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56-2025: Changes to BICON Standard List of Laboratory Microorganisms and Infectious Agents
3 March 2025
Who does this notice affect?
Importers and customs brokers associated with importing laboratory microorganisms and infectious agents under a standard permit, including those who currently hold a standard permit to import microbes or related material.
55-2025: Unplanned Service Disruption: Monday 03 March 2025 – BICON external website
03 March 2025
Who does this notice affect?
All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) – external website.
Information
The BICON external 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.
Action
This issue is under urgent investigation and will advise once services have been restored. The department apologises for any inconvenience caused.
Pest profile: Duck viral enteritis
Duck viral enteritis (DVE), also known as duck plague, is one of Australia’s higher-risk exotic environmental diseases.
Looking to the future for cooperation with India
Indian officials visited Australia for the sixth meeting of the India-Australia Joint Working Group (JWG) on Cooperation in Agriculture on 28 February 2025.
Supporting Australian forestry – case studies
The Australian Government is committed to supporting Australia’s forest industries. The case studies featured on this page tell the stories of recipients of our grant programs, highlighting their projects that will deliver Australia’s future forest products.
Accelerate Adoption of Wood Processing Innovation program
Through the Accelerate Adoption of Wood Processing Innovation grant program, the Australian Government provided co-investment with privately-owned wood processors across Australia to adopt new and upgraded wood processing facilities.
53-2025: Services Restored: Friday 28 February 2025 – COLS
28 February 2025
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
The unplanned service disruption to the department’s Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS) has been resolved.
Detail: Between 07:55 and 10:50 Friday 28 February 2025 (AEDT) there was an unplanned service disruption to COLS. As a result, some users were unable to submit new lodgements of imported cargo documentation via COLS.
High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (H7)
National Management Group Communiqué
High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza H7 – 04 February 2025
On 4 February 2025, the National Management Group (NMG) agreed that the 2024 eradication programs for high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) H7 had been successful.
MAA 2025-07: All Markets: Avian influenza market access issues update #20: High pathogenicity avian influenza – certification updates for multiple markets
Date of issue: 25 February 2025
Date of effect: Immediate
Reference Number: MAA 2025-07
Related MAAs: MAA 2024-08, MAA 2024-10, MAA 2024-12, MAA 2024-13, MAA 2024-15, MAA 2024-16, MAA 2024-18, MAA 2024-20, MAA 2024-22, MAA 2024-25, MAA 2024-26, MAA 2024-29, MAA 2024-30, MAA 2024-32, MAA 2024-35, MAA 2024-40, 2024-47, 2025-03, 2025-04, MAA 2025-05
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Travelling or returning to Australia
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