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Compliance/Enforcement

Investigations and Compliance Unit

The role of the Investigations and Compliance Unit, is to:

  • monitor, detect, deter and to promote compliance of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 and subordinate legislation;
  • protect populations of native animals and plants from illegal exploitation;
  • control possession and trade in wildlife to ensure that captive holding of animals has no detrimental effect on naturally occurring populations or the conservation of wildlife;
  • ensure adequate awareness of the legislation and assist in promoting public awareness through education;
  • encourage the support and cooperation of members of the public in the section's compliance role.

Please forward written inquiries to:

Manager, Investigations and Compliance Unit
Department for Environment and Heritage
GPO Box 1047
Adelaide SA 5001
Australia
Contact: investigations@saugov.sa.gov.au

Reporting of Offences

Public assistance is required in the reporting of compliance matters regarding:

  • our national parks and conservation parks (such activities as unauthorised access by vehicles, lighting of fires and the use of firearms in reserves);
  • the illegal exploitation of native animals and plants (such activities as trapping of wild animals, taking animals and plants from the wild, killing of native animals);
  • the unlicensed keeping or trading of our native animals.

To report any law enforcement issues concerning wildlife matters, national parks & wildlife reserves, or other more general flora or fauna issues,  please contact the following:

Enforcement Matters Involving Wildlife
Investigations and Compliance duty officer Phone: (61 8) 8124 4861 (during office hours)
Pager: 1300 650 411 quote pager no. 465393
Clearance of Native Vegetation
Native Vegetation Council Secretariat Phone: (61 8) 8124 4753 (during office hours)
Enforcement Matters Involving NP&W Reserves
Contact your nearest Department for Environment and Heritage Office:

1 Richmond Road, Keswick
91-97 Grenfell Street, Adelaide
137 Dauncey Street, Kingscote (Kangaroo Island)
115 Maryvale Road, Althelstone (Black Hill CP )
11 Helen Street, Mount Gambier
9 Mackay Street, Port Augusta
75 Liverpool Street, Port Lincoln
28 Vaughan Terrace, Berri
Unit 6/17 Lennon Street, Clare

 

Keswick Phone: (61 8) 8124 4700
Adelaide Phone: 8204 9000
Kingscote Phone: (61 8) 8553 2381
Black Hill Phone: (61 8) 8336 0926
Mount Gambier Phone: (61 8) 8735 1177
Port Augusta Phone: (61 8) 8648 5300
Port Lincoln Phone: (61 8) 8688 3111
Berri Phone: (61 8) 8595 2111
Clare Phone: (61 8) 8841 3400
Cultivation of Drugs in Reserves
BankSA Crime Stoppers Phone: 1800 333 000 (within Australia only)
Licensing of Native Plants and Animals
Fauna Permits Unit Phone: (61 8) 8124 4803 (during office hours)
Enforcement Matters Involving Fishing
Fishwatch / or marine environment Phone: 1800 065 522 (within Australia only)
Overseas Export - Import of native or Exotic Animals
Customs Watch
Australian Government Department for Environment and Heritage		 Phone: 1800 06 1800 (within Australia only)

GPO Box 787 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia
Phone: (61 2) 6274 111
Licensing of Exotic Birds, Mammals and Reptiles
Animal and Plant Control Commission Phone: (61 8) 8303 9500

Further Information

Environment Australia website - Wildlife trade and sustainable use

McDowell, Don. 1997,
Wildlife Crime Policy and the Law - An Australian Study
Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra

Australia. Parliament. Report of the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee. June 1998,
Commercial Utilisation of Australian Native Wildlife
Parliament House, Canberra

Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service. April 1992,
Australia's Protection and Conservation of Wildlife
Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra

Fact Sheets

The Investigations and Compliance Unit places a strong emphasis on promoting community awareness through education. As a response to the need to provide up to date, relevant and timely information the Unit has developed a number of fact sheets to provide appropriate information to develop community understanding of the provisions of the National Parks and Wildlife legislation.

The following fact sheets:

Provide a brief overview of the roles of the Investigations and Compliance Unit, Powers of Wardens/Authorised Officers, what you can do to help administer the legislation, what to expect during an investigation under the NPWSA Act and your privacy during a NPWSA investigation.

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