If a plant is declared under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007, landholders (owners/occupiers) and other people are obliged to control that plant on their properties.
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Bathurst burr
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Boneseed
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Gorse
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Mesquite
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Noogoora burr
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Pokeweed
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Praxelis
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Rubber vine
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Skeleton weed
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Three-horned bedstraw
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Water lettuce
National Priority Pest Plants
The National Priority Plant Pests list highlights the threats Australia faces from plant pests and diseases and guides national action and investment to address these threates.
The list guides national action and investment of public funds to address these threats.
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Under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 (BAM Act) organisms, including plants, can be declared as:
Permitted organisms under section 11
Organisms that are allowed entry into WA.
Prohibited declared organisms under section 12
Organisms that are prohibited from entry into WA.
Unlisted organisms under section 14
Organisms are unlisted when not declared permitted or prohibited.
Declared pest under section 22(2)
Pests that are present in WA and under a control category.
Control categories
Declared pests can be assigned to a control category under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Regulations 2013:
C1 Exclusion
Plants which should be excluded from part or all Western Australia.
C2 Eradication
Plants which should be eradicated from part or all Western Australia.
C3 Management
Plants that should have some form of management applied that will alleviate the harmful impact of the plant, reduce the numbers or distribution of the plant, or prevent or contain the spread of the plant.
Prohibited organisms under section 12 cannot be assigned to C3 control category
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Database for declared pests, permitted and prohibited organisms in Western Australia. Information on a specific declared pest plant can be sourced by searching this database. The Western Australian Organism List (WAOL) contains information on the area(s) in which a pest is declared and the control and keeping categories to which it has been assigned in Western Australia (WA). |
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Recommendations for the control of declared plants in WA. |
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Declared plant control table |
A list containing links to descriptions and chemical controls for declared plants and a calendar of operation for declared and other trouble plants. |
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Public Chemical Registration Information System Search (PubCRIS) | Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (apvma.gov.au) |
The APVMA is an Australian government statutory authority established in 1993 to centralise the registration of all agricultural and veterinary chemical products into the Australian marketplace. Previously each state and territory government had its own system of registration. |
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Off-label APVMA chemical permit for declared plants | (apvma.gov.au)
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Permit to allow minor use of an agvet chemical product for the control of declared plants in Western Australia. Permit Number: PER92452 |
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Off-label APVMA chemical permit for environmental weeds | (apvma.gov.au) |
Permit to allow minor use of an agvet chemical product for the control of environmental weeds in various situations. Permit Number: PER13333 |
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The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status, R.P. Randall, CRC for Australian Weed Management, 2007 (researchgate.net) |
A compendium of plants that have been introduced to Australia and their weed status in Australia. |