Return of operations
A ‘Return of Operations’ is a record of the activities you have performed in relation a permit, authority, or licence you hold.
If you have a permit or licence for activities dealing with a native flora and fauna (wildlife) species in Queensland, keeping an up-to-date Return of Operations ensures you have a record of your activities and provides evidence that you are performing compliant activities under your permit.
To submit a Return of Operations, or to manage your permits and licences log into the Department of Environment and Science’s Online Services portal.
This video shows you how to update and submit your Return of Operations online:
This video shows how Damage Mitigation Permit holders can submit their ‘return of operations’ using Online Services.
This video shows how Damage Mitigation Permit holders can submit their ‘return of operations’ using Online Services.
This user guide outlines the steps to submit a return for a Damage Mitigation Permit online .
If you have any enquiries or questions about your obligations and responsibilities as a permit, license, or authority holder, please contact Permit and Licence Management by telephone on 1300 130 372 or via email at palm@des.qld.gov.au
Alternatively, downloadable forms are available here:
- Collection authority to take and keep least concern wildlife
- Collection authority to take and keep least concern wildlife (under Military Standing Order)
- Commercial wildlife licence (birds, reptiles, scorpions and spiders)
- Commercial wildlife harvesting licence (other animals)
- Commercial wildlife licence (dead protected wildlife other than macropods)
- Damage mitigation permit (culling and dispersal)
- Damage Mitigation Permit (lethal take of flying-foxes for crop protection)
- Damage mitigation permit (issued under a wildlife property management plan)
- Damage mitigation permit (removal and relocation)
- Dealer licence
- Educational purpose permit for native wildlife
- Educational purpose permit for native wildlife kept in a classroom
- Flying-fox roost management permit
- Harvesting licence
- Permit to keep wildlife
- Marine wildlife strandings and mortality report data sheet (PDF, 1.2MB)
- Research permit
- Standard, Specialised, Advanced (Part1)
- Standard, Specialised, Advanced (Part2)
- Wildlife data records: Spotter catcher
- Wildlife farming licence
- Wildlife farming licence (crocodiles)
Keeping native animals
Find out which native animals require a licence to be kept as a pet.
Wildlife emergencies
View contact details for reporting incidents related to wildlife.