NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1980

NATURE CONSERVATION DECLARATION OF PROTECTED
AND EXEMPT FLORA AND FAUNA 2002 (No. 1)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

DI 2002 - 136

The Nature Conservation Act 1980 (the Act) establishes a scheme for protection of Australian flora and fauna.  One of the mechanisms for achieving this is through the lists of endangered, vulnerable, special protection status, protected and exempt lists of flora and fauna established under Part 3 of the Act.

The National Competition Policy review of the Act recommended that the protected and exempt lists be revised to ensure that there were no inappropriate controls on trade and commerce in both native and exotic species of flora and fauna.  In response to this recommendation, a set of criteria for each list was developed, and a proposal for amendment of each list was developed in consultation with the Flora and Fauna Committee (a scientific committee also established under the Act.)  Stakeholders were consulted on the proposed changes, including current licensees under the Act, conservation groups and academic institutions.  As a result, the criteria were modified and the proposed amendments further developed. 

The criteria used are as follows:

Schedule 1. Protected Fish and Invertebrates

A fish or invertebrate species should be declared protected if:
1)	It is an SPS species.
2)	It is considered necessary for the species to receive the same protection as a protected native animal under the Act.  This will include protection from being taken/killed in the wild, and control of commerce in the species.  These will be species of “conservation concern”.  For the purpose of these criteria, “conservation concern” includes threatened species, but also includes species where commerce in them has potential to place pressure on wild populations (e.g. species desirable to catch and/or easy to catch in the wild.)
3)	It is on the ANZECC List of Threatened Fauna.

Schedule 2 Exempt Animals

a) Exempt native animals
1)	Native species bred in captivity whose keeping is not known to pose a threat to wildlife (either to that species or to some other species).
2)	There is no public safety issue associated with keeping and or commerce in the species (covered by this Act in default of being covered by any other Act).
3)	There is no administrative reason for having a licensing requirement, such as data collection and records management.

b) Exempt exotic animals
1)	It is considered unlikely to be capable of becoming established in the wild, exacerbating existing pest populations, or introducing a disease to wild populations.
2)	Keeping and/or commerce in the species will not put pressure on or pose an additional threat to wild populations of native species.
3)	There is no public safety issue associated with keeping and or commerce in the species (covered by this Act in default of being covered by any other Act).
4)	There is no administrative reason for having a licensing requirement, such as data collection and records management.

Protected Plants: Schedule 3

A plant species should be protected if
1)	It is an SPS species.
2)	It is necessary to control commerce (import/export/sale) in the species to reduce pressure on the plant in the wild.

The necessity to control commerce in a plant may arise from the need to block potential loopholes in national/regional standards and agreements and guided by ANZECC and NSW threatened species lists.

Schedule 4 Protected Native Animals 

An animal species should be protected if trade and commerce in the species has the potential to add to pressure on the species in the wild.  This will arise when the species is of “conservation concern”. For the purpose of these criteria, “conservation concern” includes threatened species, but also includes species where commerce in them has potential to place pressure on wild populations (e.g. species desirable to catch and/or easy to catch in the wild.)

The details of the amendments to existing listings, and the proposed additions to each part of the protected and exempt lists appears in the annexure to this explanatory statement.

This Instrument is a disallowable instrument and will be published on the ACT Government Legislation Register.

ANNEXURE
to the explanatory statement to the Declaration of Protected and Exempt 2002

Schedule 1. Protected Fish and Invertebrates

1. Revisions to the current schedule: 
Common Name	Scientific Name	Retain/
Delete
Add	Justification based on criteria	
Blue Groper	Achoerodus gouldii	Delete	No longer ANZECC listed: not of conservation concern 	
Clarence River Cod	Maccullochella ikei	Retain	SPS (Schedule 6); ANZECC	
Clarence Galaxias	Galaxias johnstoni	Retain	SPS (Schedule 6); ANZECC	
Swan Galaxias	Galaxias fontanus	Retain	SPS (Schedule 6); ANZECC	
Cairns Birdwing Butterfly	Ornithoptera priamnus	Retain	Conservation concern	
Mountain Blue Butterfly	Papilio Ulysses	Retain	Conservation concern	
Trout Cod	Macullochella maquariensis	Retain	SPS (Schedule 7)	
Murray River Crayfish	Eustacus armatus	Retain	Conservation concern (vulnerable)	
Golden Sun Moth	Synemon plana	Retain	SPS (Schedule 7)	

2. Additional invertebrates and fish to be listed 
It is proposed that all nationally threatened fish and invertebrates (ANZECC) be added to ensure that they are considered to be animals under the Act (see the definition of animal in the Dictionary.)  By doing so, controls are possible on taking these species from the wild (where they occur naturally in the ACT), and/or allow for monitoring and control of their trade or captive breeding. 

