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SGAR Use Confirmed — Goulburn Mulwaree Council

Tell Goulburn Mulwaree Council to Stop Poisoning Wildlife.

Goulburn Mulwaree Council is placing brodifacoum — one of the most persistent SGARs — inside sensitive buildings including its art galleries and museums. 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 — Goulburn Mulwaree Updated 27 Feb 2026
SGAR Status
Confirmed User
Brodifacoum (Ditrac) is placed in sensitive council buildings, including art galleries and museums.
Confirmed SGAR Products in Use
Ditrac brodifacoum
Contractor
Not disclosed
LGA Region
Regional
Why This Matters

Brodifacoum in cultural buildings creates avoidable risk.

01

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.

02

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.

03

Effective alternatives already exist

Non-anticoagulant products such as Selontra (colecalciferol) provide effective rodent control with no secondary poisoning risk to native wildlife. Goulburn Mulwaree Council can transition without compromising its rodent 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. Goulburn Mulwaree Council — which has confirmed no active wildlife programs — has every reason to remove SGARs from its building management and adopt a fully SGAR-free policy.
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