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SGAR Use Confirmed — Hunters Hill Council

Tell Hunters Hill to Stop Poisoning Wildlife.

Hunters Hill Council's contractor is placing brodifacoum and bromadiolone baits around council facilities. These products kill native owls, raptors, and quolls. Send a direct email to the General Manager asking them to stop.

Audit Record
NSW SGAR Council Audit — Hunters Hill Updated 27 Feb 2026
SGAR Status
Confirmed User
Contractor Rentokil is placing SGAR baits at council-managed facilities.
Confirmed SGAR Products in Use
Ditrac brodifacoum
Contrac bromadiolone
Maki Block bromadiolone
Contractor
Rentokil
LGA Region
Sydney Metro
Why This Matters

SGARs kill far more than rodents.

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

First-generation anticoagulants (FGARs) and non-anticoagulant products such as Selontra (colecalciferol) provide effective rodent control with substantially lower risk to non-target wildlife. Hunters Hill 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 or confirmed non-SGAR rodent management. Hunters Hill can too.
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