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161-2023: Scheduled Outage: Wednesday 02 August to Thursday 03 August 2023 – MARS

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31 July 2023

Who does this notice affect?

All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned maintenance period.

Information

Due to scheduled maintenance, the Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS) will be unavailable from 23:00 Wednesday 02 August to 01:00 Thursday 03 August 2023 (AEST).

Action

Clients are advised to await the completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access this service.

The detection of lumpy skin disease (LSD) in Australian cattle exported to Indonesia

The Department has been advised by the Indonesian Agriculture and Quarantine Agency that LSD has been detected in a small number of Australian cattle exported to Indonesia—after those cattle had arrived and spent some time in Indonesia.

IAN 2023-29: NEXDOC – unplanned outage

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Date of issue: 28 July 2023

Date of effect: 28 July 2023

Attention

Registered dairy exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders, approved export permit issuers and EDI users.

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.

Purpose

To notify Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) system users of an unplanned outage.

160-2023: The department is making changes to how we process fresh avocados from New Zealand on the Compliance-Based Intervention Scheme (CBIS)

Read more about 160-2023: The department is making changes to how we process fresh avocados from New Zealand on the Compliance-Based Intervention Scheme (CBIS)

28 July 2023

Who does this notice affect?

Stakeholders associated with the biosecurity clearance of fresh avocados imported from New Zealand which are subject to biosecurity intervention on arrival. This includes customs brokers and importers.

Update from the independent panel consulting on the phase out of live sheep exports by sea

Consultation to help inform how and when to phase out live sheep exports by sea has largely been completed.

157-2023: Changes to lodgement of Master Consolidator (MC) declarations for LCL / FAK containers subject to BMSB

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24 July 2023

Who does this notice affect?

All Master Consolidators (MC), freight forwarders, customs brokers and principal agents associated with the reporting of LCL/FAK consignments subject to increased intervention during the BMSB risk season.

Securing water for livestock and landscape

Improving a degraded farm dam by installing new fences, revegetating edges, and creating alternative water access points helped Lowesdale NSW farmers Elise Weden and Ian Cocking solve the problem of securing water for livestock and the land.

155-2023: Scheduled Outage: Thursday 27 July to Friday 28 July 2023 – MARS

Read more about 155-2023: Scheduled Outage: Thursday 27 July to Friday 28 July 2023 – MARS

24 July 2023

Who does this notice affect?

All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned maintenance period.

Information

Due to scheduled maintenance, the Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS) will be unavailable from 23:00 Thursday 27 July to 03:00 Friday 28 July 2023 (AEST).

Action

Clients are advised to await the completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access this service.

154-2023: Scheduled Outage: Tuesday 25 July 2023 – S-Cargo and SeaPest messaging

Read more about 154-2023: Scheduled Outage: Tuesday 25 July 2023 – S-Cargo and SeaPest messaging

24 July 2023

Who does this notice affect?

All users of the below systems:

S-Cargo
Seasonal Pests (SeaPest)

Information

Due to scheduled maintenance, there will be messaging delays between the Integrated Cargo System (ICS) and the above systems from 23:15 to 23:45 Tuesday 25 July 2023 (AEST).

Messages will be queued and sent at the conclusion of the outage.

New registration manual will help dairy exporters meet their import and export requirements

Dairy Exports Assurance Program (DEAP) have released the Dairy Export Registration Manual. The Dairy industry now has new and improved access to key information to help manufacturers and exporters to:

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