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A free, searchable public accountability map bringing together government-published 1080 baiting information from NSW, Victoria and Western Australia — kept public by the people who believe this information should be easy to find.
Why 1080 warnings matter
Sodium fluoroacetate, commonly known as 1080, is a lethal poison used across Australian parks, reserves, public lands and private landscapes to kill animals deemed ‘pests’. It is colourless, odourless and water-soluble, and can place native animals, companion animals and other non-target species at risk.
Odourless.
Lethal.
That is why public warning information should be easy to find before people enter affected areas, visit parks, walk dogs, respond to wildlife or rely on government alerts.
1080 Watch Map
1080 Watch brings together government-published baiting information from New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia, preserving each jurisdiction's published sites, notification transects and permitted bait areas.
Choose the NSW public alert snapshot before searching or filtering the mapped NSW data.
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Publicly listed NSW 1080 operations, monthly changes and disclosed baiting methods in one accountability view.
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Search by place, view nearby operations, and email the responsible office or program contact using the map tools below.
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Map Legend
Current coverage: NSW + Victoria + Western Australia. NSW public baiting notices are shown as site markers. Victoria uses DEECA's published ground-baiting notification transects for 1 July–31 December 2026. Western Australia uses DBCA's published Western Shield permitted bait-area polygons; DBCA advises that additional 1080 poison risk areas may occur outside those mapped areas. Coverage reflects government-published information and does not represent every use of 1080.
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After you send your email, please consider supporting the research, source checking, monthly updates and technical work that keep the 1080 Watch Map free for everyone.
Check your area
Public 1080 baiting information is published differently across jurisdictions — from detailed site-level alerts to spatial notification datasets and mapped program areas. We bring available government-published data together in one searchable map so you can see what is publicly visible across NSW, Victoria and Western Australia.
Use the map below to search by place, switch between mapped jurisdictions, move between map and list views, and inspect the public records we have been able to translate into a usable format. You can also download the September snapshot and use the available source information to ask further questions about animal protection, monitoring, evidence and transparency.
This map is free because this information should be public. Keeping it updated, auditing the gap between chemical controls and public disclosure and challenging disclosure gaps still takes research, data cleaning and technical work. Choose what this public-interest work is worth to you.
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Search a place
Look up a suburb, park, reserve, region or listed location.
Switch jurisdictions
Move between NSW, Victoria and Western Australia, or view the mapped jurisdictions together.
Compare the public record
Use map and list views to inspect the location and program information each government source makes available.
Follow the source
Use source information and the monthly snapshot to verify details, share findings or ask further questions.
Safety note: do not enter baiting areas or approach bait material. Always check live source alerts, local signage and official advice before entering any area.
A wider map. Uneven disclosure.
The 1080 Watch Map now brings together government-published data from NSW, Victoria and Western Australia. But those systems do not publish the same information in the same way. NSW provides detailed site-level alerts, Victoria publishes mappable DEECA ground-baiting notification data, and WA provides Western Shield spatial data. The map reflects those differences rather than treating every jurisdiction as though it offers equivalent coverage.
No pin does not mean no poison.
If an area, state or territory is not shown on this map, that may reflect a public data gap, a dataset that is too imprecise to map, or coverage outside the sources currently integrated — not the absence of 1080 use. The Watch Map shows what governments make publicly visible and mappable; it is not a complete record of every baiting operation.
How the audit works
We look for agency alerts, closure notices, public warnings, source links and other published baiting information.
We assess whether the notice includes enough information: site, date, method, target species, operator and contact details.
Where enough detail exists, it can be mapped. Where detail is missing, the absence itself becomes part of the transparency campaign.
What the national audit shows.
Looking for published baiting locations? View the 1080 Watch Map above →
Boundary geometry: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS), simplified for display. Current ASGS Edition 4 boundary source →
Three jurisdictions are represented on the 1080 Watch Map.
NSW, Victoria and Western Australia now contribute different forms of publicly available information to the map. Select any jurisdiction to see what the September 2026 audit found about its public warning system.
NSW
Detailed NPWS site-level alerts provide enough location and timing detail for monthly point mapping. The wider NSW public record is still fragmented across programs and agencies.
VIC
DEECA publishes mappable ground-baiting notification data for particular programs. The Watch Map now converts that public spatial data into clustered locations; it is not a record of every 1080 operation in Victoria.
WA
DBCA publishes Western Shield spatial data. The Watch Map now includes those locations, but Western Shield does not represent all 1080 use in WA and mapped icons are not exact bait positions.
QLD
Detailed QPWS park alerts are published in some cases, but public coverage is not universal or presented as one consistent statewide 1080 register.
SA
Public alerts may identify animal-control activity without consistently specifying 1080, target species or enough operation detail for a map-ready statewide record.
TAS
Public records and notification pathways exist, including location information in some systems, but they do not guarantee one clear, current public view of active operations.
NT
Permits, park information and warnings exist, but there is no single central public register showing current 1080 operations in a consistent, map-ready format.
ACT
Standing reserve or plantation warnings may identify 1080 risk, but they do not consistently show when a specific operation is current or provide a reusable operation-level public record.
Select a jurisdiction on the map to compare public disclosure.
Why public warnings can still fail
Even where public warnings exist, transparency can break down at three points: what is disclosed, whether the information is accurate, and whether the rules are enforced.
Minimum notice is not meaningful transparency
Minimum notification is not enough. A sign may tell someone that 1080 baits have been laid, but it does not give the public a searchable record of where baiting is occurring, how long risk may persist, what method is being used, which animals are being targeted, what monitoring is occurring, or whether non-target animals have been harmed.
That is why this map matters. It helps turn temporary notices, scattered agency alerts, public spatial datasets and hard-to-find government information into a clearer record of where 1080 baiting is visible to the public.
Official alerts can still be wrong
Official alerts are necessary, but they are not always enough. In NSW, Coalition correspondence with NPWS has identified incorrect dates, vague or missing target-species information, inconsistent alert categories, and alerts corrected only after external scrutiny.
The 1080 Watch Map helps archive, compare and scrutinise public warning information that would otherwise remain scattered across individual park pages, agency systems and spatial datasets.
When warning rules fail, communities are left exposed
Minimum warning rules mean little if they are not enforced. Our EPA accountability work began with the Worrigee signage case and expanded into a broader investigation of how the NSW EPA enforces the 1080 Pesticide Control Order. Temporary signs are not enough when warning failures can go unresolved.
The next fight is a national public warning standard.
Our September 2026 audit found eight different approaches and no consistent national minimum for public disclosure. Across Australia, communities still face inconsistent information about where 1080 and PAPP baiting is occurring, when it is taking place, how it is being carried out and who is responsible.
Keep the 1080 Watch Map Public
The map is free to use because this information should be public. Governments do not provide a single, searchable national register of 1080 baiting operations — so we are building one.
Every month, we collect public baiting alerts, check source links, clean the data, update the interactive map, publish a monthly snapshot and help supporters ask responsible offices what protections are in place for animals. Expanding this nationally and challenging disclosure gaps takes careful, ongoing work.
Seen a 1080 sign, notice or alert?
If you have seen 1080 signage, a public notice, a local baiting alert, a source link, or evidence of baiting in your area, send it to us. Public reports help us identify missing notices, verify local information, and strengthen the monthly map archive.
Your report helps us compare what is happening locally with what is publicly listed, identify transparency gaps, and hold responsible agencies and operators accountable.
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