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Date of issue: 12 November 2024
Date of effect: 18 November 2024
Registered exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) – Central and Regional offices.
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that the Australian Government’s Digital ID app, myGovID will be changing its name to myID.
The National Fire Ant Eradication Program’s National Management Group (NMG) met on 24 July 2024 and 12 September 2024.
NMG members received an update on how the Fire Ant Suppression Taskforce will deliver critical fire ant suppression activities across 9 local government areas in 2024-25. The work plan covers an area of more than 650,000 hectares and includes:
Date of issue: 12 November 2024
Date of effect: 18 November 2024
Registered exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) – Central and Regional offices.
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry that the Australian Government’s Digital ID app, myGovID will be changing its name to myID.
12 November 2024
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 Focus Pest Management Pte Ltd (AEI: SG4006SB) on the List of treatment providers to ensure biosecurity risk is managed.
11 November 2024
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.
11 November 2024
All clients required to use Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry web-based applications during this planned maintenance period.
The department will be conducting network maintenance from 23:00 Thursday 14 November to 04:00 Friday 15 November 2024 (AEDT).
During this time, DAFF applications may experience multiple intermittent outages of up to 3 minutes each in duration. These applications include, but are not limited to:
8 November 2024
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.
In October, staff from the Australian Chief Plant Protection Office travelled to Paho Island in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Western Province, to deliver refresher training to Treaty Village rangers as part of the Treaty Village Fruit Fly Trapping Pro
08 November 2024
Stakeholders in the import and shipping industries
The Department is currently assessing the suitability of two new fumigants for use as department approved treatments. These fumigants are promising alternatives to the widely used fumigant, Methyl Bromide.
Ethanedinitrile is being assessed for the treatment of arthropod pests associated with de-barked timber and logs of Pinus radiata and Pseudotsuga menziesii from New Zealand.
07 November 2024
All clients required to use Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry web-based applications during this planned maintenance period.
The department will be conducting network maintenance from 23:00 Monday 11 November to 04:00 Tuesday 12 November 2024 (AEDT).
During this time, DAFF applications may experience multiple intermittent outages of up to 3 minutes each in duration. These applications include, but are not limited to:
