Collecting Permit Contacts


Information is available for:

Australian Capital Territory | Queensland | New South Wales | Victoria | South Australia | Tasmania | Western Australia | Northern Territory

Please note: If you intend to take any of your collected insects outside of Australia, you will require a WildLife Protection Permit and perhaps a CITES permit.
If so, click HERE.



Australian Capital Territory


For National Park Collecting Permits, please contact:

Namadgi National Park

or Fax to: Namadgi National Park 026207 2901


New South Wales


Contact Ms Subha Nand

Phone: 02 9585 6537
Fax: 02 9585 6401

Additional information as follow:

Workers intending to collect from State forests will require a Special Purposes Permit issued by State Forests of NSW. For rare and endangered species, a NSW NPWS licence will have to be obtained first and its number provided to State Forests of NSW.

Special conditions apply to all permits issued as follows:
1. Permit holder to advise regions in advance of any proposed collections to be undertaken in State Forests - contact details will be supplied
2. Holotypes of any new species found must be deposited with an approved Australian Institution, and some paratype material should be lodged in State Forests' insect collection
3. A representative voucher collection of all material taken should lodged with State Forests' insect collection.

Contact:
Scientific Liaison Officer
Forest Research and Development Division
State Forests of NSW
PO Box 100
BEECROFT NSW 2119

Telephone 612-9872-0111
Fax 612-9871-6941

Email Contact Here

For collecting permits:

State Forests of NSW
Scientific Liaison Officer
Telephone 612-9872-0111
Fax 612-9871-6941

Email Contact Here


Queensland


DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT REGIONAL OFFICES

Far Northern Region
10-12 Mcleod Street
Cairns Qld 4870

P.O. Box 2066
Cairns Qld 4870
Phone: (07) 4052 3096
Fax:	(07) 4052 3080
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Northern Region
Old Quarantine Station
Cape Pallarenda Qld 4810

P.O. Box 5391
Townsville Mail Centre Qld 4810
Phone: (07) 4722 5211
Fax:	(07) 4722 5226
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Central Coast Region
Corner Yeppoon and Norman Roads
North Rockhampton Qld 4701

P.O. Box 3130
Rockhampton Shopping Fair Qld 4701
hone: (07) 4836 0511
Fax:	(07) 4936 2212
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Southwestern Region
158 Hume Street
Toowoomba Qld 4350

P.O. Box 731
Toowoomba Qld 4350
Phone: (07) 4639 4599
Fax:	(07) 4639 4524
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Southeastern Region
Jetset Centre
288 Edward Street
GPO Box 2771
Brisbane Qld. 4001

Phone: (07) 3224 5641(General) or (07) 3225 8418 
Fax:	(07) 3225 8723



South Australia


For National Park Collecting Permits, please contact:

Peter Canty


Tasmania


For National Park Collecting Permits, please contact:

Michael Driessen

or Fax: 036233 3477


Victoria


For National Park Collecting Permits, please contact:

Sue Hadden
Ph: 03 9296 4621

For State Forest Collecting Permits, please contact:

Richard Wadsworth


Northern Territory


The Permit Officer
Parks & Wildlife Commission of the NT
GPO Box 496
Palmerston NT 0831
Phone 08 89 994 795
Fax 08 89 994 524.
Website

For collecting in Kakadu National Park or Uluru National Park (which are federally controlled) you need to apply to;

Wildlife Impact Assessment Section
Wildlife Conservation Branch
Department of the Environment and Heritage
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601
Fax: 02 6274 2214
Email: epbcwild@deh.gov.au
Website


Western Australia


For All Permits contact:

Wildlife Clerk

Mr Danny Stefoni
CALM Wildlife Branch
Locked Bag 30, Bentley Delivery Centre
Western Australia. 6983
Ph +61 8 9334 0439, fax +61 8 9334 0278



Environment Australia


For International Wildlife Trade, please contact:

Department of the Environment and Heritage
GPO Box 787
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Phone: 02 6274 1900
Fax: 02 6274 1921
Email: Wildlife Trade
Internet: Website Contact