Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00287:reg:3:p88
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00287
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 88/276)
Character Range: 347559–353402

invasive species on Phillip Island is swiftly eradicated                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Impacts of potential new invasive species

a See risk assessment in section 2.2.
b Good condition will be defined in a framework for monitoring vegetation condition with indicators and metrics appropriate to the native plant communities of the Norfolk Island Group, informed by the National Restoration Standards (SERA 2017). This framework will take into consideration factors such as presence of weeds, structure (e.g. presence of expected forest strata), evidence of plant recruitment, and species composition. Recovering condition will be defined as any area undergoing restoration management (for example, weeding and planting) and believed to be on the desired trajectory towards good condition.

4.4         Direct management programs
To achieve the management targets in section 4.3, a range of threat abatement and restoration actions must be implemented. These group into management programs.
Some are core management programs that require ongoing delivery:
    * biosecurity
    * integrated invasive animal control:
         * control of rodents
         * control of feral chickens
         * control of free-roaming cats
         * control of crimson rosellas
         * control of swamphens
         * eradication of Argentine ants
    * control of Phytophthora cinnamomi
    * restoration of native vegetation
    * fire management
    * provision of nest sites for native threatened birds
    * population management.
In addition, there is a need to be prepared to implement contingency programs to eradicate any incursions onto Phillip Island of significant invasive species from the main island, if such incursions occurred.
Management programs, their associated management targets, and actions to be implemented are summarised in Table 29. Delivery of actions in management programs, achievement of management targets (section 4.3), and achievement of species targets (section 4.2) represent a sequence of important and measurable results on the path to species recovery. This sequence forms a basis for targeted and effective monitoring, evaluation and improvement (see section 4.6).
Table 29 Management programs and associated actions to achieve 2034 targets for threatened species
Category                                                                   Management program                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Actions
Biosecurity                                                                Biosecurity                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        * Develop and implement a comprehensive biosecurity plan (quarantine, surveillance and incursion preparedness) for Phillip Island.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Review and implement relevant findings and recommendations from the Norfolk Island Quarantine Survey 2012–2014 (Maynard et al. 2018), DITRDCA's Norfolk Island Plant Pest and Disease Survey (Martoni et al. 2023) and the Norfolk Island: Protecting an Ocean Jewel report (Invasive Species Council and Island Conservation 2017).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Install boot scrub stations and develop associated interpretive information/signage for locals, tourists, and contractors.
Integrated invasive animal control                                         Control of rodents                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 * Develop and implement a comprehensive rodent control plan to deliver effective targeted control of rodents using appropriate methods, including trials of new methods.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Explore the possibility of making rodent baits locally (solving issues surrounding bait importation).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              * Introduce technologies