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Our vision is a more sustainable and prosperous Australia through biosecurity, agricultural production and trade.We maintain and create agricultural export opportunities, to provide gains for Australian agriculture, fishing and forestry. We manage biosecurity risks to Australia to protect our multi…
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2017-02 - All countries: White Spot disease declaration for prawns

Date of Issue: 20 February 2017Date of Effect: 22 February 2017Attention:Industry - SeafoodDepartment of Agriculture and Water Resources - Central and regional officesAffected…
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137-2021: COVID-19 Impact on Biosecurity Operations in NSW

24 June 2021 Who does this notice affect? All industry stakeholders involved in imports and exports. What has changed? Due to the evolving COVID-19 situation in NSW and the restrictions announced by the NSW Premier on Wednesday 23 June 2021, measures have been implemented to enable biosecurity…
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Peaking behind-the-scenes at the PEQ

Five fortunate biosecurity trainees of the Indigenous Ranger Biosecurity Program had the unique opportunity earlier this year, to step behind the scenes at the department’s Melbourne-based Post Entry Quarantine (PEQ) facility.  This immersive field trip…
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01-2026: Biosecurity Operations Division (BOD) - Cargo Operations- Expected behaviour when interacting with the department

02 January 2026Who does this notice affect?This notice is for all participants involved in importing goods into Australia and their onshore management.What has changed?An Industry Advice Notice (171-2024) was previously issued outlining expectations for appropriate conduct when engaging with the…
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132-2020 - COLS compatibility issues when using Google Chrome

24 August 2020 Who does this notice affect? All importers and customs brokers who are required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment using recent versions of Google Chrome. Information A recent update to Google Chrome is preventing some Cargo Online…
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42-2020 - COLS compatibility issues when using Google Chrome

20 March 2020 Who does this notice affect? All importers and customs brokers who are required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment using recent versions of Google Chrome. Information A recent update to Google Chrome is preventing some Cargo Online…
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22-2020 - The department is implementing a number of new commodities onto the Compliance Based Intervention Scheme (CBIS)

13 February 2020Who does this notice affect?Importers and brokers of:Dried onions from all countriesFresh and chilled Agaricus mushrooms from New ZealandFresh and chilled permitted species of mushrooms and trufflesFresh blueberries from New ZealandFresh immature corn from all countriesWhat has…
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167-2018 - Updated - COLS services impacted from 23:00 Saturday 8 December to 01:00 Sunday 9 December 2018 (AEDT)

​​29 November 2018Who does this notice affect? All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment during this…
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93-2018 - COLS services impacted from 23:00 Friday 17th August to 02:00 Saturday 18th August 2018 (AEST)

​Who does this notice affect? All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment during this planned outage.…
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