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Biosecurity

General Biosecurity Obligation
Surveillance Program
Biosecurity Plan 2021 - 2025
Catchment Working Groups

Biosecurity Act 2014 - General Biosecurity Obligation

On 1 July 2016, the Biosecurity Act 2014 replaced the Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 2002 for legislating the management of pest species in Queensland. Landholders do not need to know about all biosecurity risks but are expected to know about those associated with land management activities.

Residents' general biosecurity obligation means they need to ensure their activities do not spread a pest, disease or contaminant. Outlined below are the responsibilities that landholders are responsible for in relation to managing pest species within the Gladstone Region.

  • Take all reasonable and practical steps to prevent or minimise each biosecurity risk
  • Minimise the likelihood of the risk causing a biosecurity event and limit the consequences of such an event
  • Prevent or minimise the adverse effects the risk could have and refrain from doing anything that might exacerbate the adverse effects. 

Summer Surveillance Program

Gladstone Regional Council will be undertaking a Biosecurity Surveillance Program from 1 November 2020 until 30 April 2021. This aims to:

  1. confirm the presence, or find out the extent of the presence, of Bellyache Bush, Giant Rats Tail Grass, Groundsel Bush, Mother of Millions, Parkinsonia, Groundsel Bush, Parthenium and Rubber Vine; and
  2. monitor landholder compliance with requirements regarding prohibited matter or restricted matter.

The program will focus on all areas of our region.

It is imperative Council monitor these pests and measure the effectiveness of control methods implemented by landholders.

The program will operate until 30 April 2021 and involve Council conducting property inspections to carry out controlled actions on pests in accordance with the Biosecurity Act 2014 and Council’s Biosecurity Surveillance Program.

During a General Council Meeting on 6 October 2020, Gladstone Regional Council resolved to implement an invasive species summer surveillance program under the Biosecurity Act 2014 (Qld).

A copy of the Surveillance Program is available for inspection or purchase, free of charge, at any Council Office or Rural Transaction Centre until the end of the program.

If you have any questions regarding the surveillance program, please contact Council's Biosecurity and Environmental Health team on (07) 4970 0700.

Summer Surveillance Program

Biosecurity Plan 2021 - 2025

Following community consultation Gladstone Regional Council has developed a Biosecurity Plan to strengthen and protect the Gladstone Region’s environment and ecosystems from biosecurity risks. In accordance with the Biosecurity Act 2014, the new strategy replaces the old Biosecurity Plan which expired in December 2020.

The new Biosecurity plan sets out key objectives and priority actions for our unique region.  Key issues include invasive pest plants including giant rats tail grass, parthenium, feral Leucaena, absentee landholders and pest animals including wild dogs, feral pigs, rabbits, foxes, Indian myna birds.

The plan has been informed by community engagement and input, research, alignment with the Biosecurity Act 2014, and consideration of emerging priorities. It also forms the foundation of Council actions which includes control of land, community education & awareness and compliance & enforcement of the act within the region.

Thank you, to those who participated, for having your say on the Biosecurity Plan 2021-2025.

Council values your feedback and has used it to shape the new plan.

Key community feedback incorporated into the plan includes:

  • The Gladstone Region community highlighted African Tulip trees and Tilapia fish as ongoing concerns.  These have remained as containment species to ensure stakeholders are actively working on control and reduction.
  • Among the significant environmental areas, the community highlighted waterways, national parks and conservation areas. These areas will help Council to focus and continue compliance and education.
  • The community identified national parks, large and absentee landholders as priorities for compliance. This plan continues to support the education and awareness as a big focus and will retail the compliance and enforcement function too.

For more information go to conversations.gladstone.qld.gov.au/.

Biosecurity Plan 2021 - 2025

Catchment Working Groups

Gladstone Regional Council supports the establishment of Community Catchment Working Groups throughout the region to provide information and advice on pest management topics. 

If residents are interested in establishing a catchment working group, please contact Council, who can provide further information and assistance.

The following Catchment Working Groups are currently active within the region:

  • Boyne Valley Catchment Working Group - Coordinated by Capricornia Catchments
  • Miriam Vale Rural Science & Landcare Society - Not coordinated by Council.

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Summer biosecurity surveillance program

Summer Biosecurity Surveillance Program

The program will operate from 1 November 2020 until 30 April 2021.

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Gladstone Regional Council would like to acknowledge the Byellee, Gooreng Gooreng, Gurang and Taribelang Bunda people who are the traditional custodians of this land. Gladstone Regional Council would also like to pay respect to Elders both past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Learn more about Council's Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).

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