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Infectious diseases, like bird flu and Newcastle disease, can spread directly to poultry from wild birds or from clothing, footwear, equipment or vehicles that have been contaminated by infectious birds.
Learn how to protect your poultry and pet birds on your property:
18 December 2023
All clients who submit documentation to the department for import assessment via the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS) or other departmental approved systems.
18 December 2023
This notice is of interest to all vessel owners, operators, masters and shipping agents who represent international vessels for the purposes of Australian biosecurity clearance.
18-month biofouling management requirements education phase ending.
15 December 2023
Species: All livestock
Countries: All
To advise stakeholders that the department has published a new policy for Livestock identification requirements in laboratory test reports to support the Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock version 3.3 (ASEL).
20 December 2023
Species: All
Countries: All
To advise the department’s arrangements for the Live Animal Exports general enquiries phone line over the Christmas period (23 December 2023 – 2 January 2024).
14 December 2023
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry stakeholders and Authorised Officers of the 2023‑24 end of year closure office arrangements for the department and the non-prescribed goods export program.
14 December 2023
All clients anticipating outcomes of biosecurity activities.
The department’s network has been impacted by an unplanned outage between 07:15 and 09:45 AEDT Thursday 14 December 2023. This outage limited the department’s ability to conduct work as normal.
This outage has now been resolved.
It will take some time for operational staff to clear the backlog of work this outage has caused.
14/12/2023
Import-related biosecurity treatment stakeholders, including all importers, brokerages, onshore approved arrangement holders, overseas government and treatment industry entities, relevant domestic state and territory government agencies, and other shipping, freight, and logistics peak industry bodies.
