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Biosecurity Qld throwing good fire ant bait after bad. Dumping v spreading. Likely to make ants bait-shy. Doing more harm than good.

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Huge 4.5 x 1m fire ant nests along Undullah Road, Cedar Grove, Scenic Rim, SEQ, within fire ant flight distance of major turf farms. Inside Fire Ant Program Biosecurity Zone since 2015. Utter failure.

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Fire ant infestation in SEQ up 55% in 4 years. Cost $600m. Fire ant program Chair wants more money. Fact check her interview with Steve Austin ABC radio Brisbane 30th June 2021.

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Steve Austin ABC radio Brisbane, weary of National Fire Ant Program executives unavailable for interview, interview with program whistle-blower Pam Swepson 18th June 2021.

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'More fire ant nests in Logan as calls for inquiry get louder.' Judith Kerr, Logan News

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100s of fire ant nests under the nose of Fire Ant Program Head Office in Logan City. Have they given up treating them? Now dumping the costs and risks onto the public. Time for a Royal Commission.

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Fact check: Commonwealth government's ill-informed and misleading responses to questions about the National Red Imported Fire Ant Eradication Program to Senate Estimates Committee 27 May 2021. Time for a Royal Commission.

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Steve Austin, ABC Radio Brisbane, said 'We've been following the fire ant debacle in this State for quite some time.' Interview with Pam Swepson 18th May 2021.

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Both New South Wales and Victoria refuse entry of Queensland-certified potted plants into their markets after scathing CSIRO review of Biosecurity Qld's fire ant movement controls. Time for a Royal Commission.

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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.