Towards cooperative national arrangements for weed spread prevention - the saga continues.

Requirements for managing the spread of weeds vary between jurisdictions, as do the policy, educational and operational arrangements necessary to address the issue. No person or organisation is completely free of responsibility within statutory or common law. However, the ability to prevent weed spread is hindered by the complexity of management arrangements and the difficulty in translating these to effective on-ground actions. This paper describes an ongoing cooperative national planning process, which builds from previous work (Barker 2005) and aims to: • Identify and prioritise weed spread prevention activities; • Identify and restrict pathways for weed spread; • Achieve national consistency in weed spread prevention; and • Complement the review of the National Weeds Strategy.