WA maps Western Shield 1080 areas. The wider public record is incomplete.
Western Australia already publishes mapped 1080 poison-risk areas for Western Shield. But DBCA states that other Parks and Wildlife Service 1080 baiting may occur without appearing on those maps. This page shows what WA already publishes, what remains missing and how the proposed national disclosure standard would address the gap.
One national action, informed by the WA evidence.
DBCA publishes mapped 1080 poison-risk areas for the Western Shield fox and feral cat baiting program.
DBCA explicitly states the Western Shield maps do not show other Parks and Wildlife Service 1080 baiting that may occur. People are directed to district offices and warning signage for those programs.
Build on Western Shield with consistent public disclosure across relevant 1080 programs, including mapped areas, timing and status, stable sources, preserved records and reusable spatial data.
WA already shows mapped disclosure is possible. The map itself says the record is incomplete.
DBCA publishes a public map of 1080 poison-risk areas for Western Shield. That is meaningful program-level disclosure, but it does not plot the location of every individual poison bait or the full set of authorised operations. But DBCA also states that the map covers Western Shield only and that other Parks and Wildlife Service 1080 baiting may occur without being shown. A person should not have to know which government program applies, contact a district office or rely on finding a physical sign before they can discover whether relevant government 1080 baiting may affect an area.
WA’s 2025 Code of Practice requires permit holders to provide the period and location of baiting in required notifications, display dates, contacts, pesticide name and target animals on warning signs, and provide a detailed map with baiting boundaries for large-scale programs such as aerial baiting. Much of the operational information needed for better public disclosure therefore already exists within the system.
View WA’s Western Shield 1080 maps Read WA’s current 1080 Code of PracticeBuild on Western Shield instead of starting from zero.
WA demonstrates that mapped Western Shield program areas can be published. A national standard would extend consistent warnings across relevant programs, clarify what each mapped boundary represents and require useful timing, status and preserved records.
Close the program-coverage gap
Western Shield should remain a useful foundation, while relevant 1080 baiting outside that program is brought under a consistent minimum for public disclosure.
Standardise usable operational information
For each covered program, clearly identify that 1080 is being used and provide a usable mapped operational area, relevant dates and current status, baiting method, listed target species and program purpose, responsible authority, contact information and a stable public source link.
Keep the record checkable and reusable
Update material changes, retain completed and cancelled program records, keep stable source links and provide clearly accessible reusable spatial data so the public can independently check, map and compare what was published over time.
Seen the gap in WA? 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. WA’s Western Shield mapping shows that useful disclosure is already possible — and why a program-specific map is not the same as a complete public record.
Every public 1080 warning should answer six basic questions.
Western Australia already demonstrates that mapped online 1080 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.