Pest Animal Management 2022

Riverina Local Land Services has Biosecurity Officers across the region that are available to assist and advise landholders to control pest species on their property.

We also sell baits to ratepayers and can advise you on purchasing baits (such as meat, carrots and grain) depending on your needs, and can assist with Vertebrate Pesticide Induction Training.

Order your baits - all baits must be ordered a minimum of three days before collection. You must also notify your neighbours three days before laying baits.

To acquire and use 1080 baits in NSW, you must be accredited with an AQF3 Chemical Accreditation or Vertebrate Pesticide Induction Training (VPIT) course accreditation.

For general information about our role in pest animal management, click here.

Fox and Wild Dog Bait Collection

Every year Riverina Local Land Services locks in local bait collection points to allow landholders to order and pick up baits at a location convenient to them.

• Griffith and surrounds
• Gundagai and surrounds
• Hay and surrounds
• Young and surrounds
• Narrandera and surrounds
• Wagga and surrounds

It's important to note, all land managers have a General Biosecurity Duty under the NSW Biosecurity Act 2015. This duty requires that anyone who knows or ought to reasonably know about a biosecurity risk has a duty to prevent, eliminate or minimise that risk as far as reasonably practicable.

It is important to note, as a land manager you also have biosecurity obligations to your neighbours. Riverina land managers should refer to the Working towards your General Biosecurity guide or speak to your local Biosecurity Officer.

To order baits, contact your closest Biosecurity Officer (listed for each location below).

Click here to read more about the 2022 baiting program.

Local bait collection points

Griffith and surrounds

Contact Biosecurity Officer Ron Kocaj (0427 262 225)

Gundagai and surrounds

Contact Biosecurity Officers Richard Lloyd (0427 012 739) and Peter Fitzpatrick (0428 534 619)

Hay and surrounds

Contact Biosecurity Officers Suzie Holbery (0427 592 322) and Isobella McGrath (0456 757 406)

Young and surrounds

Contact Biosecurity Officer Tom Hamilton (0427 201 172)

Meeting Your General Biosecurity Duty: Vertebrate Pest Animals

There’s no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to meeting your biosecurity obligations as a landholder.

You may or may not be aware that under the Biosecurity Act 2015, you must demonstrate that you are meeting your General Biosecurity Duty (GBD).

That is, that you are taking reasonable steps to prevent, eliminate or minimise biosecurity risks on your property. But what does this mean when it comes to vertebrate pest animals? The uniqueness of each property means this is a very complicated topic to sum up, so we have put this guide together with Riverina landholders in mind.

Inside you’ll find “farm scenarios” which are based on real data from properties within our region. Each scenario provides background on the property, summarises the current pest control the landholder is carrying out, and identifies some of the challenges they face. We have then included some advice as to how the landholder could further improve their pest control practices.

This guide is merely a starting point for you as a landholder to consider whether or not you are meeting your General Biosecurity Duty. We hope it sheds some light on what can be a difficult topic to decipher, and inspires you to contact your closest Local Land Services to discuss your individual situation.

In the same way that you may visit an accountant for tailored advice, we encourage you to get in touch with us so our team of Biosecurity Officers can assist you to understand what your role is and how you can ensure you’re meeting your obligations under the legislation.

Meeting Your General Biosecurity Duty: Vertebrate Pest Animals.