Legislation to mandate the use of wildlife safe fruit-tree and vegetable garden netting has commenced in the ACT.

To ensure the safety of native wildlife visiting your garden, netting should have a mesh size of 5mm x 5mm or smaller. If you can easily poke your finger through the mesh of your netting, it’s likely that animals could become tangled in it. Fines may be issued to residents and businesses who do not follow these laws.

For more information on keeping our native wildlife safe, visit our wildlife friendly fruit netting webpage.