Across Australia, governments already collect and publish information about 1080 baiting in many different ways. Some jurisdictions provide detailed public alerts or mapped information. Others rely on broader program notices, park warnings, physical signage or information spread across different systems.

The problem is not simply whether information is online. It is that no consistent minimum standard determines what the public should be able to find, how precise that information should be, how current it should remain or whether it is preserved for later scrutiny.

That means the information available to someone living near, visiting or travelling through an affected area can still depend on the jurisdiction, agency or program responsible.

Australia needs a minimum national 1080 public warning and disclosure standard. Federal environment and agriculture leaders should work with states and territories to establish a consistent public record that clearly identifies when 1080 is being used and provides the operational area, dates and current status, baiting method, listed target species and program purpose, responsible authority and contact information, stable source links, preserved records and reusable data.

Where authorised use occurs on private property, appropriate privacy safeguards can protect identifiable private-property information while still providing meaningful public information about the operation.

This campaign is not only about knowing where 1080 is used. It is about ensuring communities can see, understand and scrutinise the information governments already hold about its use.