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Contact UsQLD Sheep & Goat eID Rebate
Funding will be offered until available funds are exhausted, or until 30 June 2025
Individual eID for sheep and managed goats will be implemented in Queensland from 1 January 2025, as part of an agreed national initiative to enhance biosecurity by track and trace in case of emergency animal disease (EAD) outbreak.
The eID system has three elements to enable rapid tracing:
- Each location has a property identification code (PIC).
- A high-frequency electronic device (for example, ear tag) with a microchip inside to individually identify each animal.
- Enters the necessary movement information for each animal into the National Livestock Identification System, NLIS, database.
The Queensland Sheep and Goat eID Assistance Package will provide:
- A 50% rebate up to $1600 (per Property Identification Code (PIC) based in Queensland) to sheep and managed goat producers for eID readers and eID devices.
- A 50% rebate up to $1600 to Queensland livestock agents for eID readers.
Key Criteria:
All livestock owners in Queensland are required to be registered as a biosecurity entity if they own (or are in the care and control of) 1 or more cattle, bison, buffalo, sheep, goat, alpaca, camelid, equine, pig, 100 or more birds, or 1 or more European beehive.
To be eligible for assistance, primary producers must meet the following conditions:
- Have a property identification code (PIC) based in Queensland.
- Have 30 or more sheep or managed goats.
- Have a current and up-to-date biosecurity entity registration.
- Must not have claimed assistance through any other Queensland Government eID funding.
- Have purchased an approved device or an electronic reader (or a combination of both) on or after 1 January 2023.
To be eligible for a rebate as a livestock agent, the applicant must:
- Have an Australian Business Number;
- Have an NLIS account with recorded movement of sheep or managed goats off a PIC in the previous 12 months; and
- Have purchased an electronic reader on or after 1 January 2023.