Subscribe Import Industry Advice Notices email notification system Import Industry Advice Notices RSS Feed Import industry advice notices 2022 Date No. Description 23 December 2022 280-2022 Services Restored: Friday 23 December 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 23 December 2022 279-2022 Unplanned Outage: Friday 23 December 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 22 December 2022 278-2022 Email method for booking import inspections will be closing for most clients on 1 February 2023 22 December 2022 277-2022 Commencement of 2023 Asian Gypsy Moth (AGM) vessel assessment and seasonal pest inspection measures 21 December 2022 276-2022 Industry consultation of Methyl Bromide Methodology Review postponed until next year 21 December 2022 275-2022 Changes to biosecurity cost recovery - Commencement of cost recovery to manage the risk of hitchhiker pests and diseases 20 December 2022 274-2022 Services Restored: Tuesday 20 December 2022 – COLS, MARS, PEBS 20 December 2022 273-2022 Unplanned Service Disruption: Tuesday 20 December 2022 – COLS, MARS, PEBS 19 December 2022 272-2022 Services Restored: Monday 19 December 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 19 December 2022 271-2022 Unplanned Outage: Monday 19 December 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 18 December 2022 270-2022 Services Restored: Sunday 18 December 2022 – MARS 16 December 2022 269-2022 Unplanned Outage: Friday 16 December 2022 – MARS 16 December 2022 268-2022 Release of the draft report for the pest risk analysis for bacterial pathogens in the genus Xylella 16 December 2022 267-2022 New biosecurity first point of entry determination for Cocos (Keeling) Islands Port 15 December 2022 266-2022 Services Restored: Wednesday 14 December 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 15 December 2022 265-2022 Changes to the Recognised Offshore Cleaning and Pre-inspection Provider Scheme (ROCIP) to include used motorcycles and associated parts for export to Australia 14 December 2022 264-2022 Offshore Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Treatment Providers Scheme: treatment provider suspension - Port Quarantine Services Srl (IT4025SB) 13 December 2022 263-2022 Unplanned Service Disruption: Tuesday 13 December 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 12 December 2022 262-2022 Scheduled Outage: Thursday 15 December to Friday 16 December 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 12 December 2022 261-2022 Service Disruption: Thursday 15 December to Friday 16 December 2022 - COLS, MARS and PEBS 12 December 2022 260-2022 Unplanned Service Disruption: Monday 12 December 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 12 December 2022 259-2022 Service Disruption: Sunday 18 December 2022 - BICON 9 December 2022 258-2022 The department has incorporated seven new commodities onto the Compliance-Based Intervention Scheme (CBIS) 9 December 2022 257-2022 Approval of new Recognised Offshore Cleaning and Pre-inspection Provider (ROCIP) facility in Japan for used vehicle and associated parts for export to Australia 6 December 2022 256-2022 256-2022: AEPCOMM expansion of tariffs for dairy and fish roe for human consumption 7 December 2022 255-2022 Tariff recalibrations to deliver acceptable level of protection (ALOP) notice 6 December 2022 254-2022 December 2022 / January 2023 Holiday Shut Down Operating Hours 6 December 2022 253-2022 *Urgent* Service Disruption: Tuesday 06 December to Wednesday 07 December 2022 – DAFF messaging 5 December 2022 252-2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 09 December to Saturday 10 December 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 2 December 2022 251-2022 *Update* Scheduled Outage: Thursday 08 December 2022 – COLS 1 December 2022 250-2022 Services Restored: Thursday 01 December 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 1 December 2022 249-2022 New biosecurity first point of entry determination for Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport 1 December 2022 248-2022 Unplanned Service Disruption: Thursday 01 December 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 30 November 2022 247-2022 Services Restored: Wednesday 30 November 2022 – BICON payments 30 November 2022 246-2022 Unplanned Service Disruption: Wednesday 30 November 2022 – BICON 30 November 2022 245-2022 Services Restored: Wednesday 30 November 2022 – DAFF messaging 30 November 2022 244-2022 Unplanned Service Disruption: Wednesday 30 November 2022 – DAFF messaging 29 November 2022 