November 27, 2013
A public information session on the new Queensland vegetation management legislation will be held in Kingaroy next month.
The session will provide an overview of the new exemptions, new mapping products available, how self-assessable vegetation clearing codes will work and clearing for high-value agriculture.
The nine new self-assessable codes are:
- Fodder harvesting
- Thinning of thickened vegetation
- Weed management
- Encroachment
- Property infrastructure
- Clearing of high-value regrowth, Category C
- Clearing of a regrowth watercourse area, Category R
- Clearing to improve the operational efficiency of existing agricultural developments, and
- Native Forest Practice Code.
“Vegetation mapping has also been simplified through the creation of a state-wide regulated vegetation ‘base’ map, which clearly shows the areas of vegetation on their property that are assessable and non-assessable under the new vegetation laws,” Natural Resources Minister Andrew Cripps said.
Places are limited at the Kingaroy session.
To reserve a place, email vegsouthregion@dnrm.qld.gov.au
Officers from the department will be available immediately after the information sessions to answer specific questions from landholders.
The session will be held on Tuesday, December 10, from 10:00am at the Department of Natural Resources and Mines office in 16 Alford Street, Kingaroy.
UPDATE December 2: Please note a change of venue. The meeting will now be held at South Burnett Enterprise Centre, 6 Cornish Street, Kingaroy.