Common Name	Scientific Name	Retain/
Delete
Add	Justification	
Perunga Grasshopper	Perunga ochracea	Add	Conservation concern (vulnerable)	
Two-spined Blackfish	Gadopsis bisinosus	Add	Conservation concern (vulnerable)	
Macquarie Perch	Macquaria australasica	Add	SPS (Schedule 7)	
Canberra Raspy Cricket	Cooraboorama canberrae	Add	Conservation concern	
Spiny Freshwater Cray	Euastacus crassus	Add	Conservation concern	
Spiny Freshwater Cray	Euastacus rieki	Add	Conservation concern	
Spotted Handfish	Brachionichthys hirsutus	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Barred Galaxias	Galaxias fuscus	Add	SPS (Schedule 6); ANZECC	
Pedder Galaxias	Galaxias pedderensis	Add	SPS (Schedule 6); ANZECC	
Elizabeth Springs Goby	Chlamydogobius micropterus	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Mary River Cod	Maccullochella peelii mariensis	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Lake Eacham Rainbow Fish	Melanotaenia eachamensis	Add	SPS (Schedule 6); ANZECC	
Oxleyan Pygmy Perch	Nannoperca oxleyana	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Red-finned Blue-eye	Scaturiginichthys vermei1ipinnis	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Great White Shark	Carcharodon carchanias	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Grey Nurse Shark	Carcharias Taurus	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	

Common Name	Scientific Name	Retain/
Delete
Add	Justification	
Edgbaston Goby	Chiamydogobius squamigenus	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Murray Hardyhead	Craterocephalus fluviatilis	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Saddled Galaxias	Galaxias tanycephalus	Add	SPS (Schedule 6); ANZECC	
Dwarf Galaxias	Galaxiella pusilla	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Blind Gudgeon	Milyeringa veritas	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Flinders Ranges Gudgeon 	Mogurnda n. sp.	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Balston’s Pygmy Perch	Nannatherina balstoni	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Yarra Pygmy Perch	Nannoperca obscura	Add	SPS (Schedule 6); ANZECC	
Ewens Pygmy Perch	Nannoperca variegata	Add	SPS (Schedule 6); ANZECC	
Blind Cave Eel	Ophistemon candidum	Add	CONSERVATION CONCERN: ANZECC	
Australian Grayling	Prototroctes maraena	Add	SPS (Schedule 6); ANZECC	
Honey Blue-eye	Pseudomugil mellis	Add	SPS (Schedule 6); ANZECC	
Ziebell’s Handfish	Sympterichthys sp.[CSIRO #T6.O1]	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Waterfall Bay Handfish	Sympterichthys sp.[CSIRO #T1996.O1]	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Adam’s Emerald Dragonfly	Archaeophya adamsi	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
An amphipod	Austrogammarus haasei	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Crystal Cave Crangonyctoid	Hurleya sp. (WAM#642-97)	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Camerons Cave Pseudoscorpion	Hyella  sp. (BES# 1154, 2525, 2546)	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Yorkrakine Trapdoor Spider	Kwonkan eboracum	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Orange Sun Moth	Synemon nais	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Minnivale Trapdoor Spider	Teyl sp. (B.Y. Main 1953/2683, 1984/13)	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
A trapdoor spider	Aganippe castellum	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Eastern Freshwater Shrimp	Australatya striolata	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Western Cape Range Bamazomus	Bamazomus sp. (WAM#951748)	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Tunbridge Looper Moth	Chrysolarentia decisaria	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Lake Pedder Earthworm	Diporochaeta pedderensis	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Western Cape Range Draculoides	Draculoides sp. (WAM#96/1151)	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Lord Howe Island Phasmid	Dryococelus australis	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Warragul Burrowing Crayfish	Engaeus sterna us	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Bornemisszas Stag Beetle	Hoplogonus bornemisszai	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
A native bee	Leioproctus contrarius	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
A native bee	Leioproctus douglasiellus	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	

