Commercial licence conditions, fees and forms

Kangaroos are protected in New South Wales by the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016. Under the Biodiversity Conservation Act, it is an offence to harm, buy or sell kangaroos for commercial purposes without a licence.

All licences are granted on an annual basis with conditions that are subject to change. It is an offence to contravene any condition of a licence.

2023 licence conditions

Non-commercial licences to harm kangaroos are not issued by the commercial kangaroo management program. Non-commercial applications need to be submitted to the appropriate National Parks and Wildlife Service Area office that manages the region the property is located in.

2023 licensing year application and registration fees

Licences and registrations are issued on a calendar year basis.

  Full calendar year From 1 July
Professional Kangaroo Harvester Licence $894 $447
Landholder Kangaroo Harvester Licence $223 Full year fee only
Animal Dealer (Kangaroo) Licence $5,571 $2,785.50
Animal Dealer (Kangaroo Skin) Licence $2,006 $1,003
Registration of chiller premises $390/premises $195/premises
Registration of premises (skin dealer) $281/premises $140.50/premises
Commercial tags $1.17 per tag / ($58.50 per 50) 
*Postage is an extra charge

Species available for commercial harvest per zone in 2023

Species availability and zone closures are subject to change accordance with the NSW Commercial Kangaroo Harvest Management Plan.

View maps of the NSW commercial kangaroo management zones.

Zone
Number and Name		 Red Eastern Grey Western Grey Wallaroo
16 – Southeast   ✓    
48 – Central Tablelands North   ✓    
49 – Central Tablelands South   ✓    
09 – Armidale   ✓   ✓
13 – Glenn Innes   ✓   ✓
14 – Upper Hunter   ✓   ✓
08 – Narrabri ✓ ✓    
10 – Coonabarabran ✓ ✓ ✓  
17 – Griffith North ✓ ✓ ✓  
18 – Griffith South ✓ ✓ ✓  
04 – Lower Darling ✓ ✓ ✓  
06 – Cobar ✓ ✓ ✓  
01 – Tibooburra ✓ ✓ ✓  
02 – Broken Hill ✓ ✓ ✓  
07 – Bourke ✓ ✓ ✓  

Applications for all categories of licences and tag applications are made via the Wildlife Management System (WMS). Animal Dealer (Kangaroo) and Skin Dealer (Kangaroo) licensees are required to use the WMS for all licensing and reporting activities. You can access information about the Wildlife Management System via the WMS support and resources page.

2023 Forms for Professional Kangaroo Harvesters

2023 Forms for Animal Dealer (Kangaroo)