The NT records authorised 1080 use. The public does not have one central current warning register.
Northern Territory 1080 use operates through a permit and authorisation system with mandatory record keeping, neighbour notification and warning signage. Those safeguards create operational information, but our audit has not identified a central public online register that routinely shows current authorised 1080 operations across the Territory.
One national action, informed by the Northern Territory evidence.
1080 use operates through a PAMA and permit pathway, with auditable baiting records and prescribed notification and signage requirements.
The audit has not identified one public online register where people can routinely search current authorised 1080 operations, their dates, locations and responsible contacts.
Use information already generated through permits and notifications to create an appropriate public operational record, with privacy safeguards where needed.
The NT permit system already creates the information. Public access is the missing layer.
Property owners and managers seeking to use 1080 must obtain a Pest Animal Management Authorisation and permit. Permit holders must keep auditable records covering the authorised property and the notification, storage and use of 1080. The Directions for Use also require notice to affected neighbours and community living areas, and warning signs must be erected before any baits are laid.
The Directions for Use require intended-baiting notifications to identify the permit holder, property or baiting location, that 1080 baits will be laid, the pest animal being targeted, the commencement date and expected completion date. Warning signs must also identify 1080 and the target animal. A searchable, appropriately privacy-protected public register could build on those existing information flows while distinguishing regulatory records held by permit holders from details freely accessible to the general public.
View NT 1080 authorisation information View NT Directions for Use of 1080 View NT parks and visitor informationTurn permit and notification information into an appropriate public operational record.
The NT already requires detailed operational information before and during authorised 1080 use. A national minimum standard would add a clear public-facing layer while retaining the existing PAMA, notification and signage requirements.
Publish current authorised operations
For relevant government-authorised or government-coordinated 1080 operations, publish a current public record rather than relying only on permit files, direct neighbour notification and physical signage.
Publish the core operational fields
Clearly identify 1080 and provide a usable location, dates and current status, baiting method, listed target species and purpose, responsible authority or permit contact, and a stable public source link.
Preserve access with appropriate safeguards
Retain completed and cancelled records and provide reusable data where practicable. Where identifiable private-property information requires protection, generalise the public location without making the warning unusable.
The NT already records the operation. Ask governments to make the public record consistent too.
The national action asks federal environment and agriculture leaders to work with states and territories towards a consistent minimum public warning and disclosure standard for 1080 baiting. The Northern Territory shows why that matters: detailed permit and notification information can exist without giving the wider public one simple current view of authorised operations.
Every public 1080 warning should answer six basic questions.
The Northern Territory already requires permits, auditable operational records, direct notification and warning signage. The proposed national standard would use those existing information flows to support a consistent public disclosure floor, with appropriate privacy safeguards where identifiable private-property information is involved.