Common Name	Scientific Name	Retain/
Delete
Add	Justification	
Cape Range Liagoceradocus	Liagoceradocus branchialis	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Broad-toothed Stag Beetle	Lissotes latidens	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
A seastar	Marginaster littoralis	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
A land snail	Meridolum corneovirens	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Stirling Range Moggridgea Spider	Moggridgea sp. (B.Y. Main 1990/24, 25)	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
A native bee	Neopasiphe simplicior	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Bathurst Copper	Paralucia spinifera	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Live-bearing Seastar	Patiriella vivipara	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Giant Dragonfly	Petalura gigantea	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
A land snail	Placostylus bivaricosus	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Schayers Grasshopper	Schayera baiulus	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Graceful Sun Moth	Synemon gratiosa	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Golden Sun Moth	Synemon plana	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
McCubbins Caddisfly	Taskiria mccubbini	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Lake Pedder Caddisfly	Taskiropsyche lacustris	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Blind Velvet Worm	Tasmanipatus anophthalmus	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
A stonefly	Thaumatoperla flaveola	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
A land snail	Thersites mitchellae	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Pannikin Plains Cave Isopod	Abebajoscia troglodytes	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Western Archaeid Spider	Austrarchaea mainae	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Cape Lecuwin Freshwater Snail	Austroassiminea letha	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Dandenong Freshwater Amphipod	Austrogammarus australis	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Freshwater Hydrobild Snail	Beddomeia krybetes	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Great Lake Hydrobiid Snail	Beddomeia tumida	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Barrow Island Bogidomma	Bogidomma australis	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Saltmarsh Looper Moth	Dasybela achroa	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
A tapeworm	Dasyurotaenia robusta	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Barrow Island Draculoides	Draculoides bramstokeri 	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Mallacoota Burrowing Crayfish	Engaeus mallacoota	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Mt Arthur Burrowing Crayfish
	Engaeus orramakunna	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Narracan Burrowing Crayfish	Engaeus phyllocercus	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Scottsdale Burrowing Crayfish	Engaeus spinicaudatus	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Bumie Burrowing Crayfish	Engaeus yabbimunna	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Orbost Spiny Crayfish	Euastacus diversus	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
A blind cave beetle	Goedetrechus mendumae	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Slender Cave Beetle	Goedetrechus parallelus	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
A damselfly 	Hemipliebia mirabilis	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Simsons Stag Beetle	Hoplogonus simsoni	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Vanderschoors Stag Beetle	Hoplogonus vanderschoori	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Shield-backed Trapdoor Spider	Idiosoma nigrum	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Cape Range Remipede	Lasionectes exleyi	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Barrow Island Liagoceradocus	Liagoceradocus subthalassicus	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Mt Mangana Stag Beetle	Lissotes menalcas	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Gippsland Giant Earthworm	Megascolides australis	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Stanley Snail	Miselaoma weldii	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
A bullant	Myrmecia sp. 17	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
A crustacean	Nedsia fragilis	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
A crustacean	Nedsia humphreysi	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
A crustacean	Nedsia hurlberti	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
A crustacean	Nedsia macrosculptilis	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
A crustacean	Nedsia sculptilis	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
A crustacean	Nedsia straskraba	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
A crustacean	Nedsia urifimbriata	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Ptunarra Brown	Oreixenica ptunarra	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Eltham Copper	Paralucia pyrodiscus lucida	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
A marine opisthobranch	Platydoris galbana	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
A marine opisthobranch	Rhodope sp.	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Mt Donna Buang Stonefly	Riekoperla darlingtoni	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Barrow Island Millipede	Speleostrophus nesiotes	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Lance-beaked Cave Shrimp	Stygiocaris lancifera	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Camerons Cave Millipede	Stygiochiropus isolatus	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
A millipede	Stygiochiropus peculiaris	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
A millipede	Stygiochiropus sympatricus	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Mullamullang Cave Spider	Tartarus mullamullangensis	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Cockerills Cave Beetle	Tasmanotrechus cockerilli	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
A stonefly	Thaumatoperla alpina	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Nullarbor Cave Trapdoor Spider	Troglodiplura lowryi	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	
Stirling Range Rhytidid Snail	Rhytidid sp. (WAM#2295-69)	Add	Conservation concern: ANZECC	