243-2022 Services Restored: Tuesday 29 November 2022 – DAFF messaging 29 November 2022 242-2022 Unplanned Service Disruption: Tuesday 29 November 2022 – DAFF messaging 28 November 2022 241-2022 Scheduled Outage: Sunday 04 December 2022 – COLS 28 November 2022 240-2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 02 December to Saturday 03 December 2022 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS and PEBS unavailable 28 November 2022 239-2022 Scheduled Outage: Thursday 01 December to Friday 02 December 2022 – MARS 28 November 2022 238-2022 Service Disruption: Wednesday 30 November 2022 – DAFF messaging 25 November 2022 237-2022 Service Disruption: Monday 28 November to Tuesday 29 November 2022 – COLS and PEBS 24 November 2022 236-2022 Services Restored: Wednesday 23 November 2022 – DAFF messaging 23 November 2022 235-2022 Unplanned Service Disruption: Wednesday 23 November 2022 – DAFF messaging 22 November 2022 234-2022 Commencement of 2022-23 Burnt Pine Longicorn (BPL) (Arhopalus ferus) flight season 22 November 2022 233-2022 Scheduled outage: Thursday 24 November 2022 - BICON 21 November 2022 232-2022 Service Disruption: Sunday 27 November 2022 - BICON 21 November 2022 231-2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 25 November to Saturday 26 November 2022 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS and PEBS unavailable 21 November 2022 230-2022 Changes to the class 19.2 AEPCOMM and commencement of the highly compliant importer scheme functionality in AIMS 18 November 2022 229-2022 Biosecurity Operations Import Industry Information Webinars 17 November 2022 228-2022 Offshore Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Treatment Providers Scheme: treatment provider suspension - Fumichem Pte Ltd.’s (AEI: SG4008SB) 16 November 2022 227-2022 Sustainable Funding and Investment for Biosecurity – Public Consultation 15 November 2022 226-2022 Changes to biosecurity cost recovery 15 November 2022 225-2022 Update - Scheduled Outage: Thursday 17 November to Friday 18 November 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 14 November 2022 224-2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 18 November to Saturday 19 November 2022 – COLS, MARS, OPS and PEBS unavailable, BMSB/Treatment Certificate Portal impacted 11 November 2022 223-2022 Urgent Scheduled Outage: Saturday 12 November 2022 – SAC processing 9 November 2022 222-2022 Scheduled Outage: Tuesday 15 November to Wednesday 16 November 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 7 November 2022 221-2022 Scheduled Outage: Saturday 12 November to Sunday 13 November 2022 – BICON 7 November 2022 220-2022 Scheduled Outage: Thursday 10 November to Friday 11 November 2022 – MARS 7 November 2022 219-2022 Scheduled Outage: Tuesday 08 November to Wednesday 09 November 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 7 November 2022 218-2022 Information regarding the lodgement of documents for the biosecurity clearance and management of Ship Stores and Ship Spares 3 November 2022 217-2022 Sustainable Funding and Investment for Biosecurity – Public Consultation 2 November 2022 216-2022 Management of vessels during the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) risk season: Temporary measures for Roll-on Roll-off (RoRo) vessels from China 1 November 2022 215-2022 Biosecurity Portal is enhanced with new features 31 October 2022 214-2022 Scheduled Outage: Saturday 05 November to Sunday 06 November 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 31 October 2022 213-2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 04 November to Saturday 05 November 2022 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS and PEBS unavailable 31 October 2022 212-2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 04 November to Monday 07 November 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 28 October 2022 211-2022 Changes to Seals Intact inspection requirements for imported containerised mined and chemical (natural or synthetic) fertiliser 27 October 2022 210-2022 Biosecurity Automated Threat Detection System (BATDS) Trial at DP World Australia's Brisbane Terminal 26 October 2022 209-2022 Cancelled - Scheduled Outage: Thursday 27 October to Friday 28 October 2022 – MARS 21 October 2022 208-2022 Offshore Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Treatment Providers Scheme: treatment provider suspension - Major’s Pest Management Services Pte Ltd (AEI: SG4004SB) 24 October 2022 207-2022 Scheduled Outage: Thursday 27 October to Friday 28 October 2022 – MARS 