23 June 2021

Who does this notice affect?

Importers of animals, biological and animal-based goods.

This temporary change relates to the import of goods where there is currently a reliance on original paper health certificates (HCs). It does not apply to imports of goods where exporting countries already provide original HCs in electronic format.

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the movement of airfreight and courier mail in multiple countries.

23 June 2021

Who does this notice affect?

This notice is of interest to importers (and their customs brokers) of tomato seed for sowing from all countries.

What has changed?

The purpose of this notification is to advise stakeholders that the revised import conditions for tomato seeds for sowing has commenced.

22 June 2021

Who does this notice affect?

All clients required to create new permit applications or access existing application documents within the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system.

Information

The issue causing a service disruption to BICON has now been resolved.

Clients can perform the following functions as normal:

22 June 2021

Who does this notice affect?

All clients required to create new permit applications or access existing application documents within the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system.

Information

Due to an issue in the department’s IT infrastructure, BICON is currently experiencing a service disruption.

Clients may be unable to:

22 June 2021

Who does this notice affect?

This notice affects all industry members involved in imports and exports whose inspection appointments may be affected by the current service disruption with the National Appointment System (NAS).

Information

The department is currently experiencing an unplanned service disruption causing delays with processing inspection appointments.

22 June 2021

21 June 2021

Purpose

The purpose of this Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses, and the registration of treatment facilities, to export summerfruits to protocol markets for the 2021–22 season.

21 June 2021

Who does this notice affect?

All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system during this planned maintenance period.

Information

Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, BICON users may experience several intermittent outages from 16:00 to 23:59 Sunday 27 June 2021 (AEST).

Action

Users are advised to frequently save any in-progress permit applications during this maintenance period.

21 June 2021

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.

We are keen to engage with you about Australia’s biosecurity system to support our industries, environment and communities.

This webinar series covers a range of biosecurity topics, such as Australia’s priority biosecurity risks and how they are being managed, preparedness and response activities, innovation, and collaboration, as well as priorities and challenges for biosecurity.

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Disclaimer: All information was current at time of recording.