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Ehrlichia canis has been detected in Australia and is now considered to be established. Further information about ehrlichiosis in dogs and the animal health situation in Australia can be found on the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s website.
27 October 2022
Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries who use DP World Australia's Brisbane terminal—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal shipping agents, and any other operators in the sea container supply and logistics chain.
26 October 2022
All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned maintenance period.
This scheduled maintenance has been cancelled and an outage will not occur at the previously communicated time. It will be rescheduled to a later date.
No action required.
21 October 2022
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 2022 and 30 April 2023 (inclusive).
Date of issue: 25 October 2022
Date of effect: Immediate
Reference Number: MAA2022-09
Attention:
24 October 2022
All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned maintenance period.
Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, the Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS) will be unavailable from 23:00 Thursday 27 October to 02:00 Friday 28 October 2022 (AEDT).
Clients are advised to await the completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access this service.
The Agricultural Workforce Working Group (the Working Group) met for the first time on 21 October 2022.
The Working Group was convened by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator the Hon Murray Watt, following agreement to establish a tripartite working group at the Jobs and Skills Summit in early September.
24 October 2022
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 importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System during this planned maintenance period.
24 October 2022
All clients who will be required to lodge inspection requests to the department during this planned outage.
Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, the Biosecurity Portal will be unavailable from 16:00 Saturday 29 October to 07:00 Sunday 30 October 2022 (AEDT).
Clients are advised to await the completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access this service.
24 October 2022
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.
