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16/03/2023
First point of entry (FPOE) operators, airlines, aircraft operators, importers, brokers, and others.
A new determination for Norfolk Island Airport commenced on 16 March 2023, Biosecurity (First Point of Entry—Norfolk Island International Airport) Determination 2023.
21 March 2023
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise of changes to requirements for the export of citrus to New Zealand.
16 March 2023
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses for fresh cucurbit species under the winter window pathway listed in the New Zealand Export Plan (Export Plan).
Applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses intending to export fresh cucurbits to New Zealand under the winter window pathway.
Commodities included are:
On 9 February 2023, the National Management Group (NMG) met to consider the response to the Emergency Plant Pest (EPP) Phyllosticta cavendishii (banana freckle) in the Northern Territory.
The NMG endorsed a revised response plan to complete eradication and proof of freedom and agreed to increase the upper limit on expenditure to $5.5 million. This replaces the initial six-month response plan that NMG agreed to on 22 July 2022 after the incursion was first detected.
Date of issue: 15 March 2023
Date of effect: Immediate
Reference Number: MAA2023- 13
15 March 2023
All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned outage.
Due to urgent infrastructure maintenance, BICON will be unavailable from 23:30 to 23:59 Thursday 16 March 2023 (AEDT).
Clients are advised to await completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access this service.
Join like-minded stakeholders at the 2023 National Biosecurity Forum to discuss challenges, opportunities and innovative approaches for protecting Australia’s biosecurity system.
Date of issue: 15 March 2023
Date of effect: Immediate
Reference Number: MAA2023-12
Related MAA: MAA2022-09
Date of issue: 14 March 2023
Date of effect: Immediate
Reference Number: MAA2022-07
14 March 2023
Importers, exporters and brokers of Phalaenopsis nursery stock sourced from approved sources under the high health arrangement between Australia and Taiwan.
The department has reviewed the bacterial plant pathogen Dickeya spp. on Phalaenopsis spp. nursery stock imported from approved sources in Taiwan produced under the high health arrangement with Australia.