Schedule 2 Exempt Animals

1. Revisions to current listing: 
Retain all species currently listed on the basis that keeping these species are unlikely to pose a threat to wildlife. 
Common Name	Scientific Name	Retain/
Delete/
Add 	Justification based on criteria	
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo	Cacatua galerita	Retain	Unlikely to pose a threat to wildlife	
Galah	Cacatua roseicapilla	Retain	Unlikely to pose a threat to wildlife	
King Quail	Coturnix chinensis	Retain	Unlikely to pose a threat to wildlife	
Budgerygah	Melopsittacus undulatus	Retain	Unlikely to pose a threat to wildlife	
Cockatiel	Nymphicus hollandicus	Retain	Unlikely to pose a threat to wildlife	
Zebra Finch	Taeniopygia guttata	Retain	Unlikely to pose a threat to wildlife	
Lovebird	Agapornis – all species	Retain	Unlikely to pose a threat to wildlife	
European Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	Retain	Unlikely to pose a threat to wildlife	
Common Quail	Coturnix coturnix	Retain	Unlikely to pose a threat to wildlife	
Californian Quail	Lophortyx californicus	Retain	Unlikely to pose a threat to wildlife	
Partridges	Alectoris – all species	Retain	Unlikely to pose a threat to wildlife	
Partridges	Perdix – all species	Retain	Unlikely to pose a threat to wildlife	
Pheasants	Chrysolophus – all species	Retain	Unlikely to pose a threat to wildlife	
Pheasants	Phasianus – all species	Retain	Unlikely to pose a threat to wildlife	
Canary	Serinus canaria	Retain	Unlikely to pose a threat to wildlife	
Domestic Pigeon	Columba livia	Retain	Unlikely to pose a threat to wildlife	
Poultry (includes domestic pigeon)
	Domestic varieties	Retain	Unlikely to pose a threat to wildlife	
Common Long-Necked Tortoise	Chelodina longicollis	Retain	Unlikely to pose a threat to wildlife	
Blotched Blue-tongued Lizard	Tiliqua nigroleutea	Retain	Unlikely to pose a threat to wildlife	
Eastern Blue-tongued Lizard	Tiliqua scincoides	Retain	Unlikely to pose a threat to wildlife	

Amphibians
Eastern Banjo Frog	Limnodynaste
dumerilii	Retain
	But only tadpole and juvenile specimens.  Unlikely to pose a threat to wildlife
	
Brown-striped Frog	Limnodynastes peronii	Retain	But only tadpole and juvenile specimens.  Not commonly bred in captivity	
Spotted Grass Frog	Limnodynastes tasmaniensis	Retain
	But only tadpole and juvenile specimens.  Unlikely to pose a threat to wildlife	
Mammals
Dog	Canis familiaris	Retain	Unlikely to pose any additional threat to wildlife	
Guinea Pig	Cavia porcellus	Retain	Unlikely to pose any additional threat to wildlife	
Domestic strains of Rabbit	Oryctolagus cuniculus	Retain	Unlikely to pose any additional threat to wildlife	
Cat	Felis catus	Retain	Unlikely to pose any additional threat to wildlife	
Stock – as defined in the Stock Act 1934		Retain	Unlikely to pose any additional threat to wildlife.  Will be spelt out in full rather than incorporated by reference.	
White mice and rats – laboratory varieties	Rattus norvegicus,
Mus musculus	Retain	Unlikely to pose any additional threat to wildlife	

2. Additional species recommended for listing as exempt
Add species known to be bred in captivity, and posing no threat to wildlife
Ostrich	Struthio camelus	Add	Unlikely to pose any additional threat to wildlife	
Camel	Camelus dromedarius	Add	Unlikely to pose any additional threat to wildlife	
Alpaca	Lama llama	Add	Unlikely to pose any additional threat to wildlife	
Llama	Lama alpaca	Add	Unlikely to pose any additional threat to wildlife	
Bearded Dragon	Pogona Barbatus	Add
	Species known to be bred in captivity and unlikely to pose any threat to wildlife.	
Shingleback	Trachydosaurus rugosus	Add
	Species known to be bred in captivity and unlikely to pose any threat to wildlife.  Will Osborne has confirmed that this species can be exempt.	
Turquoise Parrot	Neophema pulchella	Add	Commonly kept, not native to the ACT.  While it is endangered in NSW, it is considered that exemption here will not place additional pressure on the NSW population.	
Regent Parrot	Polytelis anthopeplus	add	Although endangered in the wild, it is reasonably common in captivity and exempting it will not affect populations in the wild.	
Golden-shouldered Parrot	Psephotus chrysopterygius	add	Although endangered in the wild, it is reasonably common in captivity and exempting it will not affect populations in the wild.	
Plum Headed Finch	Neochima modesta	add	Commonly kept, and unlikely to pose any threat to wildlife	
Rainbow Lorikeet		Add	Commonly kept, not native to the ACT and is not endangered in the wild.	

The following birds are exempt in NSW and there are no regional concerns re exempting them in the ACT.

