Agri-food sector on show at ASEAN-Australia Special Summit
The ASEAN-Australia Special Summit was held in Melbourne last week to celebrate 50 years of Australian engagement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
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Nominations for the Australian Biosecurity Awards open soon
Do you know an organisation or individual who goes above and beyond in protecting our nation from exotic pests and diseases?
Red Imported Fire Ant headquarters visit
On 26 February, the Australian Chief Environmental Biosecurity Officer, Dr Bertie Hennecke and staff from the Environmental Biosecurity Office travelled to Berrinba in Queensland for the first project board meeting of the National Fire Ant Eradica
47-2024: Scheduled Outage: Monday 18 March to Tuesday 19 March 2024 – DAFF applications
14 March 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
Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, users of the following systems may experience several 15-minute outages between 23:00 Monday 18 March and 02:00 Tuesday 19 March 2024 (AEDT).
46-2024: Scheduled Outage: Thursday 14 March to Friday 15 March 2024 – DAFF applications
14 March 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.
All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system during this planned maintenance period.
Information
Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, users of the following systems may experience several 15-minute outages between 23:00 Thursday 14 March and 02:00 Friday 15 March 2024 (AEDT).
45-2024: Offshore Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Treatment Providers Scheme: treatment provider suspended - Grupo AB 23 s.l. (AEI: ES4008SB)
14 March 2024
Who does this notice affect?
Clients in the import and shipping industries—including freight forwarders, importers and customs brokers—associated with importing goods that require BMSB treatment during the BMSB risk season (goods manufactured in or shipped from target risk countries, that have been shipped between 1 September and 30 April (inclusive)).
44-2024: Scheduled Outage: Friday 15 March 2024 – Import Management System
14 March 2024
Who does this notice affect?
All clients lodging Self Assessed Clearances
Information
Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, the Import Management System (IMS) will be unavailable from 20:00 to 23:30 Friday 15 March 2024 (AEDT).
During the above maintenance window, there will be messaging delays between the Import Management System (IMS) and Integrated Cargo System (ICS). Messages will be queued and sent at the conclusion of the outage.
43-2024: Import conditions developed for returning Australian inorganic products
14 March 2024
Who does this notice affect?
Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries – including Biosecurity Industry Participants, master consolidators, vessel masters, freight forwarders, importers, customs brokers, and principal shipping agents – associated with the transportation or importation of returning Australian inorganic products.
What has changed?
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has developed import conditions for returning Australian products derived from inorganic ingredients.
Making an impact - funding environmental biosecurity innovation
Australia’s environmental biosecurity system is being enhanced through a range of projects, as part of the Environmental Biosecurity Project Fund (EBPF).
Putting the focus on locusts
The Australian plague locust is a persistent seasonal pest affecting Australia’s agricultural industries. Locust numbers can build very rapidly under favourable conditions, and adult swarms can move up to 600km in one night.