2016-08-09 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                 9 AUGUST 2016



REPORTS FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE COMMITTEE

1                        BIO SECURITY SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM 2016-2020
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                              Pest and Contracts Officer, Ken English
                                    Community Services Department

Index                               ECM/Subject/Environmental Management/Pest Management

Attachments                         Nil


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable


RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by Pest and Contracts Officer to the Services & Organisation
Committee Meeting dated 9 August 2016 and approve the following Biosecurity Surveillance
Program for the Noosa Council region in accordance with section 235 of the Biosecurity Act
(2014):

A.                       Survey Area 1: 1 July to 30 September in each of the four years from 2016 to 2020 for the
                         localities of Cooroy, Cooroy Mountain, Tinbeerwah, Cooroibah and that part of Doonan that
                         is within the Noosa Council boundary;

B.                       Survey Area 2: 1 October to 31 December in each of the four years from 2016 to 2020 for
                         the localities of Black Mountain, Federal, and those parts of Ridgewood and Eerwah Vale
                         that are within the Noosa Council boundary;

C.                       Survey Area 3: 1 January to 31 March in each of the four years from 2016 to 2020 for the
                         localities of Kin Kin, Pinbarren, Cooran and that part of Como that is within the Noosa
                         Council boundary; and

D.                       Survey Area 4: 1 April to 30 June in each of the four years from 2016 to 2020 for the
                         localities of Pomona, Lake MacDonald, Ringtail Creek, Cootharaba and Boreen Point.



REPORT
Background
Each year Council considers and approves a Pest Survey Program in compliance with the
previous Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 2002. The Biosecurity Act
2014 has now replaced the Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 2002 for
legislating the management of pest species in Queensland.
Council’s legal obligations under the Biosecurity Act are to ensure that any biosecurity risks in
relation to invasive plants and animals on private land, that are either prohibited or restricted, are
managed accordingly. Due to the economic, environmental and social impacts of invasive plants
and animals, the Act provides considerable powers to authorised persons to ensure compliance
by entering property to undertake inspections. These inspections can be undertaken through a
Surveillance Program of a defined part of the region. Surveys must be approved by Council and
advertised.

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