Tell Liverpool City Council to Stop Poisoning Wildlife.

Liverpool City Council has confirmed brodifacoum is in use in its council buildings. Brodifacoum is one of the most persistent SGARs — it accumulates in poisoned rodents and remains lethal to native predators for days after ingestion. Send a direct email to the General Manager asking them to stop.

Audit Record

NSW SGAR Council Audit — Liverpool Updated 27 Feb 2026

SGAR Status

Confirmed User

Brodifacoum confirmed in use in council buildings. Specific brand not provided. One of the most persistent SGARs under APVMA review.

Confirmed SGAR Active Ingredient in Use

Brodifacoum brand not confirmed

Contractor

Not disclosed

LGA Region

Sydney Metro

Why This Matters

One of the most persistent SGARs confirmed in council buildings — with safer alternatives readily available.

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. Liverpool City 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. Liverpool City Council — one of the fastest-growing LGAs in NSW, with significant green corridors and native wildlife habitat — has every reason to remove brodifacoum from its buildings and adopt a formal SGAR-free policy.

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