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Date of issue: 3 June 2024
Dates of effect: 4 June 2024, and 16 June 2024
Registered dairy exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders and approved export permit issuers.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.
Date of issue: 3 June 2024
Dates of effect: 4 June 2024, and 16 June 2024
Registered eggs exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders, approved export permit issuers and EDI users.
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) - Central and Regional offices.
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise exporters of planned outages for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (the department) Next Export Documentation (NEXDOC) system.
31 May 2024
All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment during this planned maintenance period.
All clients who will be required to make an online payment 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.
31 May 2024
Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders who will be required to book and manage requests for import inspections using the Biosecurity Portal during this scheduled maintenance window.
All users of the Seasonal Pests (SeaPest) system.
Due to scheduled system maintenance, the following departmental systems will experience an outage between 22:00 Tuesday 04 June and 02:00 Wednesday 05 June 2024 (AEST):
31 May 2024
All Biosecurity Portal users, including Approved arrangements operators, customs brokers, importers, manned depots, and freight forwarders.
31 May 2024
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.
31 May 2024
Biosecurity industry participants who have approved arrangements (under Chapter 7 of the Biosecurity Act 2015), particularly the managers and contact persons for these approved arrangements.
The department is introducing a new, more convenient way for the staff of biosecurity industry participants to access information about their approved arrangements - the Approved Arrangements Management Product (AAMP).
More than 50 Indigenous rangers from 20 different Indigenous Ranger groups joined forces in an event supported by Parks Australia and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry to help manage marine debris and ghost nets in remote north
