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priority, medium term
       Action 2.3.2 Australian Government to seek cooperative adoption of guidelines by states/territories including incorporation in state based regulations as appropriate.

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Performance indicators
       * Australian Government agencies advised of this TAP, the designation of high priority species and ecological communities, and their management responsibilities within six months of the TAP being made.
       * Application of this TAP by Australian Government agencies is monitored by these agencies and DSEWPaC over the life of the TAP.
       * Jurisdictions and stakeholders are advised of this TAP, the national high priority species and ecological communities and the jurisdictions'/stakeholders' management responsibilities within six months of the TAP being made.
       * Management plans agreed with relevant stakeholders (state/territory governments) for each of those species impacted by cane toads at a population level within eighteen months of this TAP being made.
       * Responses of jurisdictions and other stakeholders are monitored throughout the life of the TAP.
       * Additional advice is provided to all stakeholders within six months of new species and ecological communities being identified and agreed or removed from the list of priority species.
       * Guidelines for emergency and on-going management plans are developed and agreed by VPC within two years of the TAP being made.
       * Guidelines are provided to all stakeholders within three months of being agreed by VPC.
       * Preparation of plans across all land tenures for high priority species and ecosystems are monitored by the Australian Government on an on-going basis across the life of the TAP.
       * Humane management actions (standard operating procedures and codes of practice for humane treatment of cane toads) are developed and agreed by the VPC within two years of the TAP being made.

Objective 3 – Communicate information about cane toads, their impacts and this TAP

Australians are concerned about the impact of cane toads on the environment. However, community concern is highest when cane toads incursion is recent or imminent and fades over time as the community adjusts to living with cane toads in the environment (Bureau of Rural Sciences 2009). The initial very high level of concern leads to high expectations that environmental agencies will take action to avert the impact of toads.

This TAP acknowledges:
       * there are no "magic bullets" that the Australian Government can provide that will eradicate or reduce the cane toad population across Australia
       * there are competing conservation requirements for limited conservation funding generating a need to prioritise any allocation of cane toad management funds to those efforts most likely to conserve biodiversity (over $20 million has been provided by the Australian Government to address the impact of cane toads since 1986 with limited success)
       * it is clear that, in some