Options for the Development of National Standards and Guidelines for Animal Welfare

AWTG 25-01 noted a discussion by members on next steps in the staged approach to improvements to the national standards development process. A meeting of the subgroup will be scheduled to facilitate further in-depth discussions.

07 March 2025

Who does this notice affect?

All clients submitting the below declarations:

• Full Import Declaration (FID)
• Long Form Self Assessed Clearance (LFSAC)
• Short Form Self Assessed Clearance (SFSAC)
• Cargo Report Self Assessed Clearance (CRSAC)
• Cargo Report Personal Effects (PE)

All clients of the Export / Next Export Documentation (EXDOC/NEXDOC) systems.

Information

Restored time:

As of 15:45 Friday 07 March 2025 (AEDT).

7 March 2025

Who does this notice affect?

All internal and external stakeholders who may require Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry regulatory services across southern Queensland and northern New South Wales.

What has changed?

As Tropical Cyclone Alfred continues towards the coast, communities across south-east Queensland and north-east New South Wales are already experiencing severe weather, including heavy rainfall and strong winds.

7 March 2025

Who does this notice affect?

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.

What has changed?

Following identification of critical non-compliance, we have suspended Ser.Chim. Fumigazioni S.R.L. (AEI: IT4027SB) from AusTreat.

07 March 2025

Who does this notice affect?

All clients submitting the below declarations:

• Full Import Declaration (FID)
• Long Form Self Assessed Clearance (LFSAC)
• Short Form Self Assessed Clearance (SFSAC)
• Cargo Report Self Assessed Clearance (CRSAC)
• Cargo Report Personal Effects (PE)

All clients required to use the Export / Next Export Documentation (EXDOC/NEXDOC) systems during this unplanned outage.

Information

Start time:

As of: 11:29am Friday 07 March 2025 (AEDT).

Cost recovery export arrangement financial results 2023-24 reports outline the financial performance for 7 agricultural export arrangements. Each report is complimentary to the Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS).

04 March 2025

Who does this notice affect?

All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) website.

Information

Start time:
As of: 09:30 Tuesday 04 March 2025 (AEDT).

The department’s BICON website is currently experiencing an unplanned service disruption. As a result, users may experience service degradation (e.g. slowness) and/or an inability to load BICON webpages.

4 March 2025