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Biosecurity Legislation Information Sessions
Effective: 11 March 2016 to 6 April 2016
Biosecurity Legislation Information Sessions Did you know that the Quarantine Act 1908 is being replaced by the Biosecurity Act 2015 from 16 June 2016? Here’s your opportunity to find out what it’s all about and what will cha ...
BICON System Maintenance 20 February 2016
Effective: 18 February 2016 to 20 February 2016
The BICON system will be undergoing routine maintenance between 9:00AM and 5:00PM (AEST) on Saturday 20th February 2016. Users may experience intermittent issues when connecting to the BICON website. It is recommended that you do not attempt to submi ...
Planned system maintenance
Effective: 11 February 2016 to 13 February 2016
The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources will be performing maintenance of its internal IT systems from8:00pm (AEDT) Friday 12 February to 2:00am (AEDT) Saturday 13 February. BICON will be available during this time. However, ...
Planned system maintenance
Effective: 29 January 2016 to 30 January 2016
The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources will be performing maintenance of its internal IT systems from 8pm (AEDT) Friday29 January to 4.30am (AEDT) Saturday 30 January. BICON will be available during this time. However, ...
BICON Issue: Invoices and Permits
Effective: 3 December 2015 to 3 December 2015
The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources wishes to advise that the users of the BICON systemmay experience issues when attempting to retrieve invoices, permits or other attachments. Users may also notice a delay in the submission of new perm ...
Revised biosecurity charges
Effective: 1 December 2015 to 5 December 2015
The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources wishes to advise that revised biosecurity charges are now in effect. Further details including cost recovery implementation statements, charging guidelines and fact sheets are available on the departm ...
BICON cases unavailable
Effective: 30 November 2015 to 30 November 2015
There have been a number of reports of BICON cases which are not available when selected from the search results screen. This issue is being investigated urgently and resolution will be provided as soon as possible. In the meantime you may experience ...
Full launch of BICON
Effective: 18 November 2015 to 25 November 2015
On 23 November 2015, the department will commence the third and final stage of BICON's launch, by removing public access to the eLodgement system. From this date you will need to apply for your import permits online via your registered user account i ...
BICON System Maintenance
Effective: 13 November 2015 to 14 November 2015
The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources will be performing maintenance of its internal IT systems from 7.30pm Friday 13 November to 6pm Saturday 14 November (AEDT). BICON will be available for use between 7.30pm Friday 13 November and 9am S ...
BICON Rollout
Effective: 4 November 2015 to 18 November 2015
On 9 November 2015, the department will commence Stage Two of BICON's launch, by removing public access to the ICON database and manual permit application forms. From this date BICON will become the single point of reference for import conditions, an ...