Australian Plague Locust Commission

Set up in 1974 by agreement between the Commonwealth and New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Queensland, jointly funded and administered within the Commonwealth agriculture department. It had no Commonwealth predecessor.

1. 22 December 1975Moved to the re-created Department of Primary Industry.
2. 24 July 1987Moved to the new Department of Primary Industries and Energy.
3. 21 October 1998Moved to the new Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
4. 18 September 2013Moved to the new Department of Agriculture.
5. 21 September 2015Moved to the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources.
6. 29 May 2019Moved to the re-created Department of Agriculture.
7. 1 February 2020Moved to the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment.
8. 1 July 2022Moved to the re-created Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

• Monitoring and survey of locust populations
• Forecasting of locust outbreaks
• Aerial and ground control of the Australian plague locust and other locust species
• Research on locust ecology and control methods
• Coordination with state agencies

In the portfolio of Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

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