News and updates

Help for users who need to submit a PIR for this type of reported introduction.

We updated our list of recently completed evaluations and evaluations that are work-in-progress.

Have your say - we have published 17 draft evaluations on 1,768 industrial chemicals.

The Executive Director has notified Australia’s designated national authority for Rotterdam Convention, the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) of the removal of two chemicals from the Inventory.

New and improved step 6 categorisation decision tool.

Notice about Benzene, hexachloro- (HCB), CAS no. 118-74-1 and Benzene, 1,2,3,4,5-pentachloro- (PeCB), CAS no. 608-93-5.

Our updated guidance explains the reasons you can use if you need to ask for an information waiver in an assessment certificate application.

We've added 9 new questions to help you work out if your introduction meets the reported category - 10 kg or less.

We have completed and published 17 evaluations about the human health and environmental risks associated with the use of certain chemicals on the Inventory.

We've updated our Rolling Action Plan of recently completed evaluations and evaluations that are work in progress.

From January 2023, the ‘Submit information to meet your specific information requirement’ webforms will only be available in the AICIS Business Services portal.

Guidance on data you need to provide about chemicals at the nanoscale

Guidance on how to use a Canadian report to apply for a comparable hazard assessment

Our risk-management recommendations register is now available. 

From today, you need a simple set of records for low volume introductions of chemicals in the ‘listed’ category. 

There is a new type of pre-introduction report for introductions of 10 kg or less of a chemical in a year.

Read more about reduced reporting and record-keeping obligations for these types of introductions.

See this overview of what's changed and links to more information.

We've updated the 'Guide to categorising your chemical importation and manufacture' to reflect amendments to the Industrial Chemicals (General) Rules 2019.