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Fire Ant Fiasco

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Biosecurity Queensland under-treats fire ants in Scenic Rim, Lockyer Valley and Ipswich, in SEQ. No post treatment surveillance. Says fire ants 'all but eradicated.' Dumps surveillance onto landowners. More lies to cover-up the incompetence. Time for a Royal Commission.

Fire ants infest new school in Ripley, between Brisbane and Ipswich in SEQ. Huge urban development, huge infestation. Review say Biosecurity Qld fails to control the movement of fire ant carriers. Time for a Royal Commission.

Peak Crossing, on the edge of Biosecurity Qld's Fire Ant Program operations since 2001, a high risk area since 2012, still heavily infested. A $500m, 19 yr failure. Time for a Royal Commission.