Little Corella (Short billed corella)	Cacatua sanguinea	Add		
Western Corella	Cacatua pastinator butleri	Add	(Note this is not Cacatua pastinator pastinator, which is SPS)	
Red-collared Lorikeet	Trichoglossus rubritorquis	Add		
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet	Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus	Add		
Musk Lorikeet	Glossopsitta concinna	Add		
Port Lincoln Parrot	Barnardius zonarius zonarius
	Add		
Twenty-eight Parrot	Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus	Add		
Hooded Parrot	Psephotus dissimilis	Add		
Red-rumped Parrot	Psephotus haematonotus	Add		
Princess Parrot	Polytelis alexandrae	Add		
Bourke's Parrot	Neopsephotus bourkii	Add	previously Neophema bourkii	
Elegant Parrot	Neophema elegans	Add		
Scarlet-chested Parrot	Neophema splendida	Add		
Adelaide Rosella	Platycercus elegans adelaidae	Add		
Eastern Rosella	Platycercus eximius	Add	But not Platycercus eximius diemenensis (Tasmanian Sub-spp)as it is threatened (see EA action plan)	
Pale-headed Rosella	Platycercus adscitus	Add		
Yellow Rosella	Platycercus elegans flaveolus	Add		
Western Rosella	Platycercus icterotis	Add	But not Platycercus icterotis xanthogenys as it is threatened (see EA action plan)	
Bar-shouldered Dove	Geopelia humeralis	Add		
Diamond Dove	Geopelia cuneata	Add		
Emerald Dove	Chalcophaps indica	Add	But don’t include Chalcophaps indica natalis as it is threatened (see EA action plan)	
Peaceful Dove	Geopelia striata	Add		
Common Bronzewing	Phaps chalcoptera	Add		
Crested Pigeon	Ocyphaps lophotes	Add		
Brown Quail	Coturnix ypsilophora	Add		
Stubble Quail	Coturnix pectoralis	Add		
Little Button-Quail	Turnix velox	Add		
Painted Button-Quail	Turnix varia	Add		
Blue-faced Parrot Finch	Erythrura trichroa	Add		
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin	Lonchura casaneothorax	Add		
Gouldian Finch	Erythrura gouldiae	Add		
Long-tailed Finch	Poephila acuticauda	Add		
Masked Finch	Poephila personata	Add		
Painted Finch	Emblema pictum	Add	Painted firetail finch, also Emblema picta	
Star Finch	Neochmia ruficauda	Add		
Long Billed Corella	Cacatua tenuirostris	Add	(Not Cacatua pastinator pastinator)  

The following table shows the list of birds exempt from the former National Exotic Birds Registration Scheme.  These are to be added to the exempt list, with some exceptions shown at the end of the list.  (As noted, some are already exempt, but are shown here for completeness.)  The rationale for exempting these bird species is that they were not required to be registered under the former NEBRS scheme, and accordingly we need not be concerned with licensing and controlling commerce in them.

