2015-04-28 Attachment 2 to item 5 Planning and Organisation Committee Agenda - Pest Management Plan 2015-2019

  • Gorse** (Ulex europaeus)                          Management) Act 2002 establishes a legislative
  • Hymenachne** (Hymenachne amplexicaulis)           basis for the management of weeds, pest animals
                                                      and stock routes throughout Queensland. It
  • Lantana** (Lantana camara)
                                                      establishes a set of principles to guide pest
  • Madeira Vine (Anredera cordifolia**)              management, provides a framework for pest
  • Mesquite (Prosopis spp.)                          management planning and prescribes certain
  • Mimosa (Mimosa pigra)                             species as being declared pests.
  • Opuntioid cacti (Opuntia aurantiaca**, Opuntia
                                                      The Act charges councils with the development
    stricta**, Opuntia tomentose**, Cylindropuntia
                                                      of a pest management plan for their local
    fulgida var. mamillata, Cylindropuntia
                                                      government area, the purpose of which is to bring
    imbricate, Cylindropuntia rosea)
                                                      together all sectors of the community to provide
  • Parkinsonia (Parkinsonia aculeata)                for the integrated management of pest plants and
  • Parthenium Weed** (Parthenium                     animals.
    hysterophorus)
                                                      The management of pest plants and animals is
  • Pond Apple** (Annona glabra)
                                                      also provided for in various legislation including
  • Prickly Acacia (Acacia nilotica)                  the Fisheries Act 1994 (noxious and exotic
  • Rubber Vine** (Cryptostegia grandiflora)          fishes), Plant Protection Act 1989 (plant pests
  • Sagittaria** (Sagittaria platyphylla**)           and diseases) and Nature Conservation Act 1992
  • Salvinia** (Salvinia molesta)                     (prohibited wildlife).
  • Serrated Tussock (Nassella trichotoma)            The Queensland Weeds Strategy 2002-2006 and
  • Silverleaf Nightshade (Solanum                    the Queensland Pest Animal Strategy 2002-2006
    elaeagnifolium)                                   establish a state-wide planning framework to
  • Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes**)           provide clear direction to government, community,
  • Willows ** (Salix spp. except S.babylonica,       industry and individuals for the management of
    S.x calodendron & S.x reichardtij)                weeds and pest and problem animals across the
                                                      state.
** species known to occur in the region
                                                      A number of pest management guidelines for
State policy and legislation                          declared pests and pest animal species strategies
                                                      have been developed to establish a collaborative
The Queensland Biosecurity Strategy 2009-             approach to the management of these pests.
2014 sets the vision that Queensland will be
protected from the risks and impacts of pests         The Biosecurity Act 2014 was enacted by
and diseases through the collaborative efforts of     Queensland Parliament in March 2014. It
all Queenslanders. It identifies a suite of actions   is planned to commence in 2016 when the
that focus on improving biosecurity systems and       regulations are finalised. Under the new act,
building biosecurity capability and capacity.         local governments are required to have a
                                                      biosecurity plan for invasive biosecurity matter.
The Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route             The biosecurity plan will be developed after
                                                      the expiration of the Noosa Council Pest
                                                      Management Plan in 2019.




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