Weekly Australian Climate, Water and Agricultural Update, 9 November 2023
238-2023: Offshore Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Treatment Providers Scheme: treatment providers suspended - Ensure Pest Control and Fumigation Pte Ltd (AEI: SG4010SB) and Fumigation Pest Management (AEI: SG4016SB)
9 November 2023
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 2023 and 30 April 2024 (inclusive)).
237-2023: Services Restored: Thursday 09 November 2023 – Network
9 November 2023
Who does this notice affect?
All clients attempting to contact the department or anticipating outcomes of biosecurity assessments.
Information
The impacts to the departments network, caused by the national Optus outage, have been resolved.
Inbound and outbound communication via phone and email is working as expected.
Clients anticipating biosecurity assessment outcomes may still experience delays as the department works through the backlog.
IFN 15-23: Mandatory certification for bivalve molluscs and bivalve mollusc products
Issued: 9 November 2023
Attention
Importers of bivalve molluscs and bivalve mollusc products, and brokers acting on their behalf. Competent authorities in countries that export bivalve molluscs and bivalve mollusc products to Australia.
Purpose
This notice provides updated information on changes to import requirements for bivalve molluscs and bivalve mollusc products.
2023-68: Authorised Officer Program – New NACC eLearning requirements for Authorised Officers
08 November 2023
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify plant export Authorised Officers (AOs) of a new mandatory eLearning course available through Learnhub.
Biocontrol puts weeds on the back foot
Renewed focus on weed biocontrol is set to deliver benefits to land managers and the environment in the fight against weeds.
236-2023: Unplanned Outage: Wednesday 08 November 2023 – Network
8 November 2023
Who does this notice affect?
All clients attempting to contact the department or anticipating outcomes of biosecurity assessments.
Information
The department’s network has been impacted by the outage affecting the Optus mobile and fixed networks. The outage is ongoing but services are gradually being restored.
The following services have been restored:
235-2023: Cargo Compliance Verification (CCV) inspection time estimation
8 November 2023
Who does this notice affect?
Clients in the imports and shipping industries – including freight forwarders, importers, and customs brokers – associated with imported goods and containers selected for the Cargo Compliance Verification (CCV) inspection.
Farmers fork out billions a year on pests and weeds
Pests and weeds are costing farmers a combined $5.3 billion a year in both management and production loss.
234-2023: Commencement of 2023-24 Burnt Pine Longicorn (BPL) (Arhopalus ferus) flight season
7 November 2023
Who does this notice affect?
This notice is of interest to international vessel masters, shipping agents and importers of timber and timber products.
What has changed?
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) will commence its annual heightened surveillance regime for managing the risks posed by Burnt Pine Longicorn (BPL) beetles (Arhopalus ferus) on vessels departing from New Zealand from 00:01 hours (NZST) on Wednesday 8 November 2023.