Common Name	Scientific Name	Retain/
Delete/
Add 	Justification based on criteria	
Ostrich	Struthio camelus	Add	As above for each species in this table	
Chinese goose Swan goose 	Anser cygnoides	Add		
Greylag and all domestic strains of geese	Anser anser	Add		
Egyptian goose	Alopochen aegyptiacus	Add		
Paradise shelduck	Tadorna variegata	Add		
Muscovy duck	Cairina moschata	Add		
Turkey	Meleagris gallopavo	Add		
Mallard and all strains of domestic duck	Anas platyrhynchos	Add		
New Zealand Scaup	Aythya novaeseelandiae	Add		
California quail	Callipepla californicus	Add		
Northern bobwhite	Colinus virginianus	Add		
Chukar Partridge	Alectoris chukar	Add		
Common quail	Coturnix coturnix	retain	already exempt	
King quail, chinese painted quail	Coturnix chinensis	retain	already exempt	
Japanese quail	Coturnix japonica	Add		
Red junglefowl, all strains of domestic chicken	Gallus gallus	Add		
 Kalij pheasant	Lophura leucomelanos	Add		
Silver pheasant	Lophura nycthemera	Add		
Swinhoe's pheasant	Lophura swinhoii	Add		
Siamese pheasant	Lophura diardi	Add		
Reeve's pheasant	Syrmaticus reevsii	Add		
Common pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	Add		
Golden pheasant	Chrysolophus pictus	Add		
Lady Amherst's pheasant	Chrysolophus amherstiae	Add		
Indian peafowl	Pavo cristatus	Add		
Green peafowl	Pavo muticus	Add		
Helmeted guineafowl	Numida meleagris	Add		
Rock pigeon Common pigeon Fancy pigeon    	Columba livia	Add		
Ringed turtle dove	Streptopelia "risoria"	Add		
Spotted dove	Streptopelia chinensis	Add		
Masked dove, Caped Harelquin, Namaqua dove	Oena capensis	Add		
Talpacoti, Ruddy ground dove	Columbina talpacoti	Add		
Luzon bleeding heart pigeon	Gallicolumba luzonica	Add		
New guinea, - White bibbed ground dove	Gallicolumba jobiensis	Add		
Red-sided Eclectus parrot	Eclectus roratus polychloros 	Add		
Solomon Island Eclectus parrot	Eclectus roratus solomonensis 	Add		
Red-fronted kakariki	Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae novaezelandiae	Add		
Yellow-fronted kakariki	Cyanoramphus auriceps auriceps	Add		
Peach-faced lovebird	Agapornis roseicollis	retain	already exempt	
Fischer's lovebird	Agapornis fischeri	retain	already exempt	
Masked lovebird	Agapornis personata	retain	already exempt	
Nyasa lovebird	Agapornis lilianae	retain	already exempt	
Alexandrine parrot	Psittacula eupatria	Add		
Slaty-headed parrot	Psittacula himalayana	Add		
Plum-headed parrot	Psittacula cyanocephala	Add		
Janday conure	Aratinga jandaya	Add		
Sun conure	Aratinga solstitialis	Add		
Nanday conure	Nandayus nenday	Add		
Monk parrot	Myopsitta monachus	Add		
Eurasian blackbird	Turdus merula	Add		
Song thrush	Turdus philomelos	Add		
Jacarina, Blue-black grassquit	Volatinia jacarina	Add		
Cuban grassquit	Tiaris canora	Add		
Canary	Serinus canaria	retain	already exempt	
White rumped seedeater, Grey singing finch	Serinus leucopygius	Add		
Yellow-fronted canary, Green singing finch	Serinus mozambicus	Add		
Yellow canary	Serinus flaviventris	Add		
European greenfinch	Carduelis chloris	Add		
Oriental greenfinch	Carduelis sinica	Add		
European goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	Add		
Black-headed siskin	Carduelis magellanica	Add		
Red-winged Pytilia, Aurora	Pytilia phoenicoptera	Add		
Red-faced Aurora	Pytilia hypogrammica lopezi	Add		
Yellow-winged pytilia	Pytilia hypogrammica	Add		
Green-winged pytilia, Melba finch	Pytilia melba	Add		
Red-billed firefinch	Lagonosticta senegala	Add		
Blue-breasted cordonbleu	Uraeginthus angolensis	Add		
 Red-cheeked cordonbleu	Uraeginthus bengalus	Add		
Blue-capped cordonbleu	Uraeginthus cyanocephala	Add		
St Helena, Common waxbill	Estrilda astrild	Add		
Red avadavat	Amandava amandava amandava	Add		
	Amandava amandava punicea	Add		
Zebra waxbill, Orange breasted waxbil	Amandava subflava	Add	 	
Red-throated parrot finch Red faced parrot finch	Erythrura psittacea	Add		
Blue-faced parrot finch)	Erythrura trichroa	Add	(excluding Erythrura sigillifera)	
White-throated silverbill	Lonchura malabarica	Add		
Rufous backed Munia, Black and white munia	Lonchura bicolor	Add		
White-bellied Javan munia	Lonchura leucogastroides	Add		
Spice finch, scaly-breasted munia	Lonchura punctulata	Add		
Black-headed munia, Black-headed nun.	Lonchura malacca malacca	Add		
	Lonchura malacca ferruginosa	Add		
	Lonchura malacca atricapilla	Add		
White-headed munia	Lonchura maja	Add		
Bengalese Mannikin	Lonchura domestica	Add		
Silverbill	Lonchura cantans	Add		
Java sparrow	Padda oryzivora	Add		
Red-headed Finch, Aberdeen finch	Amandina erythrocephala	Add		
Cut throat finch	Amandina fasciata	Add		
House sparrow	Passer domesticus	Add		
Eurasian tree sparrow	Passer montanus	Add		
Madagascar Fody	Foudia madagascariensis	Add		
Red-headed fody	Foudia eminentissima	Add		
Red bishop, Grenadier weaver  	Euplectes orix orix	Add		
	Euplectes orix franciscana	Add		
Red-shouldered whydah, Fan tailed widow bird 	Euplectes axillaris	Add		
Pin tailed whydah	Vidua macroura	Add		
Common starling	Sturnus vulgaris	Add		
Common myna	Acridotheres tristis	Add		
Red-whiskered bulbul	Pycnonotus jocosus	Add		
Common skylark	Alauda arvensis	Add		
Laughing dove	Streptopelia senegalensis	do not add	This species has pest potential in the ACT	
Rose-ringed, Indian ring-necked parrot	Psittacula krameri	do not add	This species has pest potential in the ACT	

