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Date of issue: 14 June 2024
Date of effect: Immediate
Related MAAs: 2024-08, 2024-10, 2024-12, 2024-13
13 June 2024
Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders attempting to reset their password through the Biosecurity Portal using the ‘Sign in with your email address to access’ (‘Other User’) login method.
Start time:
As of: 10:57am Wednesday 12 June 2024 (AEST).
Detail:
All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned maintenance period.
Due to scheduled maintenance the Maritime and Aircraft Reporting System (MARS) will be unavailable during the following period:
Clients are advised to await the completion of the maintenance period before attempting to access the service.
13 June 2024
Pre-border biosecurity treatment providers and clients in the import and shipping industries—including freight forwarders, importers, and customs brokers associated with importing goods that require Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) treatment during the BMSB risk season (goods manufactured in or shipped from target risk countries, that have been shipped between 1 September and 30 April (inclusive) as sea cargo).
Date of issue: 13 June 2024
Date of effect: 1 July 2024
Date of issue: 13 June 2024
Date of effect: 1 July 2024
13 June 2024
All clients of the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) website.
As of 12:30pm Thursday 13 June 2024 (AEST).
An unplanned service disruption to the department’s BICON website occurred between 11:30am and 12:30pm on Thursday 13 June 2024 (AEST).
As a result, BICON users may have experienced intermittent slowness when attempting to access the BICON website services.
Date of issue: 13 June 2024
Date of effect: 1 July 2024
13 June 2024
This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Final report for a review of pest risk assessments for spider mites (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tetranychidae).
The department undertakes risk analyses to consider market access requests for fresh fruit commodities for human consumption from trading partners. Many of these risk analyses include pest risk assessments for spider mites of the family Tetranychidae.
13 June 2024
All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information during this planned maintenance period.
All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System during this planned maintenance period.
Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, the following systems will be unavailable from 23:00 to 23:59 Sunday 16 June 2024 (AEST):
