19 October 2020

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 on Sunday 25 October 2020 (AEDT).

Action

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

16 October 2020

Who does this notice affect?

All clients who submit documentation to the department for import assessment via the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS) or other departmental approved systems.

What has changed?

The department acknowledges that some clients are currently experiencing delays in receiving their directions.

The department is prioritising and redeploying resources to assist in clearing the current back log.

23 October 2020

20 October 2020

Imported plants and their products can introduce exotic and unwanted weeds, pests and diseases into Australia. These can threaten our natural environment, our food security and economy.

We protect Australia’s biosecurity status through education and targeted regulation.

13 October 2020

Who does this notice affect?

All operators of cruise vessels under biosecurity control that may carry passengers accompanied by assistance dogs.

12 October 2020

Who does this notice affect?

All users of the below systems:

12 October 2020

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 outage.

All importers using the Paperless process to lodge Self Assessed Clearance declarations to the department for biosecurity assessment.

All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned outage.

The National Fisheries Plan provides a shared vision to grow Australia’s fishing and seafood sectors in a sustainable way. It does this by outlining initiatives and targets to be achieved by 2030 across 9 priority areas.

We created the Plan with state and territory governments and the seafood community.

The final Plan reflects the feedback we received through public consultation. 

We thank all fishers, industry and researchers for their input to the Plan.

We have now developed an implementation framework to achieve its targets.

Publication details

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 2020