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Date of issue: 3 October 2025
Date of effect: 3 October 2025
Supersedes: Industry Advice Notice 2025-10
To notify export registered establishments and exporters sourcing abalone from Tasmania, of sourcing/harvesting restrictions.
02 October 2025
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 (e.g. clients required to use the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS) and Cargo Online Lodgement System Business to Government (COLSB2G)).
To support a system release, there will be a scheduled outage to COLS from 23:00 Monday 06 October to 02:00 Tuesday 07 October 2025 (AEDT).
9-10 September 2025
The National Biosecurity Committee (NBC) met on 9 and 10 September 2025 in Melbourne. The meeting was co-chaired by Justine Saunders (Deputy Secretary, Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (department)) and Rachel Chay (Deputy Director General & Chief Biosecurity Officer, Biosecurity Queensland, Department of Primary Industries).
30 September 2025
All importers of cats and/or dogs who use the Post Entry Biosecurity System (PEBS).
Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) share a longstanding, collaborative relationship on biosecurity.
30 September 2025
All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System during this planned maintenance period.
Due to scheduled system maintenance, the Post Entry Biosecurity System (PEBS) will be unavailable between 23:00 to 23:30 Thursday 02 October 2025 (AEST).
Clients are advised to await the completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access this service.
29 September 2025
This notice applies to importers of plant, animal and biological goods and brokers who bring or import goods to the Australian mainland.
The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) is leading a 5-year (2023/24 to 2027/28) National Grains Diagnostic and Surveillance Initiative (NGDSI) worth around $50 million. This initiative aims to support Australia's grain industry to manage the threat of high priority grains pests by improving national diagnostic and surveillance capability.
GRDC has partnered with the department under this initiative to deliver additional biosecurity risk management capability aligned to the department’s biosecurity responsibilities specific to the grains industry.
22 September 2025
All clients required to use Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry web-based applications during this planned maintenance period.
All users of the Seasonal Pests (SeaPest) system.
All clients submitting the below declarations:
