The federal government is consulting on whether to restrict SGAR poisons.

SGAR poisons cause immense suffering. Designed to kill rats and mice, they are also killing native animals across Australia through secondary poisoning.

Owls, kookaburras, quolls, goannas, possums, and wedge-tailed eagles bleed to death from the inside, over days, after ingesting these cruel poisons.

Studies in Australia show alarmingly high levels of SGAR toxins in many native species. Animals die slowly over several days from blood loss, organ failure, or brain haemorrhages. Any animal unfortunate enough to ingest these poisons faces a slow and agonising death.

Our MP Emma Hurst has been fighting to ban these cruel poisons for years, securing wins including Amazon's commitment to end all SGAR sales and a formal recommendation from Australia's pesticide regulator to restrict access.

Your submission is important. Government consultations are on the public record, and high volumes of public support carry real weight. Every response matters.

⌛ Submission deadline: 5 PM on Thursday, 11 June 2026

💡 What the government is proposing

The proposal would classify SGAR poisons as restricted chemical products (RCPs), meaning they could only be sold to authorised users such as licensed pest controllers, not the general public. When you open the consultation, you will see the proposal referred to as an "RCP declaration."

The consultation is being run by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

🗨️ How to Have Your Say

The consultation has two parts: an optional written submission upload, followed by a short survey with one multiple-choice question and two text boxes.

You can do just the survey or include a submission as well. We've put together suggested copy for everything below.

Step by step

1. Open the consultation using the button below.
2. You'll be asked if you want to upload a submission. This is optional, but if you'd like to, copy our suggested statement below, personalise it, save it as a Word doc or PDF, and upload it.
3. We recommend selecting "Very Supportive" or "Supportive" for the multiple-choice question.
4. For text box 1, you can write No or leave it blank.
5. For text box 2, paste in our suggested statement below. Edit it in your own words before submitting, as personalised responses carry more weight.
6. Submit.

📝 Submission Example Statement

I strongly support the proposal to declare second generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGAR poisons) as restricted chemical products. SGAR poisons cause immense suffering and painful deaths to native wildlife, including owls, kookaburras, quolls, goannas, possums, and wedge-tailed eagles through secondary poisoning. Animals die slowly over several days from blood loss, organ failure, or brain haemorrhages. Restricting access to authorised users is a necessary and urgent step, and I urge the department to proceed with the declaration without delay, with the shortest possible transition period. I would also encourage the department to treat this restriction as a step toward a full ban on SGAR poisons, which is what the evidence and the welfare of Australia's native wildlife demand.

📝 Survey Text Box 2 Example Statement

The transition period should be as short as possible. Every day these products remain accessible to the general public is another day that owls, possums, quolls, and other native animals are at risk. I would also encourage the department to treat this restriction as a stepping stone toward a full ban on SGAR poisons, restrictions alone do not eliminate the risk of secondary poisoning to wildlife.

Submissions close 5 PM, Thursday 11 June 2026.

It takes just a few minutes. Every response on the public record sends a message to the government that Australians want these cruel poisons gone.

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