Changes

Following a review of listed species in BICON the following species have been removed from the BICON case ‘Plant species requiring further assessment’. The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has assessed that they pose a low weed risk or are already present in Australia and not under official control.

The following species may be permitted entry into Australian territory subject to the conditions under their applicable BICON cases.

• Agastache pallida
• Edmondia pinifolia
• Euphorbia primulifolia
• Geranium canopurpureum
• Geranium orientalitibeticum
• Geranium pylzowianum
• Xeranthemum squamosum

*Geranium orientali-tibeticum has been removed as it was not an accepted scientific name.

No other changes have been made to import conditions for plant species requiring further assessment.

The Weed Risk Assessment system is a science-based quarantine risk analysis tool for determining the weed potential of a plant. All plants proposed for importation into Australia and not currently permitted on BICON are assessed for their potential to become weeds in Australia. Further information on the Weed Risk Assessment system is available on the department’s website.

(https://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity/risk-analysis/weeds)

Who does this notice affect:

Importers of nursery stock and seed for sowing, customs brokers and departmental staff.

Further information:

Contact Plant Import Operations at imports@agriculture.gov.au or phone 1800 900 090.