised import conditions.

Who does this notice affect?

All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned maintenance period.

Information

Due to scheduled maintenance, the Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS) will be unavailable from 23:00 Wednesday 15 May to 03:00 Thursday 16 May (AEST) and 23:00 Tuesday 21 May to 02:00 Wednesday 22 May (AEST).

13 May 2024

Who does this notice affect?

All clients anticipating the receipt of email notifications for biosecurity directions from the department.

Information

Restored time:

As of: 18:30 Friday 10 May 2024 (AEST).

Detail:

The unplanned service disruption to the Agriculture Import Management System (AIMS) has been resolved. Clients will now receive email notifications for biosecurity directions as normal.