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6 April 2022
This notice affects clients and service providers who interact face-to-face with the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment at its following Melbourne based offices:
5 April 2022
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry and authorised officers (AOs) of the commencement of a limited trial for AO audits.
04 April 2022
All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) System during this planned outage.
Due to scheduled maintenance, the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system will be unavailable from 23:00 Saturday 09 April to 03:00 Sunday 10 April 2022 (AEST).
Clients are advised to complete and submit any in-progress import permit applications prior to the commencement of this planned outage period.
04 April 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.
04 April 2022
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 08 April to 00:30 Saturday 09 April 2022 (AEST).
Clients are advised to await the completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access this service.
4 April 2022
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to notify stakeholders of updates to the Plant Exports Management System (PEMS).
The Minister has released the Agriculture Biodiversity Stewardship Policy Statement (the Statement) which sets out a vision for an operational voluntary biodiversity market.
The Australian Agricultural Traceability Alliance (Alliance) is a coalition of partners, who have a deep interest in enhancing national agricultural traceability. The Alliance is working to accelerate Australia’s journey in exceeding $100 billion of farmgate output by 2030 and beyond.
The Alliance aims to ensure strong engagement across industry, governments and broader supply chain stakeholders, and provide the right and successful foundations for traceability initiatives.
On 14 November 2019, the Senate moved that the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee inquire into the Federal Government’s response to the drought occurring at that time, and the adequacy and appropriateness of policies and measures to support farmers, regional communities and the Australian economy.
The Inquiry Report was released on 21 October 2021 and made 20 recommendations.
Date of effect: 31 March 2022
Supersedes: IFN 01-22 – Labelling requirements for imported kava
Importers and brokers acting on behalf of importers.
To provide importers and brokers with further information about the conditions for import, labelling requirements for kava and advice on the updated definition of permitted kava products.