Protected Plants: Schedule 3

1.	Revision of current listing 
Common name	Species name	Retain/
Delete	Justification based on criteria	
Alpine Ballart 	Exocarpos nanus	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves	
Alpine Tuft Rush 	Oreobolus pumilio	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves	
n/a 	Arrhenechtites [syn. Erechtites] mixta	Delete	Helman et al 1988 recorded; fairly widespread in NSW mountains but locally rare; conserved in NNP	
Austral Adder's tongue 	Ophioglossum coriaceum	Delete	Not at risk of commercial collection	
Austral Dandelion 	Taraxacum aristum	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves	
Austral Mulberry 	Hedycarya angustifolia	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves	
Austral Pillwort 	Pilularia novae-hollandiae	Retain		
Australian Anchor Plant 	Discaria pubescens	Retain	Listed in NSW and Victoria	
Australian Dusty Miller 	Spyridium parvifolium	Retain 	Rare in ACT, common Vic forests.	
Banksia, Hairpin 	Banksia spinulosa	Delete	Coastal	
Banksia, Silver 	Banksia marginata	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves	
Blanket Bush 	Bedfordia arborescens	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves	
Blue Devil 	Eryngium ovinum (syn. rostratum)	Retain	Declining woodland species	
Bossiaea, Mountain Leafless 	Bossiaea bracteosa	Retain	Conserved in MRC, Lower Molonglo; but regionally rare.	
Bossiaea, River Leafless 	Bossiaea riparia	Delete	Conserved in NNP	
Bottlebrush, Crimson 	Callistemon pallidus	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves NNP	
Bottlebrush, Lemon 	Callistemon citrinus	Delete	Coastal	
Burrawang 	Macrozamia communis	Delete	Coastal	
Buttercup, Dwarf 	Ranunculus millanii	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves	
n/a	Callicoma serratifolia	Delete	Coastal	
Christmas Bush 	Ceratopetalum gummiferum	Delete	Coastal	
Christmas Bells 	Blandfordia nobilis	Delete	coastal	
Cress, Mountain 	Drabastrum alpestre

	Retain		
Currawang 	Acacia doratoxylon	Retain	MRC/L-Mol. Rare in ACT; near eastern limit 	
Elk Horn 	Platycerium bifurcatum	Delete	Coastal	
n/a 	Epacris robusta	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves
	
Fern, Bat's-wing 	Histiopteris incisa	Retain	All ferns except bracken and Cheilanthes spp to be protected	
Fern Common filmy 	Hymenophyllum cupressiforme	Retain	All ferns except bracken and Cheilanthes spp to be protected	
Fern Kangaroo 	Microsorium diversifolium	Retain	All ferns except bracken and Cheilanthes spp to be protected	
Fern King 	Todea barbara	Retain	All ferns except bracken and Cheilanthes spp to be protected	
Fern Rasp 	Doodia aspera	Retain	All ferns except bracken and Cheilanthes spp to be protected	
Fern Rock felt- 	Pyrrosia rupestris	Retain	All ferns except bracken and Cheilanthes spp to be protected	
Fern Rough tree- 	Cyathea australis	Retain	All ferns except bracken and Cheilanthes spp to be protected	
Fern Soft tree 	Dicksonia antarctica	Retain	All ferns except bracken and Cheilanthes spp to be protected	
Fig Sandpaper 	Ficus coronata	Delete	Coastal 	
Finger Flower 	Cheiranthera linearis	Retain	Rare in ACT, not reserved	
Grass Tree or Blackboy 	Xanthorrhoea australis	Retain	Not adequately conserved; major occurrences on rural lands; necessary to control commerce	
n/a 	Grevillea diminuta	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves	
n/a 	Grevillea juniperina	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves	
Grevillea Gully 	Grevillea barklyana	Delete	Coastal 	
Gum, Mountain Swamp 	Eucalyptus camphora	Retain		
Gum,Spinning 	Eucalyptus perriniana	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves	
Gum, Tingiringy 	Eucalyptus glaucescens	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves	
N/a 	Helichrysum collinum	Delete	Uncommon in ACT; threatened on Mt Jerrabombera; ranges to Qld.	
Ironwood 	Backhousia myrtifolia	Delete	Coastal	
Lily, Pale Flax- 	Dianella laevis	Retain	Not adequately conserved; locally rare.	
n/a 	Lomandra bracteata	Delete	Adequately conserved	
Mangrove 	Avicennia marina var. australasica	Delete	Coastal	
Mangrove, River 	Aegiceras corniculatum	Delete	Coastal 	
Milkmaids 	Burchardia umbellata	Retain	Not adequately conserved	
Moonwort 	Botrychium lunularia	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves	
Moonwort, Australian 	Botrychium australe	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves	
Mother Spleenwort 	Asplenium bulbiferum	Retain	All ferns except bracken and Cheilanthes spp to be protected	
Mountain Needlewood 	Hakea lissopsperma	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves 	
n/a 	Muellerina bidwillii	Delete	Conserve Callitris endlicheri to conserve this species	
Oak She- Black 	Allocasuarina littoralis	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves. Near inland limit; rare in ACT; common to the east. 	
Oak, Bull- 	Allocasuarina luehmannii	Retain	Not adequately conserved	
Oak, She- Drooping 	Allocasuarina stricta	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves	
Oak, River 	Casuarina cunninghamiana	Retain	Key species of potential listed community 	
Oak, Swamp She- 	Allocasuarina glauca	Delete	Coastal	
Orchids 	ORCHIDACEAE - all species	Retain	Not adequately conserved; necessary to control commerce	
Palm Tree, Cabbage 	Livistona australis	Delete	Coastal 	
n/a 	Parantennaria uniceps	Retain	Former ACT species no longer occurring locally	
Prickfoot 	Eryngium vesiculosum	Delete	Adequately conserved; NNP,TNR, Uncommon.	
Pepper Everlasting 	Helichrysum conditum	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves	
Pine Plum, Mountain 	Podocarpus lawrencei	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves	
n/a 	Pomaderris pallida	Retain	ANZECC	
n/a 	Pultenaea boormanii	Delete	Crawford; Uncommon locally (questionable record for occurrence in ACT); a Pilliga species.	
n/a 	Pultenaea laxiflora	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves	
Rock Quillwort 	Isoetes humilior	Retain	Reserved, wet habitat	
Sea-Box 	Alyxia buxifolia	Delete	Coastal 	
Shiny Phebalium 	Phebalium lamprophyllum	Delete	Coastal 	
Stiff Woodruff 	Asperula ambleia	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves	
n/a 	Stuartina hamata	Retain	Not adequately conserved	

