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Weeds are one of the most serious threats to Australia's environment and primary production resource base. Nationally pest plants continue to invade the land with exotic species accounting for about 15 per cent of flora.
Almost 75 per cent of Australia is rangelands. Pastoral industries are the dominant agricultural users in the rangelands, through extensive grazing on native vegetation.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 2025
Complete the Application for the transfer or release of biosecurity material form to apply for a permit to:
The application to import biological material consists of the following sections:
This page provides guidance on how to import biological materials including foods, therapeutics, laboratory materials, and vaccines.
You can use the departnment's Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON)to determine if the product you want to import needs an import permit, treatment or any other biosecurity condition.
Check the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON). This database lists the Biosecurity conditions under which various commodities may be imported into Australia.
Importers must have an import permit issued by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry to bring veterinary vaccines into Australia. Import permit applications must be submitted to the department via the Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON), with all supporting documentation compiled in a dossier.
This page outlines the information that must be included with an application to import the following products:
There are significant biosecurity risks associated with the use of imported biological goods in non-laboratory animals, such as chickens, sheep and cattle.
Non-laboratory animals, as defined by the department, are all animal species other than guinea pigs, hamsters, mice, rabbits, rodents and micro-organisms.
There are two ways that laboratory materials or reagents can be approved by the department for in vivo use in non-laboratory animals:
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry registers facilities as approved offshore treatment providers for irradiation treatments.
