Queensland Feral Pest Initiative
The Queensland Government supports effective invasive plant and animal management in Queensland through the Queensland Feral Pest Initiative (QFPI).
Through this initiative, funding supports regionally agreed cluster fencing arrangements, invasive plant and animal control and capacity-building projects across Queensland.
Round 8(b) — Feral pig management—innovation and diversification
Funding will provide up to $1 million for projects of up to 3 years that will innovate and/or diversify feral pig control tools and techniques.
This round aims to:
- ensure there is a diverse and humane suite of control tools available and accessible for use across Queensland
- support innovators to develop and deploy integrated approaches to achieve feral pig control.
Status and next steps
- Stage 2 applications closed 17 January 2025. No more applications can be accepted.
- Applications are being assessed by the QFPI Oversight Group (a technical panel may assist).
- The highest-ranking applications will be recommended for funding through Round 8(b) of the QFPI.
- All applicants will be advised of the outcome by the General Manager, Invasive Plants and Animals following the official announcement of successful applicants.
If you are successful
- If your Stage 2 application is successful, we will contact you to begin contractual negotiations.
- You will:
- deliver the relevant objectives and priorities using the most appropriate methods
- operate in a transparent way
- keep our department and the community informed of the progress of your project through reports and promotional materials, which may include web content, social media posts and other media outlets.
Who could apply
- Incorporated bodies or ABN/ACN holders
- Universities or other innovation and research providers
- Feral pig control specialists
- Agricultural chemical and/or toxin manufacturers
- Incorporated industry organisations
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups
- State farming organisations
- Local governments
- Land and Sea Ranger Groups or Aboriginal Land Councils
- Regional Organisations of Councils (ROCs)
- Regional natural resource management (NRM) groups
- Individuals (must hold an ABN/ACN or equivalent)
About the QFPI
Since 2015, the Queensland Government, through the QFPI, has allocated over $29.3 million to assist regional communities across Queensland with:
- the construction of cluster fences in priority sheep-growing areas within Queensland
- the control of invasive plants and animals
- capacity building projects
- biosecurity preparedness through feral pig management.
This investment has been complemented with $14 million from the Federal Government.
The QFPI Oversight Group governs this funding. The function of the group is to provide independent and strategic advice on the development, implementation and management of the QFPI and includes representatives from:
- non-government:
- AgForce
- Local Government Association of Queensland
- NRM Regions Queensland
- Queensland Conservation Council
- Queensland Farmers' Federation
- government:
- Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
- Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing, and Regional and Rural Development
- Department of Primary Industries.
Contact
Email QldFeralPestInit@daf.qld.gov.au.
Closed rounds
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Round 1
Funding of $15 million was allocated in 2016 for invasive plant and animal projects. This included wild dog cluster fencing, wild dog control programs and invasive plant management in drought-affected areas.
Organisation Project name Status* Southern Downs Regional Council Increasing Community support and participation in wild dog management activities in the Southern Downs and Goondiwindi Regional Council areas Complete South West NRM Collaborative Area Management Phase 2 Complete Goondiwindi Regional Council Goondiwindi Regional Council coordinated feral pest project Complete Maranoa Regional Council Maranoa Regional Collaborative Area Management Plan Complete Quilpie Shire Council Quilpie Shire/SWRED wild dog on ground action plan Complete RAPAD Central Western Queensland and Flinders Region strategic fencing initiative Complete Desert Channels Queensland Tackling prickly acacia through aligned weed management Complete Former Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (now known as Department of Primary Industries) Improve feral cat management in eastern Australia in partnership with universities, state government and not for profit land management agencies and other invasive species management research agencies Complete -
Round 2
Funding of $8.84 million was allocated in 2017 for invasive plant and animal projects. This included wild dog cluster fencing, wild dog control programs and invasive plant management in drought-affected areas.
Organisation Project name Status* RAPAD Central Western Queensland and Flinders Region cluster fencing Complete Cape York NRM Reducing the economic and environmental impacts of high priority weeds in the Cape York region Complete Desert Channels Queensland Northern Lake Eyre Basin prickly acacia eradication program - Stage 3 Complete Fitzroy Basin Association Dawson Catchment Integrated Vertebrates pest control (DCIV) Complete Southern Queensland NRM (formerly Queensland Murray-Darling Committee) Eradicating breeding population of rabbits in local area and strategic deer control in targeted areas Complete Townsville City Council Yellow crazy ant program, Nome Townsville Complete Goondiwindi Regional Council Goondiwindi Regional Council Stage 2 cluster fence project Complete Maranoa Regional Council Barrier fence to the Queensland border Collaborative Area Management Project Complete Western Downs Regional Council Pests, partnerships and people power in the Western Downs Complete Southern Gulf NRM Prickly acacia management on Lawn Hill, Punjaub and Neumayer Valley Stations to stop the spread and reduce the density Complete Balonne Shire Council Maranoa-Balonne: targeted monitoring, aerial baiting and trapping program for inaccessible areas Complete McKinlay Shire Council McKinlay mesquite common area eradication program Complete Cassowary Coast Regional Council Koster's curse (Clidemia hirta) Complete Southern Downs Regional Council Strategic cross border wild dog control and landholder capacity building Complete Longreach Regional Council Snake cactus control project Complete Southern Queensland NRM (formerly South West NRM) Collaborative Area Management Phase 3 Complete Hinchinbrook Shire Council Effective management of coastal feral pig population in the Hinchinbrook Shire Complete -
Round 2.2
Funding of $1.9 million was allocated in 2018 to support Local Governments in regional areas to capacity build with the aim of increasing and improving landholders' pest management activities through support and mentoring.