Tea-Tree, Button 	Leptospermum micromyrtus	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves	
Turquoise Berry 	Drymophila cyanocarpa	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves	
Velvety Geebung 	Persoonia subvelutina	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves	
Violet,Swamp 	Viola caleyana	Retain	In NNP but vulnerable site. Rare in ACT	
Wallaby Grass Brown-back 	Danthonia duttoniana	Delete	Adequately conserved	
Waratah 	Telopea speciossima	Delete	Coastal 	
Wattle, Alpine	Acacia alpina	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves	
Wax-flower, Long-Leaf 	Eriostemon myoporoides	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves	
White Elderberry 	Sambucus gaudichaudiana	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves	
Wiry Dock 	Rumex dumosus	Delete	Adequately conserved	
Wonga-Vine 	Pandorea pandorana	Delete	Adequately conserved in reserves	
Wrinklewort, Button 	Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides	Retain 	SPS 	
n/a 	Zornia dictyocarpa	Retain		
2. Add threatened species and species under threat 
Small Purple Pea 	Swainsona recta	Add	SPS	
Tuggeranong Lignum	Muehlenbeckia tuggeranong	Add	SPS 	
Sub-alpine herb	Gentiana baeuerlenii	Add	SPS 	
Ginninderra Lepidium	Lepidium ginninderrense	Add	To be nominated	
Ferns, all except Bracken and Cheilanthes spp.	Pteridophyta excluding Pteridium esculentum and Cheilanthes spp.	Add	Necessary to control commerce	
	Eucalyptus aggregata	Add	ACT:rare; Western limits? Common NSW to east	
	Swainsona sericea	Add	listed as threatened in NSW	

Schedule 4 Protected Native Animals 

Common Name	Scientific Name	Retain/
Delete/
Add	Justification based on criterion	
Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo	Cacatua leadbeateri	Retain	Need to control trade and commerce	
Gang-Gang Cockatoo	Callocephalon fimbriatum	Retain	Need to control trade and commerce	
Black Cockatoos	Calyptorhynchus – all species	Retain	Need to control trade and commerce	
Eclectus Parrot	Eclectus roratus macgillivrayi

Eclectus roratus polychloros	Modify	Protected species to include only the native sub-species.	
Fig Parrot	Cyclopsitta diophthalma	modify	correction of name	
Golden-shouldered Parrot	Psephotus chrysopterygius	delete	Now exempt	
Hooded Parrot	Psephotus chrysopterygius dissimilis	delete	Can be exempted as per NSW 	
Night Parrot	Pezoporus occidentalis	retain	meets criteria	
Orange bellied parrot	Neophema chrysogaster	retain	meets criteria	
Ground parrot	Pezoporus wallicus	retain	meets criteria	
Palm Cockatoo	Probosciger aterrimus	add	meets criteria	
Red Cheeked Parrot	Geoffroyus geoffroyi maclennana	add	meets criteria	
Swift Parrot	Lathamus discolor	add	meets criteria	
Reptiles – all except exempt species
	Various	Retain	All reptiles other than exempt reptiles should remain protected.	
Mammals:				
Dingo	Canis familiaris dingo	delete	Not of conservation concern