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Which animals must be reported, and which need a permit

Bundaberg Regional Council's pest animals page is the region's list: the animals the Biosecurity Act 2014 restricts, the sightings that must be reported to Biosecurity Queensland inside 24 hours, and the deer a fence takes off the list.

The Bundaberg region's places set along one line of longitude, from 151° 55′ E in the west to 152° 30′ E, past the coast at Bargara: Gin Gin and Childers, both with Aedes aegypti recorded; Bundaberg, with the West Indian drywood termite recorded; and Bargara, the coast. The fire ant line runs above the places, and the licence rule runs under them. Business Queensland: fire ant biosecurity zones are in place in parts of Queensland Within 24 hours of a sighting, call 13 22 68: outbreak.gov.au 151° 55′ E 152° 00′ E 152° 05′ E 152° 10′ E 152° 15′ E 152° 20′ E 152° 25′ E 152° 30′ E east Gin Gin: the dengue mosquito. GIN GIN the dengue mosquito Aedes aegypti has been found here, the council records. Bundaberg Regional Council Childers: the dengue mosquito. CHILDERS the dengue mosquito Childers too, same council record. Bundaberg Regional Council Bundaberg: the West Indian drywood termite. BUNDABERG the West Indian drywood termite It is present in Bundaberg, the department records. Look for frass that feels gritty, like sand, under holes that may be 1 mm wide, says CSIRO. Business Queensland and CSIRO Bargara: the coast. BARGARA the coast Under every place: a person must not offer pest management work for a pest management business unless they, or someone they employ to do it, hold a licence, and a licensed technician gives you a notice before and advice after.
The same line of longitude stood upright, west at the top and the coast at the bottom, with Gin Gin, Childers, Bundaberg and Bargara at their own longitudes down the column, the line broken between Gin Gin and Childers, each with its name beside the line and its pest named beside it where it has one. The fire ant line runs above, and the licence rule runs under the places. Business Queensland: fire ant biosecurity zones are in place in parts of Queensland Within 24 hours of a sighting, call 13 22 68: outbreak.gov.au west 151° 55′ E 152° 25′ E the gap is not to scale Gin Gin: the dengue mosquito. GIN GIN 151° 57′ 21″ E the dengue mosquito Aedes aegypti has been found here, the council records. Bundaberg Regional Council Childers: the dengue mosquito. CHILDERS 152° 16′ 39″ E the dengue mosquito Childers too, same council record. Bundaberg Regional Council Bundaberg: the West Indian drywood termite. BUNDABERG 152° 20′ 58″ E the West Indian drywood termite It is present in Bundaberg, the department records. Look for frass that feels gritty, like sand, under holes that may be 1 mm wide, says CSIRO. Business Queensland and CSIRO Bargara: the coast. BARGARA 152° 27′ 45″ E the coast Under every place: a person must not offer pest management work for a pest management business unless they, or someone they employ to do it, hold a licence, and a licensed technician gives you a notice before and advice after.

The duty under all of it

In Queensland the rules for managing biosecurity risks are set by the Biosecurity Act 2014, and the council's page states that everyone has a part in protecting the state from those risks.

The page's own short form of the duty is the GBO, and what it asks of a resident is this: take reasonable steps to prevent or reduce the biosecurity risks your activities create.

The full name behind that short one is the general biosecurity obligation, and the Act's own description of it is to prevent or minimise the risk by reasonable and practical measures.

The list, animal by animal

The council's page records the animals it classes under the Act one by one, and the duty is not the same for each. For two of them the page's line is a sighting that must go to Biosecurity Queensland; for two others it is a permit before the animal may be moved.

The animalWhat the council's page records
Feral deerClassed as restricted invasive animals.
Sambar deerEvery sighting is to be reported to Biosecurity Queensland inside 24 hours of the sighting.
Red-eared slider turtleEvery sighting must reach Biosecurity Queensland inside 24 hours of the sighting, and the number for the report is 13 25 23.
Feral catA restricted invasive animal. Without a permit, a feral cat may not be moved, fed, given away or sold, and it may not be released into the environment.
RabbitA restricted invasive animal. Without a permit, it may not be kept, moved, fed, given away or sold, and it may not be released into the environment.
Wild dogA restricted invasive animal.
Feral pigA restricted invasive animal.
FoxA restricted invasive animal.
TilapiaA restricted noxious fish.

The page also records the Indian myna. It is very territorial and will quickly push native birds out of the nesting sites they have used, and it can carry mites and lice, which the page notes as a possible health risk to people.

The cat's entry adds a breeding note: a female can start breeding at seven months of age, and can have up to three litters in a year, each of two to seven offspring, with four as the average. The rabbit's entry does the same: it can breed from four months of age, and in a good season a female can have five or six litters, each averaging three to four kittens.

The fence that changes the answer

The deer entry turns on a fence. A deer held inside a deer proof fence is not a restricted invasive animal, and a deer not contained in that way is considered feral or wild and is subject to control.

The other report on the same page

The same council page carries a 24-hour report line for fire ants as well. In Queensland, fire ants are a category 1 restricted pest under the Biosecurity Act 2014, and they have a guide of their own here: Fire ants and the Wide Bay.

The short of it

The general biosecurity obligation sits under the council's list, and the page gives it in the GBO's short form. Two sightings on the list go to Biosecurity Queensland inside 24 hours, one of them on 13 25 23. A deer inside a deer proof fence is not restricted; a deer not contained in that way is considered feral or wild and is subject to control.

This guide is short because the council's page is the whole record for the region's list.