24 October 2022 206-2022 Service Disruption: Friday 28 October to Saturday 29 October 2022 - COLS, MARS and PEBS 24 October 2022 205-2022 Scheduled Outage: Saturday 29 October to Sunday 30 October 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 24 October 2022 204-2022 Scheduled Outage: Wednesday 26 October 2022 – COLS, MARS 21 October 2022 203-2022 Changes to Ehrlichia canis testing requirements for live dog imports 20 October 2022 202-2022 Review of rabies virus risk in imported dogs, cats and canine semen from approved countries – draft report, released for comment 18 October 2022 201-2022 Understanding the Biosecurity Status Document (BSD) 17 October 2022 200-2022 Service Disruption: Sunday 23 October 2022 - BICON 17 October 2022 199-2022 Destruction of unregulated animal-based pet food (including rawhide dog chews) in the mail pathway 14 October 2022 198-2022 Removal of permit requirement for fresh mango from Thailand 14 October 2022 197-2022 Service Disruption: Saturday 15 October to Sunday 16 October 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 14 October 2022 196-2022 Removal of permit requirement for fresh longan from Viet Nam 13 October 2022 195-2022 Cancelled - Scheduled Outage: Saturday 15 October to Sunday 16 October 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 12 October 2022 194-2022 Upcoming Hitchhiker Pest Container Survey 11 October 2022 193-2022 Cancelled - Service Disruption: Monday 17 October 2022 – DAFF messaging 11 October 2022 192-2022 Service Disruption: Monday 17 October 2022 – DAFF messaging 11 October 2022 191-2022 Scheduled Outage: Saturday 15 October to Sunday 16 October 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 10 October 2022 190-2022 Scheduled Outage: Thursday 13 October to Friday 14 October 2022 – COLS, OPS, PEBS 7 October 2022 189-2022 Services Restored: Thursday 06 October 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 7 October 2022 188-2022 Changes to on-arrival packaging verification inspection for nursery stock and seed requiring growth in PEQ when moved interstate 5 October 2022 187-2022 Scheduled Outage: Saturday 08 October to Sunday 09 October 2022 – MARS 5 October 2022 186-2022 Unplanned Service Disruption: Wednesday 05 October 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 5 October 2022 185-2022 Completion of import policy review for mushrooms and truffles 4 October 2022 184-2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 07 October to Saturday 08 October 2022 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS and PEBS unavailable 4 October 2022 183-2022 Service Disruption: Monday 10 October 2022 – DAFF messaging 28 September 2022 182-2022 Establishment of the Cargo Service Delivery Rapid Response Team 26 September 2022 181-2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 30 September to Saturday 01 October 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 26 September 2022 180-2022 Changes to the conditions of trade resulting from an outbreak of sheep and goat pox in Spain 23 September 2022 179-2022 Biosecurity Response Zones (BRZ) implemented at all First Point of Entry ports (including External Territories) in response to current outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Indonesia 23 September 2022 178-2022 Services Restored: Friday 23 September 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 23 September 2022 177-2022 Unplanned Service Disruption: Friday 23 September 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 21 September 2022 176-2022 Urgent Scheduled Outage: Wednesday 21 September to Thursday 22 September 2022 – PEBS 19 September 2022 175‑2022 Service Disruption: Sunday 25 September 2022 - BICON 19 September 2022 174‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 23 September to Saturday 24 September 2022 – MARS 12 September 2022 173-2022 Scheduled Outage: Saturday 17 September to Sunday 18 September 2022 – PEBS 12 September 2022 172-2022 Changes to taking samples during inspections of containerised bulk loose inorganic fertiliser 7 September 2022 171‑2022 Updates to the Goods Determination to take effect 7 September 2022 6 September 2022 170‑2022 Services Restored: Friday 02 September 2022 – COLS Add Documents function 6 September 2022 169‑2022 Services Restored: Monday 05 September 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 5 September 2022 168‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Saturday 10 September to Sunday 11 September 2022 – BICON 5 September 2022 167‑2022 Service Disruption: Wednesday 07 