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19 February 2024
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.
The scheduled service disruption to the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS) will no longer occur.
No action required.
This week the Australian Government joined in celebration of The World Organisation of Animal Health’s (WOAH) milestone 100th anniversary.
19 February 2024
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.
Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS) may experience a brief service disruption from 23:30 Saturday 24 February to 02:30 Sunday 25 February 2024 (AEDT).
19 February 2024
All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned maintenance period.
Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, BICON users may experience several intermittent outages from 16:00 to 23:59 Sunday 25 February 2024 (AEDT).
Users are advised to frequently save any in-progress permit applications during this planned maintenance period.
19 February 2024
All clients required to use Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry web-based applications during this planned maintenance period.
The department will be conducting network maintenance from 23:00 Wednesday 21 February to 03:00 Thursday 22 February 2024 (AEDT).
During this time, DAFF applications may experience two, 15-minute outages. These applications include, but are not limited to:
12 March 2024
The provisional report and scientific advisory group’s report for the sturgeon biosecurity import risk analysis (BIRA) are available on our Import for live sturgeon for aquaculture webpage.
A Biosecurity Advice notice is a notice that informs stakeholders about the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s biosecurity work. Biosecurity Advice notices are sent to registered stakeholders and placed on the website.
Information about how to register as a stakeholder is also available on the website.
Australia’s barley and malt have made significant gains in Latin American markets over the past four years, driven by investments by industry and the Australian Government.
16 February 2024
Stakeholders associated with the biosecurity clearance of sea freight containers imported into Australia and destined for unpack in a rural location. This includes customs brokers, importers and Biosecurity Industry Participants (BIPs) that hold approval for approved arrangement class 14.4 rural tailgate inspection.
