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59-2023: Scheduled Outage: Thursday 16 March to Friday 17 March 2023 - COLS, MARS, OPS, PEBS, BMSB/Treatment Certificate Portal

14 March 2023

Who does this notice affect?

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.

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

All clients who will be required to make an online payment during this planned maintenance period.

58-2023: Scheduled Outage: Tuesday 14 March to Wednesday 15 March 2023 – PEBS

14 March 2023

Who does this notice affect?

All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System during this planned outage.

Information

To support system maintenance, the Post Entry Biosecurity System (PEBS) will be unavailable from 23:00 Tuesday 14 March to 00:00 Wednesday 15 March 2023 (AEDT).

Action

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

 

Point-of-care tests

Also known as pen-side tests, point-of-care (POC) tests are usually carried out in the field, or away from a central laboratory. This type of testing is useful for the early detection of pests and diseases by producing quick preliminary diagnostic results in a simple user-friendly way. An example of this type of test is the SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen tests for humans. The links below apply to testing for notifiable/reportable animal diseases.

Biosecurity conditions for imported prawns

The Australian Government continues to enforce stringent import conditions to manage the biosecurity risk associated with imported prawns and safeguard our valuable fisheries and aquaculture industries.

Environmental biosecurity webinars

The environmental biosecurity webinars are a platform for knowledge sharing, networking, and collaboration.

Whether you work in government, research or conservation, join us to explore a wide variety of environmental biosecurity topics, including:

  • pest and weed management
  • biosecurity funding
  • research
  • citizen science 
  • community engagement.

Subscribe to our webinar mailing list to be notified of upcoming webinars. Email acebo@aff.gov.au to be added.

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