30 August 2022

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 outage.

Information

To support system maintenance, the Maritime Arrivals Reporting System (MARS) will be unavailable from 23:00 Friday 02 September to 03:00 Saturday 03 September 2022 (AEST).

Action

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

29 August 2022

Who does this notice affect?

All clients who will be required to lodge inspection requests to the department during this planned outage.

Information

Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, the Biosecurity Portal will be unavailable from 22:00 Friday 02 September to 03:00 Saturday 03 September 2022 (AEST).

Action

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

29 August 2022

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.

Information

To support system maintenance, the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS) will be unavailable from 23:00 Thursday 01 September to 01:00 Friday 02 September 2022 (AEST).

Action

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

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Date of issue: 29 August 2022

Date of effect: Immediate

Date of issue: 26 August 2022

Date of effect: Immediately

Reference Number: MAA2022-27

25 August 2022

Who does this notice affect?

All importers and customs brokers who will be required to submit additional cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment.

Information

Due to a technical system issue, some documents submitted through the ‘Add Documents’ feature in the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS) are not being recorded against the original lodgement.

25 August 2022

Who does this notice affect?

All customs brokers, importers, biosecurity industry participants, and food importers who have premises that departmental officers may attend (for inspections, surveillance, or other purposes). 

What has changed?

Earlier this year, the department advised of delays in assessment, booking and inspection services in Victoria and New South Wales, largely due to a changing biosecurity risk profile and higher overall cargo volumes (11.7 per cent higher in FY 2021/22).

25 August 2022

Who does this notice affect?

This notice is for all airlines, freight forwarders, pet transport companies and importers of cats and dogs to Australia.

What has changed?

Companion animal services will remain fully operational until COB Friday, 24 December 2022 and will re-open at the commencement of business on Tuesday 3rd January 2023.

25 August 2022

Who does this notice affect?

All importers and customs brokers who are required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment.

All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who are required to report pre-arrival information.

All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who are required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System.

Information

The unplanned outage to the following systems has been resolved. Clients can now access these systems as normal: