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The National Fire Ant Eradication Program’s (the program) National Management Group (NMG) met on 12 December 2024.
Members received an update on the progress being made delivering the Fire Ant Response Plan 2023–27.
Key highlights:
11 February 2025
Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries—including vessel masters, freight forwarders, offshore treatment providers, Biosecurity Industry Participants, importers, customs brokers, principal agents and master consolidators.
Following identification of critical non-compliance, we have suspended GG IKLIM GRUP LIMAN HIZMETLERI A.S. (AEI: TR4034SB) from AusTreat.
10 February 2025
All clients required to use the Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned maintenance period.
All clients required to use the Export / Next Export Documentation (EXDOC/NEXDOC) systems during this planned maintenance period.
Approved arrangements operators who will be required to view electronic government certificates (eCertificates) and relevant attachments online via external verification for eCertificates (EVE) as part of document assessment for imported goods.
10 February 2025
All importers and customs brokers who are required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment.
Resolved time:
As of: 10:05 Monday 10 February 2025 (AEDT).
Between 07:45 and 10:05, the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS) was experiencing an unplanned service disruption.
This issue has since been resolved and clients can now submit lodgements as normal.
In early December 2024, the 66th meeting of the Plant Health Committee—the peak government plant biosecurity policy and decision-making forum—took place in Canberra followed by a Border/Near Border workshop and field trip to Port Kembla (in Wollon
Date of issue: 7 February 2025
Date of effect: 15 February 2025
Registered fish and fish products exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders and automated export permit issuers.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) users of a system outage.
Date of issue: 7 February 2025
Date of effect: 15 February 2025
Registered eggs exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders and automated export permit issuers.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) users of a system outage.
Date of issue: 7 February 2025
Date of effect: 15 February 2025
Registered dairy exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders and automated export permit issuers.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) users of a system outage.
06 February 2025
Approved arrangements operators who will be required to view and/or update details of their Approved Arrangement via the Approved Arrangement Management Product (AAMP).
All clients required to use the Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned maintenance period.
All clients required to use the Export / Next Export Documentation (EXDOC/NEXDOC) systems during this planned maintenance period.
All clients who will be required to make an online payment during this planned maintenance period.
06 February 2025
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that applications are now open for the accreditation of farms and packhouses to export Hass avocados to Japan, Thailand, and India.
