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BICON system outage - Planned maintenance

Effective: 10 July 2017 to 12 July 2017

Due to planned system maintenance, the Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system will be unavailable from 20:00 to 21:30 (AEST) Wednesday 12th July 2017. Clients are advised to complete and submit any in-progress import permit applications prior t ...

Contact Us

Effective: 4 July 2017 to 29 September 2017

Did you know that BICON has a Contact Us function? You can use this option if you would like to ask a question, offer a suggestion on how to improve the content or request a system enhancement. BICON will create a service request and give you an iden ...

Issue preventing upload of attachments resolved

Effective: 17 May 2017 to 17 May 2017

The issue preventingusers from uploading attachments to thier applications and correspondence has now been resolved. Thank you for your patience in resolving this problem.

Users are currently experiencing issues uploading attachments

Effective: 16 May 2017 to 17 May 2017

Some users are currently experiencing issues uploadingattachments to thier applications and correspondence. This issue is under investigation and a resolution is in progress. If you do experience issues attempting to upload a document for an urg ...

BICON System Outage: Planned Maintenance

Effective: 26 April 2017 to 29 April 2017

The Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) will be unavailable from 20:00 to 22:00 (AEST) on Saturday 29th April 2017. Clients are advised to complete and submit any in-progress import permit applications prior to the commencement of this outag ...

BICON System Outage: Planned Maintenance

Effective: 18 April 2017 to 18 April 2017

The Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) will be unavailable from 20:00 to 21:30 (AEST) on Tuesday 18th April 2017. Clients are advised to complete and submit any in-progress import permit applications prior to the commencement of this outage ...

Planned system maintenance

Effective: 5 April 2017 to 8 April 2017

The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources will be performing maintenance of some of its IT applications between 9:00pm (AEST) and 11:59pm(AEST) Friday 7th April.   BICON will be available during this time. However, you may ...

BICON System Outage: Planned Maintenance

Effective: 1 April 2017 to 2 April 2017

    The Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) will be unavailable from 16:00 to 20:00 (AEDT) Saturday 1st April 2017.   Clients are advised to complete and submit any in-progress import permit applications prior to the commence ...

BICON System Outage: Planned Maintenance

Effective: 27 March 2017 to 2 April 2017

The Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) will be unavailable from 16:00 to 20:00 (AEDT) Saturday 1st April 2017. Clients are advised to complete and submit any in-progress import permit applications prior to the commencement of this outage.Cl ...

Changes to import conditions from 16 June 2016

Effective: 14 February 2017 to 30 June 2017

With the commencement of the new Biosecurity Act 2015 on 16 June 2016, importers are advised of changes to import conditions and permits. These changes include: an increased number of selected goods that can enter Australia without an import permit, ...