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

For the purpose of the Plan, ‘pests’ include plants       to prevent, respond to, and recover from pests
and animals that are exotic species or native             and diseases that threaten the economy and
species found outside their natural range where           environment. Noosa Council supports Biosecurity
these species cause (or have the potential to             Queensland in managing these types of pests
cause) environmental, agricultural and/ or social         and pathogens across the region. For example
impacts. Targeted pest species include declared           in 2011 Biosecurity Queensland and Council
pests under the Land Protection Act and certain           responded to dealing with myrtle rust (Uredo
non-declared species that have been determined,           rangelii), a serious fungal diseases that infects
through consultation, to be locally significant           certain native plants such as bottle brush, tea
pests. Noosa’s highest priority pests are listed in       trees and callistemons.
Section 12.

The Plan does not consider endemic native
species protected under the Nature Conservation
Act 1992 that can be a problem species to some
people. Examples include flying foxes, magpies,
plovers, brush turkeys, ibis and snakes.
The Plan does not consider domestic or public
health pests such as vermin, mosquitoes,
biting midges, and cockroaches. Nor does the
Plan consider pathogens of humans, domestic
animals, livestock or plants. Although these pests
and pathogens are outside the scope of this plan,
it should be noted that Biosecurity Queensland
coordinates the Queensland Government efforts




      Queensland umbrella tree (Schefflera actinopylla)

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