September 2022 – DAFF messaging 5 September 2022 166-2022 Unplanned Service Disruption: Monday 05 September 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 1 September 2022 165‑2022 Biosecurity Status Document (BSD) Conditions for Vessel Pratique 31 August 2022 164‑2022 Maritime Arrivals Reporting System (MARS) name change 31 August 2022 163‑2022 Commencement of the 2022-23 Brown Marmorated stink bug (BMSB) Risk Season – 1 September 31 August 2022 162‑2022 Biosecurity measure (FMD) for commercial and military vessels arriving from Indonesia 29 August 2022 161-2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 02 September to Saturday 03 September 2022 – MARS 29 August 2022 160-2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 02 September to Saturday 03 September 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 29 August 2022 159-2022 Scheduled Outage: Thursday 01 September to Friday 02 September 2022 – COLS 25 August 2022 158‑2022 Unplanned Service Disruption: Thursday 25 August 2022 – COLS Add Documents function 25 August 2022 157‑2022 Biosecurity priorities and impact for cargo clearance delays 25 August 2022 156-2022 Cat and Dog imports to Australia – Christmas shutdown arrangements 25 August 2022 155-2022 Services Restored: Thursday 25 August 2022 – COLS, MARS, PEBS 25 August 2022 154-2022 Unplanned Outage: Thursday 25 August 2022 – COLS, PEBS, MARS 22 August 2022 153-2022 Service Disruption: Sunday 28 August 2022 - BICON 22 August 2022 152-2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 26 August to Saturday 27 August 2022 – COLS, MARS 22 August 2022 151-2022 Service Disruption: Wednesday 24 August 2022 – BICON 22 August 2022 150-2022 Services Restored: Monday 22 August 2022 – PEBS 22 August 2022 149‑2022 Unplanned Service Disruption: Monday 22 August 2022 – PEBS 19 August 2022 148‑2022 Services Restored: Friday 19 August 2022 – Biosecurity Portal, SWMS 19 August 2022 147‑2022 Addition of breaded, battered, or crumbed prawns and highly processed uncooked prawns to the Compliance-Based Intervention Scheme (CBIS) 18 August 2022 146‑2022 Unplanned Service Disruption: Thursday 18 August 2022 – Biosecurity Portal, SWMS 15 August 2022 145‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 19 August to Saturday 20 August 2022 – COLS, MARS, OPS and PEBS unavailable, BMSB/Treatment Certificate Portal impacted 15 August 2022 144‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Thursday 18 August to Friday 19 August 2022 – MARS 12 August 2022 143‑2022 Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Information Sessions 8 August 2022 142‑2022 MARS / vessel reporting for embarking and disembarking persons outside 12nm 8 August 2022 141‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Thursday 11 August 2022 – COLS, MARS and PEBS 8 August 2022 140‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Tuesday 09 August to Wednesday 10 August 2022 – COLS, OPS and PEBS 8 August 2022 139‑2022 RUAA and REAA concern codes are now available under the class 19.1 approved arrangement 8 August 2022 138‑2022 Industry performed rural tailgate inspection 2 August 2022 137‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 05 August to Saturday 06 August 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 2 August 2022 136‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 05 August to Saturday 06 August 2022 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS and PEBS unavailable. 2 August 2022 135‑2022 Maritime Arrivals Reporting System (MARS) Pre-Arrival Report (PAR) version 111 update 1 August 2022 134‑2022 New Community Protection (CP) question for bulk risk level 3 fertiliser 29 July 2022 133‑2022 Urgent Service Disruption: Sunday 31 July to Monday 01 August 2022 - BICON 29 July 2022 132‑2022 Urgent Scheduled Outage: Friday 29 July to Saturday 30 July 2022 – MARS 29 July 2022 131‑2022 Impact of biosecurity measures to combat the threat of foot and mouth disease 29 July 2022 130‑2022 Register to attend the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) season Industry information sessions 26 July 2022 129‑2022 Change in validity period for import permits for fresh whole garlic bulbs for human consumption 25 July 2022 128‑2022 Offshore Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) treatment provider registration for 2022-23 25 July 2022 127‑2022 Maritime Arrivals Reporting System (MARS) Pre-Arrival Reporting Changes for Human Health and Pratique 22 July 2022 126‑2022 Introduction of an online payment facility 19 July 2022 125‑2022 