FAQs

Biosecurity is everyone’s responsibility, and we must all play a role to ensure we minimise biosecurity risks to protect Queensland’s lifestyle, industries and environment from pests and diseases. All people in Queensland have a general biosecurity obligation (GBO) under Queensland’s Biosecurity Act 2014 to ensure they do no spread a pest, disease or a contaminant.

The Biosecurity Act 2014 is the foundational legislation in Queensland, establishing a modern risk-based framework for managing pests, diseases, and contaminants. A key component of this Act is the requirement for local governments to develop and adopt a Biosecurity Plan to manage invasive plants and animals within their respective area.

Council has assessed invasive plant and animal species and determined a list as priorities for management within the local government area (Section 4.2 of the Bundaberg Regional Biosecurity Plan 2025-2030). Species have been categorised based on the associated management objectives, which are shown in the generalised invasion curve.

There are four management goals that relate to the stages of invasive species invasion – Prevention, Eradication, Containment and Asset Protection:

• Prevention – aims to prevent the arrival and establishment of invasive plants and animals that are not already in the local government area.

• Eradication – aims to completely remove the invasive plants and animals from the local government area.

• Containment – aims to prevent further spread in the local government area.

• Asset protection – aims to reduce the impact of the invasive plants and animals on economic, environmental and/or social/amenity assets. This may include agricultural land, natural areas or shared community spaces such as parks and urban areas