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News items provide general information about BICON. Typically these will be system notices, information about communication activities or upcoming import condition changes.

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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, ...

System maintenance

Effective: 11 January 2017 to 11 January 2017

The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources will be performing maintenance of its internal IT systems from 10am to 12pm (AEDT) Wednesday 11th January. BICON will be available during this time. However, you may encounter error messages  ...

Planned system maintenance

Effective: 16 December 2016 to 17 December 2016

The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources will be performing routine system maintenance between 09:30 and 10:30 (AEDT) Saturday 17th December 2016. BICON will be available during this time, however users may experience brief interruptions to ...

BICON System Outage: Planned Maintenance

Effective: 14 December 2016 to 15 December 2016

The Biosecurity Import Conditions System will be unavailable from 20:00 to 21:00 (AEDT) Thursday 15th December 2016. Clients are advised to complete and submit any in-progress import permit applications prior to the commencement of this outage. ...

Planned system maintenance

Effective: 7 December 2016 to 10 December 2016

The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources will be performing maintenance of some of its IT applications between 8:00pm (AEDT) Friday 9th December and 1:00am (AEDT) Saturday 10th December. BICON will be available during this time.&nb ...

BICON System Outage: Planned Maintenance

Effective: 16 November 2016 to 19 November 2016

The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources will be performing maintenance ofthe BICON system from 3:00pm to 10:00pm (AEDT) Saturday 19 November 2016. BICON will be unavailable during this time. Clients are advised to complete a ...

Changes to import conditions from 16 June 2016

Effective: 24 October 2016 to 31 December 2016

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, ...

BICON System Outage: Planned Maintenance

Effective: 4 October 2016 to 8 October 2016

The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources will be performing maintenance ofits internal IT systems from 9:00am to 2:00pm (AEDT) Saturday 8 October 2016. BICON will be unavailable during this time.  The department rec ...

BICON System Outage: Planned Maintenance

Effective: 8 September 2016 to 10 September 2016

The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources will be performing maintenance ofits internal IT systems from 8:00pm (AEST) Friday 9 September to 1:00am (AEST) Saturday 10 September 2016. BICON will be available during this time.  Howeve ...