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3 June 2025
Food importers and brokers acting on behalf of food importers.
From 14 June 2025 the food safety requirements that apply to food imported for sale into Australia will be incorporated into the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON).
02 June 2025
Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who will be required to book and manage requests for import inspections using the Biosecurity Portal during this planned outage.
Approved arrangements operators who will be required to view and/or update details of their Approved Arrangement via the Approve Arrangement Management Product (AAMP).
03 June 2025
Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who are required to book and manage requests for inspections through the Biosecurity Portal.
Approved arrangements operators who will be required to view and/or update details of their Approved Arrangement via the Approved Arrangement Management Product (AAMP).
03 June 2025
All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System during this planned maintenance period.
Due to scheduled system maintenance, the Post Entry Biosecurity System (PEBS) will be unavailable from 23:00 Wednesday 04 June to 00:00 Thursday 05 June 2025 (AEST).
Clients are advised to await the completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access this service.
03 June 2025
All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) website to submit applications or make payments.
As of 10:05 Tuesday 03 June 2025 (AEST).
Clients may have experienced difficulty submitting/paying for permit applications from 01:20 Saturday 01 June 2025 (AEST) to 10:05 Tuesday 03 June 2025 (AEST).
Feral deer are an emerging pest animal problem in Australia, with rising numbers causing damage to the environment and Australian agriculture.
Date of issue: 30 May 2025
Date of effect: 2 June 2025
Supersedes: Industry Advice Notice 2019-01
To notify export registered establishments and exporters sourcing abalone from Tasmania, of sourcing/harvesting restrictions.
Indigenous Rangers play a key role in environmental biosecurity surveillance and land management.
30 May 2025
From 14 June 2025 the food safety requirements that apply to food imported for sale into Australia will be incorporated into the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON).
For more information visit Inclusion of food safety requirements in BICON.
The National Biosecurity Management Group (NBMG) met on 21 May 2025 and approved a 3-year Response Plan inclusive of a cost-shared budget of $4 million for the National Browsing Ant Eradication Program (NBAEP) in the Northern Territory (NT).
Browsing ant was first detected in the NT in June 2015 and the Response Plan 2024-2027 demonstrates the long-term commitment from governments to eradicate browsing ant from Australia. The Response Plan 2024-2027 extends the existing NBAEP to achieve Proof of Freedom by June 2027.