Future changes to import conditions for cork and cork products 18 July 2022 124‑2022 Service Disruption: Sunday 24 July 2022 - BICON 14 July 2022 122‑2022 Services Restored: Thursday 14 July 2022 - COLS 14 July 2022 121‑2022 Launch of Biosecurity Portal in Victoria – you can now book your import inspection requests online 13 July 2022 120‑2022 Urgent Scheduled Outage: Wednesday 13 July 2022 – COLS 12 July 2022 119‑2022 Urgent Scheduled Outage: Tuesday 12 July to Wednesday 13 July 2022 – COLS, OPS 11 July 2022 118‑2022 Removal Of Melbourne Regional Office In-House Inspections; V0082 8 July 2022 117‑2022 Revised Biosecurity Directions in the Maritime Arrivals Reporting System (MARS) for Livestock Vessels 7 July 2022 116‑2022 Urgent Scheduled Outage: Saturday 09 July to Sunday 10 July 2022 – BICON 30 June 2022 115‑2022 Khapra beetle measures: Commencement of a pest risk analysis for khapra beetle 30 June 2022 114‑2022 Unplanned Service Disruption: Thursday 30 June 2022 – Telephony services 28 June 2022 113‑2022 Urgent Service Disruption: Tuesday 28 June 2022 – COLS, OPS, PEBS, MARS 28 June 2022 112‑2022 Unplanned Service Disruption: Tuesday 28 June 2022 - Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS) 28 June 2022 111‑2022 Importance of accurate recording of microchip numbers in cats and dogs intended for import to Australia 28 June 2022 110‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Thursday 30 June to Friday 01 July 2022 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS and PEBS unavailable 27 June 2022 109‑2022 Release of new Aircraft Disinsection Information (ADI) application and new sign-up process via Import Relationship and Access Manager (iRAM) 23 June 2022 108‑2022 Biosecurity Portal for booking import inspections is enhanced with new features 22 June 2022 107‑2022 Services Restored: Tuesday 21 June 2022 – DAWE invoices/receipts 21 June 2022 106‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Saturday 25 June to Sunday 26 June 2022 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS and PEBS unavailable 20 June 2022 105‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Saturday 25 June to Sunday 26 June 2022 – Biosecurity Portal 20 June 2022 104‑2022 Service Disruption: Sunday 26 June 2022 - BICON 17 June 2022 103‑2022 Webinar registration is now open for Continued Biosecurity Competency (CBC) activities 22-23/01 and 22-23/02 16 June 2022 102‑2022 Unplanned Service Disruption: as of Sunday 12 June 2022 – DAWE invoices/receipts 15 June 2022 101‑2022 Service Disruption: Sunday 19 June 2022 – BICON 15 June 2022 100‑2022 Review of import policy for mushrooms and truffles 14 June 2022 99-2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 17 June 2022 – COLS 14 June 2022 98-2022 New Maritime Arrivals Reporting System (MARS) Pre-Arrival Report (PAR) including biofouling 10 June 2022 97-2022 Biosecurity Fumigation Treatment Industry Round Table 9 June 2022 96-2022 Upcoming Biosecurity Automated Threat Detection System (BATDS) Trial at DP World Australia's Brisbane Terminal 9 June 2022 95-2022 Imported food requirements under the Imported Food Control Act 1992 7 June 2022 94-2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 10 June to Saturday 11 June 2022 – COLS, MARS and PEBS 7 June 2022 93-2022 Scheduled Outage: Thursday 09 June 2022 – COLS 31 May 2022 92-2022 Scheduled Outage: Saturday 04 June to Sunday 05 June 2022 – COLS, MARS 31 May 2022 91-2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 03 June to Saturday 04 June 2022 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS and PEBS unavailable 31 May 2022 90-2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 03 June to Saturday 04 June 2022 – COLS, MARS, OPS and PEBS unavailable, BMSB/Treatment Certificate Portal impacted 31 May 2022 89-2022 Services Restored: Friday 27 May 2022 – SWMS and the Biosecurity Portal 27 May 2022 88-2022 Unplanned Service Disruption: Friday 27 May 2022 – SWMS, Biosecurity Portal 26 May 2022 87-2022 Urgent Scheduled Outage: Friday 27 May to Saturday 28 May 2022 – MARS 25 May 2022 86-2022 Key dates and information for the 2022-23 Continued Biosecurity Competency period 25 May 2022 85-2022 Approval of new Recognised Offshore Cleaning and Pre-inspection Provider (ROCIP) facility in Japan for used vehicle and associated parts for export to Australia 24 May 2022 84-2022 Service Disruption: Sunday 29 May 2022 - BICON 23 May 2022 83-2022 Revocation of inorganic fertiliser reduced risk classification - Yantai Shengyuan Hengfeng Agricultural Technology