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On 26 June 2014 the Senate referred the matter of the National Landcare Program’s performance, effectiveness and future to the Environment and Communications References Committee (the committee) for inquiry and report.
The history, effectiveness, performance and future of the National Landcare Program, including:
Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) has been detected in piggeries in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.
28 February 2022
All clients and industry stakeholders involved in imports may be affected by the current weather event across Queensland.
Several weather warnings have been issued across Queensland and New South Wales.
Many parts of Queensland and Northern New South Wales have been impacted by the severe weather conditions and flooding of the last few days, and weather reports suggest this will continue into this week.
Australia’s strong biosecurity system is continuing to protect against lumpy skin disease, which affects cattle and water buffalo and which could have a devastating impact if it arrived in Australia.
25 February 2022
This notice is relevant to all vessel masters and shipping agents who represent international commercial and non-commercial vessels for the purposes of Australian biosecurity clearance.
In 2019 lumpy skin disease was reported for the first time in Bangladesh, China and India. In 2020 there were reports of it in Taiwan, Nepal, Vietnam, Bhutan, Hong Kong and Myanmar. In 2021, outbreaks occurred in Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia.
24 February 2022
Importers and brokers of:
Diseases can have severe impacts on aquaculture, fisheries, and the natural environment. Governments and industry share responsibilities for managing the risks associated with the spread of aquatic animal diseases.
Guidelines are available to help industry and governments effectively manage these risks. This includes guidelines for:
23 February 2022
Non- Bond Reporters of Self Assessed Clearance (SAC) consignments.
All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned outage.
To support scheduled maintenance, the Maritime Arrivals Reporting System (MARS) will be unavailable from 23:00 Friday 25 February to 00:30 Saturday 26 February 2022 (AEDT).
Clients are advised to await the completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access this service.
21 February 2022
All clients attempting to submit permit applications and access invoices using the Department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system during this planned outage.
All clients who will be required to make an online payment during this planned outage.
All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment during this planned outage.
