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Invasive Species - the management of weeds in Western Australia

The Department of Agriculture and Food's Invasive Species Program is responsible for the management of biosecurity risks associated with serious noxious weeds (invasive plants) in Western Australia, by means of declared plants policies and regulations and the provision of research and technical advice on weed issues. Widespread common weeds of cropping are dealt with by the Agricultural Systems Research program..

The Invasive Species Program currently operates under the Agriculture and Related Resources Protection Act 1976 (ARRPA) and the Plant Diseases Act 1914. By late 2009 the Program will operate under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007.

The invasive Species Program is responsible for:

• development of policy on declared plants in WA
• implementation of declared plant policy in WA through awareness raising activities, property inspections and enforcement of regulations
• coordination of WA inputs into national weed strategies
• contribution to the development of national weed management policy through the Australian Weeds Committee
• research into improved management techniques for declared plants in WA, including biological control research
• assisting regional communities to prioritise and effectively manage declared plant and other weed issues
• delivery of technical, planning and field operational services to industry where funds are provided for the eradication of serious production weeds eg skeleton weed, bedstraw
• carrying out surveillance for new weed incursions
• development and maintenance of early detection and rapid response capability to manage new weed incursions
• identification of neglected orchards to help prevent the establishment of exotic disease in the horticultural industry
• inspection and certification of agricultural machinery for import and export
• implementation of the State Weed Plan aimed at facilitating the management of weeds at all levels in WA
• response to sporadic requirements for management of serious outbreaks of endemic pests, eg Australian Plague Locusts.
  
  

Contact for Enquiries

Damian Collopy
Manager, Invasive Species Program
Tel: 9780 6218; Fax: 9780 6216
Email: dcollopy@agric.wa.gov.au

Weeds

• Sandy Lloyd
  Research Officer - Declared Plan biology, Weed identification and awareness
  Tel: 9368 3760; Fax: 9474 3814
  Email: slloyd@agric.wa.gov.au
• Rod Randall
  Research Officer - Permitted and Prohibited Plants, weed risk assessment
  Tel: 9368 3443; Fax: 9474 3814
  Email: rprandall@agric.wa.gov.au
• Andrew Reeves
  Development Officer - Declared Plant management
  Tel: 9780 6224; Fax: 9780 6136
  Email: areeves@agric.wa.gov.au

Publications

• Blanket wipers for tall weed control (Farmnote 75/05)
• Groundcovers - the good and the bad (Gardennote 49)
• Mexican poppy (Note series 120)
• Cape tulips (Note 317)
• Thornapple (Note series 127)
• Variegated thistle (Note series 128)
• Harmful garden plants in Western Australia (Bulletin 4641)

Other relevant information related to this topic:

• Agriculture biosecurity in Western Australia
• Australian Plague Locust page
• Declared Plants database
• Farmnote 71/2002 'Farm Biosecurity' (132kb)
• Permitted and quarantine species list
• Plant health : safeguarding plant industries in WA
• Post- border biosecurity : pest surveillance
• Post-border biosecurity : plant industry biosecurity plans
• Farmnote 41/2003 'Practical farm biosecurity advice for keeping the plant industries safe from biological threats' (124kb)
• Skeleton weed control in Western Australia
• State Weed Plan
• Pest and Disease Information Service

Page updated: September 2008