Development Co Ltd 19 May 2022 82-2022 Release of new Aircraft Disinsection Information (ADI) application and new sign-up process via Import Relationship and Access Manager (iRAM) 18 May 2022 81-2022 Emergency measures to manage Xylella fastidiosa within Carya species imported as seed for sowing 17 May 2022 80-2022 Australian biofouling management requirements 16 May 2022 79-2022 Notification of planned emergency measures to manage Xylella fastidiosa within select nut species imported as seed for sowing 16 May 2022 78-2022 Scheduled Outage: Saturday 21 May to Sunday 22 May 2022 – COLS, MARS 16 May 2022 77-2022 Services Restored: Sunday 15 May 2022 – Numbered points in BICON import 16 May 2022 76-2022 AEPCOMM expansion of Fertiliser 12 May 2022 75-2022 Variation of Import Permits for Mushrooms for propagation 11 May 2022 74‑2022 Measures to prevent the introduction of foot and mouth disease into Australia 9 May 2022 73‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Saturday 14 May to Sunday 15 May 2022 - BICON 9 May 2022 72‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Thursday 12 May to Friday 13 May 2022 – COLS, MARS, OPS and PEBS unavailable, BMSB/Treatment Certificate Portal impacted 5 May 2022 71‑2022 Conclusion of the 2021-22 Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) Risk Season 9 May 2022 69‑2022 Importer–Supplier trial of fresh persimmons from New Zealand on the Compliance Based Intervention Scheme (CBIS) 9 May 2022 68‑2022 Launch of Biosecurity Portal in Western Australia – you can now book your import inspections online 3 May 2022 67‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 06 May to Saturday 07 May 2022 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS and PEBS unavailable 3 May 2022 66‑2022 Novel Automation Implemented for Document Assessment 29 April 2022 65‑2022 Conclusion of the Burnt Pine Longicorn (BPL) flight season and BPL vessel inspections 28 April 2022 64‑2022 Service Disruption: 10 April 2022 – Numbered points in BICON import permits 26 April 2022 63‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Saturday 30 April to Sunday 01 May 2022 - BICON 22 April 2022 62‑2022 Updates to the Goods Determination to take effect 26 April 2022 21 April 2022 61‑2022 Khapra beetle measures: Other-risk plant products and seeds for sowing (Phases 4 and 5) 19 April 2022 60‑2022 Launch of Biosecurity Portal in NSW and ACT – you can now book your import inspections online 19 April 2022 59‑2022 Service Disruption: Sunday 24 April 2022 - BICON 14 April 2022 58‑2022 Impacts to Service Standards in Victoria and New South Wales 13 April 2022 57‑2022 Resumption of cruise vessels, amendments to the negative pratique instrument and cruise vessel reporting requirements 11 April 2022 56‑2022 New biosecurity first point of entry determinations for Christmas Island and Norfolk Island ports 10 April 2022 55‑2022 Services Restored: Sunday 10 April 2022 - COLS, MARS 10 April 2022 54‑2022 *Update* Scheduled Outage: Saturday 09 April to Sunday 10 April 2022 – COLS, MARS 4 April 2022 53‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Saturday 09 April to Sunday 10 April 2022 – BICON 4 April 2022 52‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Saturday 09 April to Sunday 10 April 2022 – COLS, MARS 4 April 2022 51‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 08 April to Saturday 09 April 2022 – MARS 31 March 2022 50‑2022 Upcoming Import Management System for Sea Cargo Self Assessed Clearance (SAC) Reporters 30 March 2022 49‑2022 Revised Approved Arrangements General Policies 30 March 2022 48‑2022 Relocation of Department Melbourne Offices 25 March 2022 47‑2022 Biosecurity Arrangement Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS) 24 March 2022 46‑2022 Services Restored: Wednesday 23 March 2022 – BICON 23 March 2022 45‑2022 Unplanned Service Disruption: Wednesday 23 March 2022 – BICON 23 March 2022 44‑2022 Services Restored: Tuesday 22 March 2022 – Telephony services 21 March 2022 43‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 25 March to Saturday 26 March 2022 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS and PEBS unavailable 21 March 2022 42‑2022 Service Disruption: Sunday 27 March 2022 - BICON 21 March 2022 41‑2022 First Points of Entry Cruise Standard - additional human health requirements 16 March 2022 40‑2022 Update to list of approved countries for bovine fluids and tissues and list of countries free of lumpy skin disease (LSD) 16 March 2022 39‑2022 Services Restored: Wednesday 16 March 2022– Department