Tell Dubbo Regional Council to Stop Poisoning Wildlife.

Dubbo Regional Council is placing bromadiolone — an SGAR — inside buildings across the city, including its administration offices, theatres, depots, airport, libraries, visitor centres, aquatic facilities, and waste facilities. These products accumulate in native predators through secondary poisoning. Send a direct email to the General Manager asking them to stop.

Audit Record

NSW SGAR Council Audit — Dubbo Regional Updated 27 Feb 2026

SGAR Status

Confirmed User

Bromadiolone (Contrac) is placed across a wide range of council buildings — administration, theatres, depots, airport, libraries, visitor centres, aquatic and waste facilities.

Confirmed SGAR Products in Use

Contrac bromadiolone

Contractor

Not disclosed

LGA Region

Western NSW

Why This Matters

Bromadiolone across public buildings creates widespread risk.

Secondary poisoning of native wildlife

SGARs accumulate in the tissue of poisoned rodents and remain lethal for days. Native predators — powerful owls, wedge-tailed eagles, raptors, quolls, and antechinus — are exposed when they eat affected animals. Research led by Prof. Raylene Cooke and Assoc. Prof. John White at Deakin University has documented SGAR toxins in the livers of native predators across Australia.

Active regulatory review by the APVMA

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority is currently reviewing SGAR registrations following evidence of widespread non-target harm. Councils continuing to use these products risk being on the wrong side of an emerging regulatory shift.

Effective alternatives already exist

First-generation anticoagulants (FGARs) and non-anticoagulant products such as Selontra (colecalciferol) provide effective rodent control with substantially lower risk to non-target wildlife. Dubbo Regional Council can transition without compromising its pest management obligations.

Councils that have already made the switch: Blue Mountains, Hornsby, Byron, Camden, Campbelltown, Inner West, Clarence Valley, Kiama, Edward River, and others have all implemented SGAR-free policies. Dubbo Regional Council — which already engages a contractor for building pest control — has every reason to specify SGAR-free products in its next contract and adopt a council-wide policy position.

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