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Noxious Weeds
To manage and control Council’s noxious weeds operations and to establish strategies and statements to control noxious weeds in accordance with the Noxious Weeds Act 1993 within the Shire.
OBLIGATIONS OF PRIVATE LANDHOLDERSThe action required to be taken under this Act to control a noxious weed for which a particular control category is specified is the action set out below in relation to that control category;
- For a Control Class 1 State Prohibited Weeds
The plant must be eradicated from the land and the land must be kept free of the plant. C1 weeds are Notifiable Weeds and the council needs to be notified within three days of detection.
· For a Control Class 2 Regional Prohibited Weeds
The plant must be eradicated from the land and the land must be kept free of the plant. C2 weeds are Notifiable Weeds and the council needs to be notified within three days of detection.
· For a Control Class 3 Regionally Controlled Weeds
The plant must be fully and continuously suppressed and destroyed to reduce the area and impact.
· For a Control Class 4 Locally Controlled Weeds
The growth and spread of the plant must be controlled according to the management plan to minimize the negative impact of the weeds on the economy, community or environment.
· For a Control Class 5 Restricted Plants
To prevent the introduction of these plants into NSW and the spread of these plants within and to another jurisdiction, by their sale or the sale of their seeds or movement within the state. C5 weeds are Notifiable Weeds and the council needs to be notified within three days of detection.
COMMON NAME and TYPE
African boxthorn C4 Alligator weed C2Bathurst/Noogoora/
Californian/Cockle burrs C4
Black knapweed C1
Blackberry C4
Buffalo burr C4
Cabomba C5
Cape tulips C4
Columbus grass C4
Devil's claw (purple-flower) C4
Devil's claw (yellow-flower) C4
Dodder C5
Harrisia cactus C4
Hawkweed C1
Horehound C4
Horsetail C1
Johnson grass C4
Karroo thorn C1
Kochia C1
Lagarosiphon C1
Miconia C1
Pampas grass C4
Parthenium weed C1
Prickly pears C4
Prairie Ground Cherry C4 Perennial Ground Cherry C4 Rhus tree C4
Salvinia C2
Siam weed C1
Silk forage sorghum C4
Scotch/Illyrian/
Stemless thistles C4
Senegal tea plant C1
Silverleaf nightshade C4
Spotted knapweed C1
Spiny Burr Grass C4
St John's wort C4
Star thistle C4
Sweet briar C4
Tree of heaven C4
Water hyacinth C2
Water lettuce C1
Wild radish C4
Willows C5
More information on the Noxious Weeds Act 1993 can be found on The Department of Primary industries website. NSW Legislation
Property Inspection Procedure The following guidelines have been agreed to by Council.1. Inspections - Notices - Classification.
1.1 Council's method of implementing noxious weeds control will be, after the first inspection, advising in writing and/or verbally, the presence of specific weeds on the property and a reasonable time for the agreed control to be undertaken.
1.2 The second inspection will be followed by a notice under Section 18 of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1993 and will be served if the agreed control measures have not been undertaken.
1.3 Failure to comply with the Section will result in Council instituting SEINS or court proceedings for non-compliance under Section 12 and/or Section 19, Noxious Weeds Act 1993.
1.4 Failure to comply with the Section 18 notice may also result in the issue of a notice under Section 20 of the Noxious Weeds Act , 1993 after which Council, may enter onto the property and carry out the work, at the landowners expense. Priority Species Silver-leaf nightshade C4 St Johns Wort C4 Wild Radish C4 Bathurst Burr C4 Scotch Thistle C4 Tree of Heaven C4 Sweet Briar C4 African Box Thorn C4 Johnson’s Grass C4 Blackberry C4 Buffalo Burr C4
Eastern Riverina Noxious Weeds Advisory Group (ERNWAG) and Western Riverina Noxious Weeds Advisory Group (WRNWAG) are the leading committees for weed management in the Riverina region including the catchments of the Murray, Murrumbidgee, Lower Murray Darling and Lachlan.
The groups comprise all key stakeholders in weed management from Tumut in the east to Wentworth/ SA border in the west and Carrathool in the north to the Murray River in the south. + Macquarie Valley Weeds Advisory Committee have recently developed a website to increase awareness of weeds issues in western NSW. Cootamudnra Shire Council is a member of this committee. Visit www.westernweeds.org for further information
Contact details
Stuart Moorby
04 0706 0890 (ph)
02 6940 2127 (fax)
smoorby@cootamundra.nsw.gov.au
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Download files Application for Noxious Weed Certificate (pdf 16 kb ) Flyer on Blackberries (pdf 91 kb ) Flyer for St Johns Wort (pdf 316 kb ) Flyer on Scotch Thistle (pdf 204 kb ) Flyer on Johnson Grass (pdf 192 kb ) Flyer on Coolatai Grass (pdf 187 kb ) Flyer on Wild Radish (pdf 203 kb ) |
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