Network 16 March 2022 38‑2022 Minimum documentary and import declaration requirements policy - Conflicting information on import documents 16 March 2022 37‑2022 Unplanned Outage: Wednesday 16 March 2022 – Department Network 15 March 2022 36‑2022 Launch of Biosecurity Portal in QLD, NT and SA – you can now book your import inspections online 15 March 2022 35‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Tuesday 22 March 2022 – MARS 8 March 2022 34‑2022 Service Disruption: Tuesday 08 March 2022 – Telephony services 7 March 2022 33‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 11 March to Saturday 12 March 2022 – COLS, MARS, OPS and PEBS unavailable, BMSB/Treatment Certificate Portal impacted 4 March 2022 32‑2022 Update to list of approved countries for bovine fluids and tissues and list of countries free of lumpy skin disease (LSD) 2 March 2022 31‑2022 Postcode classification framework review 28 February 2022 30‑2022 Service disruption – Queensland flooding event 25 February 2022 29‑2022 Measures to prevent the introduction of lumpy skin disease into Australia 24 February 2022 28‑2022 Decommissioning AQIS Commodity Codes (ACC) on seventeen plant pathways to improve the Compliance-Based Intervention Scheme (CBIS) lodgement experience 23 February 2022 27‑2022 Upcoming Import Management System for Non-Bond Self Assessed Clearance (SAC) Reporters 22 February 2022 26‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 25 February to Saturday 26 February 2022 – MARS 22 February 2022 25‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 25 February to Saturday 26 February 2022 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS and PEBS unavailable 22 February 2022 24‑2022 Service Disruption: Sunday 27 February 2022 - BICON 21 February 2022 23‑2022 National biosecurity strategy - consultation draft released 15 February 2022 22‑2022 Service Disruption: Friday 18 February to Saturday 19 February 2022 -SeaPest Messaging 15 February 2022 21‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 18 February to Saturday 19 February 2022 – COLS, MARS, OPS and PEBS unavailable, BMSB/Treatment Certificate Portal impacted 14 February 2022 20‑2022 Addition of China to the BMSB Emerging Risk Country List 11 February 2022 19‑2022 Services Restored: Friday 11 February 2022 – Telephony services 11 February 2022 18‑2022 Service Disruption: Friday 11 February 2022 – Telephony services 10 February 2022 17‑2022 Urgent Service Disruption: Thursday 10 February 2022 – COLS, OPS, PEBS 9 February 2022 16‑2022 Revised rates for several plant products on the Compliance-Based Intervention Scheme (CBIS) 8 February 2022 15‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 11 February to Saturday 12 February 2022 – COLS, MARS, OPS, PEBS 3 February 2022 14‑2022 Unplanned Phone Outage: Friday 4 February 2022 3 February 2022 13‑2022 Khapra beetle measures: Other-risk plant products and seeds for sowing (Phases 4 and 5) 31 January 2022 12‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Thursday 03 February to Friday 04 February 2022 – COLS, OPS, PEBS 31 January 2022 11‑2022 Upcoming Import Management System for Non-Bond Self Assessed Clearance (SAC) Reporters 24 January 2022 10‑2022 Changes to the process for notifying DAWE of COVID-19 cases at Third Party Premises 24 January 2022 09‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 28 January to Saturday 29 January 2022 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS and PEBS unavailable 24 January 2022 08‑2022 Scheduled Outage: Friday 28 January to Saturday 29 January 2022 – MARS 24 January 2022 07‑2022 Working together to improve compliance 19 January 2022 06‑2022 Impacts to Service Standards in Queensland, South Australia, Northern Territory, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales for bookings and inspections during COVID-19 pandemic 17 January 2022 05‑2022 Service Disruption: Sunday 23 January 2022 - BICON 6 January 2022 04‑2022 Customs tariff classification changes affecting Class 19.2 approved arrangement (AEPCOMM) 5 January 2022 03‑2022 Offshore Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Treatment Providers Scheme: treatment provider suspension - Roca Defisan S.L (Sevilla) (AEI: ES4012SB) 5 January 2022 02‑2022 Urgent Scheduled Outage: Friday 07 January to Saturday 08 January 2022 – BICON impacted, COLS, OPS and PEBS unavailable 5 January 2022 01‑2022 Conveyance Arrivals Modernisation (CAM) Program engagement with the non-scheduled airline industry
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