With a backlog of thousands of untreated fire ant nests Biosecurity Queensland is throwing an expensive cocktail of chemicals at them: to improve the statistics rather than kill ants. Time for a Royal Commission.

Dr Wendy Craik, Chair of the National Fire Ant Program, told the 'Brisbane Times' the program had eradicated 5 incursions of fire ants, knowing the program has never collected reliable data to support any claims of success. Time for a Royal Commission.

Spikes in fire ant infestations in Logan city and the Scenic Rim because Biosecurity Queensland chronically under-treats them: even with $411m. Time for a Royal Commission.

Biosecurity Queensland has continually watered down its treatment regime: from twelve rounds of bait over three years, to just six rounds over two years, with no evidence that regime works. And they can’t even deliver on that. Under-treating fire ants does not kill them. It gives them the chance to spread. Between 2001-2016, the fire ant inf...