Declaration of a Wildlife Trade Management Plan for the Commercial Harvest of Kangaroos in Victoria 2024-2028 (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

DECLARATION OF A WILDLIFE TRADE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE COMMERCIAL HARVEST OF KANGAROOS IN VICTORIA 2024-2028

I, Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water, declare under subsection 303FO(2) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, that the Victorian Kangaroo Harvest Management Plan 2024-2028 (submitted by Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, June 2024) is an approved Wildlife Trade Management Plan for the purposes of section 303FO of the EPBC Act.

Unless amended or revoked, this declaration has effect subject to the following conditions applied under section 303FT:

1. The commercial harvest of kangaroos in Victoria must be undertaken in accordance with the Victorian Kangaroo Harvest Management Plan 2024-2028 (submitted by Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, June 2024) (Plan).

1. The Kangaroo Harvest Program Annual Report detailed in Indicator 8.2.1 (Aims, actions, and indicators, Aim 8) of the Plan must be submitted to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water by 31 March each year. The annual report must cover the previous calendar year. An additional report must be submitted covering the period between 1 January and 1 September 2029.

1. The Annual commercial harvest Quota Report detailed in Indicator 8.2.2 (Aims, actions, and indicators, Aim 8) of the Plan must be submitted to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water by 31 December each year.

1. This declaration is valid until 1 September 2029.

Dated this 8th day of September 2024

Tanya Plibersek

Minister for the Environment and Water

A person whose interests are affected by this declaration may, within 28 days, make an application in writing to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water for the reasons for the decision.