Victoria already maps some 1080 baiting. The statewide public record is still fragmented.
Victoria publishes useful online 1080 information through Agriculture Victoria’s eastern Victoria ground-baiting map, annual work plans and separate Parks Victoria notices. The remaining problem is fragmentation: different programs and agencies publish through different systems, with no single consistent statewide record bringing relevant current and historical information together.
One national action, informed by the Victorian evidence.
Agriculture Victoria publishes an interactive map for the current eastern Victoria ground-baiting program, while annual work plans and Parks Victoria notices provide additional public information.
Public information is split across program pages, work plans and park notices rather than being brought together in one consistent statewide current-and-archived record.
Build on Victoria’s existing mapping by applying common fields across relevant government 1080 programs, preserving records over time and making public data easier to search and reuse.
Victoria shows online 1080 mapping is possible. The information is not yet one statewide public record.
Agriculture Victoria’s current baiting-notification page identifies 1080, publishes a defined ground-baiting period and links to an interactive map showing where baiting may occur in the eastern Victoria program. Annual dingo predation management zone work plans add mapped operational information, while Parks Victoria publishes separate site-specific 1080 notices. These are useful systems, but they cover particular programs, agencies and periods. They should not be interpreted as a comprehensive register of all 1080 operations in Victoria. The DEECA notification lines identify published ground-baiting transects, not the exact positions of individual poison baits.
The current eastern Victoria baiting-notification page states that ground baiting will occur from 1 July 2026 to 1 January 2027, explicitly identifies 1080 and provides an interactive map. The 2026–27 management-zone work plans add mapped program detail, and Parks Victoria publishes separate notices for individual areas. The next step is not simply more webpages — it is a consistent statewide record that connects these program-specific sources, distinguishes mapped notification areas from individual bait locations, and preserves historical and corrected information.
View Agriculture Victoria baiting notifications View 2026–27 management-zone work plans View Parks Victoria current noticesBuild on Victoria’s existing maps with one consistent statewide disclosure floor.
Victoria publishes useful maps and notices for identified programs, but those sources do not establish whole-of-state coverage. A national minimum standard would make core information consistent and current across relevant government programs while preserving stronger existing practices.
Connect fragmented sources
Bring relevant government 1080 records into a consistent statewide public system instead of requiring people to search separate program pages, work plans and park notices.
Standardise operational information
For each covered program, clearly identify that 1080 is being used and provide a usable mapped area, relevant dates and current status, baiting method, listed target species and program purpose, responsible authority, contact information and a stable public source link.
Preserve and reuse the record
Retain completed and cancelled records, keep stable source links and provide reusable or downloadable public data where practicable so Victoria’s disclosure can be checked and compared over time.
Seen the gap in Victoria? Ask governments to adopt one national standard.
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. Victoria’s existing map and program notices show that useful online disclosure is already achievable — and why a common statewide and national floor would make it more complete and durable.
Every public 1080 warning should answer six basic questions.
Victoria already demonstrates that mapped and site-specific online disclosure is possible. The proposed national standard would set a consistent minimum floor while retaining stronger existing practices and allowing appropriate privacy safeguards where identifiable private-property information is involved.