2019-11-12 - P&E Agenda - Item 3 - Attachment 1 - Draft Noosa Biosecurity Plan 2020

3.6     Scope
The Plan applies to the Noosa local government area covering all public and private land. With
respect to public land the Plan applies to Queensland Government land such as National Park and
Council controlled land including bushland reserves and road reserves. With regard to private land,
Council plays an advocacy role in supporting landowners to identify and manage biosecurity risks
on their land. In some cases Council will collaborate with private landowners to implement actions
to manage priority biosecurity risks e.g. feral animal control.

Council plays a role in reporting Biosecurity matters to Biosecurity Queensland. Under the
Biosecurity Act 2014 Council is responsible for regulating Schedule 2 Invasive Biosecurity Matter-
Restricted plants, animals and one species of insect (see Appendix 1).

The Plan does not consider fauna species protected under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 that
can be a problem to some people. Examples include Flying-foxes, magpies, brush turkeys and
snakes. This Plan does not consider domestic or public health risks such as vermin, mosquitoes,
biting midges or cockroaches or pathogens of humans, domestic animals, livestock or plants.


3.7     Stakeholders
Stakeholders include Queensland Government agencies such as National Parks, Natural
Resources, Mines and Energy, Queensland Rail and Transport and Main Roads. Non-government
stakeholders include private landowners, catchment management associations, Landcare and
environment interest groups. Council has a close working relationship with bushland care
volunteers and private landowners involved with the Land for Wildlife and Voluntary Conservation
Agreement programs, also key stakeholders.

The Biosecurity Plan guides Council’s activities with biosecurity matters on Council controlled land.
Council may notify and work with private landowners and other government agencies to manage
biosecurity matters on their land.


          4. Management approach
The most cost effective approach is to prevent invasive species from establishing within the shire.
If invasive species are not detected early and eradicated, then costly long term management is
required.

               Case study: Early detection, reporting and eradication
 Biosecurity Queensland, Noosa Council and landowners have been successful in
 eradicating several potentially invasive species from the shire. Water mimosa Neptunia
 oleracea, Senegalia spp., Madras thorn Pithecellobium dulce and Parthenium
 Parthenium hysterophorus were reported to Council by landowners and were eradicated
 through herbicide treatment and mechanical removal. Without early detection, reporting
 and timely eradication there would have been significant impacts for landowners and
 costly ongoing management.




                    Water mimosa Neptunia oleracea Photo: QLD DAF

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