7 September 2020

Who does this notice affect?

All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System during this planned outage.

Information

Due to system maintenance, the Post Entry Biosecurity System will be unavailable from 23:00 Friday 11 September to 01:00 Saturday 12 September 2020 (AEST).

Action

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

7 September 2020

Who does this notice affect?

All clients attempting to submit permit applications or access their BICON invoices during this planned outage period.

Information

The department will be performing scheduled system maintenance from 23:00 Saturday 12 September to 06:20 Sunday 13 September 2020 (AEST).

BICON will be available during this time, however users may encounter error messages when attempting to submit new permit applications or pay for previously submitted permit applications.

7 September 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 period.

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

All clients who will be required to make an online payment during this planned outage period.

4 September 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.

Information

A network issue is intermittently preventing some clients from submitting lodgements in the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS). Impacted clients are receiving the following error message when entering their FID/Entry number and Broker ID:

4 September 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.

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

All clients who will be required to make an online payment.

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

4 September 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.

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

All clients who will be required to make an online payment.

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

3 September 2020

Who does this notice affect?

Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers and principle agents— associated with importing goods that require increased intervention during the 2020-21 BMSB risk season.

In 2019 the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment and its partners marked 30 years of continuous operations under the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy (NAQS). The NAQS initiative commenced in July 1989, initially as a 3-year trial focussed on early detection of incursions of exotic pests, weeds and diseases and helping to manage the biosecurity risks associated with natural and unregulated pathways into remote northern Australia.

2 September 2020

Who does this notice affect?

All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System during this planned outage.

Information

Due to system maintenance, the Post Entry Biosecurity System will be unavailable from 23:00 Friday 04 September to 01:00 Saturday 05 September 2020 (AEST).

Action

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