Organisation Project name Status* RAPAD QLD wild dog control coordinators project Complete Southern Downs Regional Council SDRC Invasive Pests Control Scheme - a model for Queensland local government Complete Barcoo Shire Council Capacity building of Barcoo Shire landowners to meeting biosecurity obligations Complete Winton Shire Council Capacity building of Winton Shire Council landowners to improve biosecurity obligations and responsibilities including wild dog management Complete Maranoa Regional Council Pests without borders Complete Barcaldine Regional Council Barcaldine Regional Council - Good Neighbour Program Complete Bulloo Shire Council Bulloo Shire biosecurity enhancement project Complete -
Round 3
Funding of $7 million was allocated in 2019 for invasive plant and animal projects. This included wild dog cluster fencing, wild dog control programs, feral pig management, and invasive plant control projects.
Organisation Project name Status* RAPAD Central Western Queensland Round 3 cluster fencing program Complete Fitzroy Basin Association Dawson and Isaac Catchment integrated pest control (DICIPC) Complete Western Downs Regional Council Utilising all tools in the toolbox for wild dogs in the Western Downs Regional Council Complete Maranoa Regional Council Maranoa Collaborative Area Management Project - Stage 3 In delivery Goondiwindi Regional Council Goondiwindi Regional Council Stage 3 Cluster Fencing project Complete Southern Gulf NRM Flinders River Catchment prickly acacia eradication program Complete Whitsunday Regional Council Increasing local government capacity in feral animal control programs in the Whitsunday Region and to improve economic and environmental outcomes Complete Southern Downs Regional Council Building a sustainable sheep and wool industry through exclusion fencing in the Southern Downs In delivery Southern Queensland NRM QFPI Round 3 - Southern Queensland NRM Complete -
Round 4
Funding of $1 million was allocated in 2020 for invasive plant and animal control projects, with a focus on projects that cross a local government boundary and leave a legacy for the region. This included wild dogs, European foxes, yellow crazy ants, capacity building, and invasive plant control projects.
Organisation
Project name
Status*
Bulloo Shire Council
Bulloo Shire Invasive Animal Management Project
Complete
Southern Queensland NRM
QFPI Round 4 - SQL Hudson Pear
Complete
Fitzroy Basin Association
Fitzroy Basin Coordinated Action for Pest Control
Complete
Gladstone Regional Council
Central Queensland Fox Control
Complete
Goondiwindi Regional Council
Coordinated Cactus Control
In delivery
Whitsunday Regional Council
Whitsunday Yellow Crazy Any Baiting and Surveillance Program
Complete
Wide-Bay Burnett Regional Organisations of Council
Halting the march down the Burnett – A cross-jurisdictional approach for the management of rubber vine and hymenachne in the Burnett catchment
Complete
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Round 5
Funding of $5 million was allocated in 2021 for invasive plant and animal control projects, with a focus on cluster fencing. These projects will continue to deliver on supporting the reinvigoration of the sheep regions across Queensland.
Organisation
Project name
Status*
RAPAD
Central & North West Queensland Round 5 Cluster Fencing Program
Complete
Goondiwindi Regional Council
Goondiwindi Regional Council Stage 4 Cluster Fence Project
In delivery
Murweh Shire Council
Murweh Shire Cluster Fencing Initiative
In delivery
Paroo Shire Council
Paroo Shire Exclusion Fence Project
In delivery
Balonne Shire Council
Balonne Shire Wild Dog Exclusion Cluster Fencing
Withdrawn
Western Downs Regional Council
Cluster Fencing in Western Downs
In delivery
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Round 6
Funding of $1.4 million was allocated in 2021 for invasive plant and animal control projects and a Local Government Assistance Program. These projects will continue to deliver on supporting the regions in developing ongoing biosecurity legacies.
