331-2025: UPDATE: PEQ Animal Care Declaration form now included in PEBS booking confirmation
30 September 2025
Who does this notice affect?
All importers of cats and/or dogs who use the Post Entry Biosecurity System (PEBS).
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The PNG Biosecurity Twinning Program
Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) share a longstanding, collaborative relationship on biosecurity.
330-2025: Scheduled Outage: Thursday 02 October 2025 – PEBS
30 September 2025
Who does this notice affect?
All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System during this planned maintenance period.
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Due to scheduled system maintenance, the Post Entry Biosecurity System (PEBS) will be unavailable between 23:00 to 23:30 Thursday 02 October 2025 (AEST).
Action
Clients are advised to await the completion of this maintenance period before attempting to access this service.
327-2025: Proposed changes to the Biosecurity (Conditionally Non-prohibited Goods) Determination 2021
29 September 2025
Who does this notice affect?
This notice applies to importers of plant, animal and biological goods and brokers who bring or import goods to the Australian mainland.
Viet Nam and Australia strengthen agricultural partnership
Senior representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry came together in Sydney for the fourth Viet Nam-Australia Agriculture Forum.
National Grains Diagnostic and Surveillance Initiative (NGDSI)
The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) is leading a 5-year (2023/24 to 2027/28) National Grains Diagnostic and Surveillance Initiative (NGDSI) worth around $50 million. This initiative aims to support Australia's grain industry to manage the threat of high priority grains pests by improving national diagnostic and surveillance capability.
GRDC has partnered with the department under this initiative to deliver additional biosecurity risk management capability aligned to the department’s biosecurity responsibilities specific to the grains industry.
325-2025: Scheduled Outage: Wednesday 24 September to Thursday 25 September 2025 – Multiple Systems
22 September 2025
Who does this notice affect?
All clients required to use Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry web-based applications during this planned maintenance period.
All users of the Seasonal Pests (SeaPest) system.
All clients submitting the below declarations:
Power of Three: Chiefs Champion One Health
In June, Dr Beth Cookson (Australia’s Chief Veterinary Officer), Dr Gabrielle Vivian-Smith (Australia’s Chief Plant Protection Officer) and Dr Bertie Hennecke (Australia’s Chief Environmental Biosecurity Officer) participated in the inaugural One
National Management Group Communiqué: Potato mop top virus – 19 September 2025
On 19 September 2025 the National Management Group (NMG) agreed with advice from the Consultative Committee on Emergency Plant Pests that potato mop-top virus (PMTV) is not technically feasible to eradicate from Australia.
This decision reflects several challenges:
323-2025: List of treatment providers update: treatment providers suspended – Any Uluslararasi Gozetim Liman Hizmetleri A.S. (AEI: TR0020TP) and SLS ILACLAMA LIMAN HIZMETLERI SAN. TIC.A.S. (AEI: TR4017SB)
19 September 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.