Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L00031:body:0:p21
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L00031
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Character Range: 65475–71469

8 weeks of control at 10 sites across Australia. Less if volunteers are utilised.

Trapping                                                                    $3000-4000 per week for trapping at a single site.                                                                                                                                                                               Annual cost of $240,000 - $320,000 for 8 weeks over 10 sites across Australia.

Fumigation of warrens                                                       $56 per hectare using aluminium phosphide tablets (Cooke 2012a).                                                                                                                                                                 Annual cost of $1,680,000 for fumigating 100 sites of 300 hectares across Australia for aluminium phosphate tablets.
                                                                            Contractors typically charge $70 per hour and would require >1 hr to treat warrens in a moderate to high density over 1 hectare. Two-three visits may be required.                                                               Annual cost of approximately $6,000,000 for contractors for 100 sites of 300 hectares.

Warren destruction                                                          $40 per hectare where there is a moderate infestation of rabbits (Cooke 2012a); $69 per hectare using a bobcat backhoe at steep sand hills with dense scrub: (Cooke 2012a)                                                       Annual cost of $6,000,000 - $10,350,000 at 500 sites of 300 hectares across Australia.

Exclusion fencing (using 30mm or smaller mesh)                              $5000 per kilometre to construct (Lowe et al. 2003).                                                                                                                                                                             $1,000,000 for construction of fences around 5 sites of 10 km2 across Australia.

                                                                            $10,000 per year for maintenance and monitoring of a 10 km2 site.                                                                                                                                                                $250,000 for ongoing maintenance of these 5 sites for 5 years.
Monitoring and surveillance activities.                                     Costs will be dependent on the type of monitoring used i.e. camera traps may be less expensive than physical monitoring.                                                                                                         Monitoring repeated every 3 months at 50 sites $600,000.

                                                                            On average, $4000 per site.

                                                                            Aerial survey using a helicopter and video cost 90 cents per hectare on the Hay Plains, NSW.
Release of biocontrol agents                                                $52 per hectare using oat/carrot baits                                                                                                                                                                                           Annual cost of $1,560,000 across 100 sites of 300 hectares in Australia.
Island eradications                                                          $210 per hectare (based on using a combination of control methods). This does not involve integrated control for other pest species.                                                                                            Dependent on size of island. Per island: $210,000 for smaller islands (approx. 1,000 hectares) to $2,730,000 for larger islands (approx. 13,000 hectares).
Research projects, including development of new control tools and models.   $250,000 annually per researcher                                                                                                                                                                                                 To be determined for each project, model or control tool.

                                                                            Additional costs for registrations and production of the product/biological control agent. Note: these costs will be dependent on the complexity and number of registrations required, and costs to produce the product/agent.

Social research into barriers for rabbit control.                           $200,000 including community engagement.                                                                                                                                                                                         $200,000.
Prioritisation of rabbit control areas                                      $100,000 for initial regional reviews of areas per state/territory                                                                                                                                                               $800,000 plus additional funding for finer scale prioritisation.
Development of coordinated reporting mechanisms                             $50,000 per state/territory                                                                                                                                                                                                      $400,000.
Development of management plans                                             $10,000 for each regional plan                                                                                                                                                                                                   $200,000 for 20 regions.
Community education                                                         $200,000 per state/territory for general promotion per year.  This amount