Sub-project 1
Invasive Plants and Animals
Funding of $964,888 was allocated in 2021 for invasive plant and animal control projects to support the increased awareness and capacity building of local governments and landholders to undertake on-ground control activities.Organisation
Project name
Status*
Herbert Cane Productivity Services Limited Project Squealer In delivery Sunshine Coast Regional Council Protecting endangered riparian rainforest in the upper Maroochy River catchment utilising strategic and targeted eradication of cats claw creeper and best practice landholder engagement In delivery Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire Council Implementation of Weed and Pest Program In delivery Brisbane City Council A collaborative approach to the management of Yellow Crazy Ants In delivery Burdekin Shire Council Burdekin Shire Council Coordinated Feral Pig Project In delivery South Burnett Regional Council Building an Invasive species management alliance in the Burnett Complete
Terrain Natural Resource Management Management of Stevia ovata in Far North Queensland In delivery Torres Shire Council Strategic control and spread prevention of high priority vertebrate and invertebrate pests in the Torres Strait Withdrawn Gympie Regional Council Cat Claw Creeper capacity building community and coordinated control planning In delivery Sub-project 2
Local Government Assistance Program
Funding was allocated to support local governments in the transition from the 1080 DAF State supply to commercial solutions.Organisation
Organisation
Organisation
Balonne Shire Council
Banana Shire Council
Barcaldine Regional Council
Barcoo Shire Council
Blackall-Tambo Regional Council
Boulia Shire Council
Bulloo Shire Council
Bundaberg Regional Council
Burdekin Shire Council
Carpentaria Shire Council
Central Highlands Regional Council
Charters Towers Regional Council
Cloncurry Shire Council
Cook Shire Council
Croydon Shire Council
Etheridge Shire Council
Flinders Shire Council
Fraser Coast Regional Council
Gladstone Regional Council
Goondiwindi Regional Council
Gympie Regional Council
Hinchinbrook Shire Council
Issac Regional Council
Livingstone Regional Council
Longreach Regional Council
Mackay Regional Council
Maranoa Regional Council
Mareeba Shire Council
McKinlay Shire Council
Moreton Bay Regional Council
Mount Isa City Council
Murweh Shire Council
Noosa Shire Council
North Burnett Regional Council
Paroo Shire Council
Quilpie Shire Council
Richmond Shire Council
Rockhampton Regional Council
Somerset Regional Council
South Burnett Regional Council
Southern Down Regional Council
Tablelands Regional Council
Toowoomba Regional Council
Western Downs Regional Council
Whitsunday Regional Council
Winton Shire Council
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Round 7
Grants totalling almost $1 million were allocated in 2023 to local governments and Natural Resource Management groups across Queensland for invasive plant and animal control projects, with a focus on projects that encouraged the use of novel approaches to improving biosecurity systems.
Organisation Project name Status* Fraser Coast Regional Council Salvinia Weed Biocontrol Facility In delivery Terrain NRM Strategic audit of emerging weeds under the Upper Tully/Murry catchments Complete
Cape York Natural Resource Management Ltd Increasing the reliability of data collection under the Western Cape Turtle Threat Abatement Alliance In delivery Southern Queensland NRM - trading as SQ Landscapes Reversing the declining participation rates in strategic pest control initiatives in Southern Queensland. In delivery City of Logan Upper Oxley Creek Landholder Invasive Weed Capacity Building Project 2022-23 In delivery Quilpie Shire Council Feral Scan Pest Management Data Capture Project In delivery Hinchinbrook Shire Council Invasive Weed Audit for Improved Planning in the Hinchinbrook Shire Withdrawn Gulf Savannah NRM Monitoring weed distribution for coordinated control in the remote Gulf Savannah In delivery Whitsunday Regional Council Quantifying feral pig impacts on carbon abatement and biodiversity in coastal wetland ecosystems Withdrawn Western Downs Regional Council Bridging Knowledge Gaps in Soil Pathogen and Feral Pig Management in the Bunya Landscape In delivery Darling Downs-Moreton Rabbit Board Consolidating the Rabbit Fence: Working together to keep rabbits out of Queensland In delivery -
Round 8(a)
Funding of over $2.16 million has been allocated in 2024, which will see the employment of 4 feral pig management coordinators to support the initiation and delivery of effective feral pig management for both private and public land managers.
Organisation Project name Status* Desert Channels Queensland Strategic feral pig coordination – northern and western Queensland Early implementation South West Queensland Regional Organisation of Councils Inc. Strengthening biosecurity preparedness and legacy in DDSWQ communities through feral pig suppression Early implementation
*Status
- Withdrawn: the project is no longer proceeding
- Early implementation: the project is being rolled out and whilst some on-ground works may have started, others are still being developed
- In delivery: all on-ground works and project activities are in full delivery
- Complete: the final project report has been submitted and finalised