Biosecurity Queensland said fire ant nest in Tarome an anomaly. Now three more - threatening to spread beyond the Great Dividing Range. A disaster! Time for a Royal Commission.

Large fire ant nests still infesting Oxley in Brisbane's SW. Treated many times over 20 years. Utter failure by Biosecurity Queensland. Time for a Royal Commission.

Biosecurity Queensland tells the public to treat fire ant nests themselves. Evidence the eradication program has failed. The inevitable consequence of politics over science. Fire ant now threaten public safety forever. Time for a Royal Commission.

In ‘Under the Microscope’ April 2021 the National Red Imported Fire Ant Eradication Program tells the public to treat fire ants at home with bait available from local or online retailers or hire a pest manager to do it on their behalf. Dumping the costs and risks of treating fire ants onto the public, after nearly twenty years of telling the...