Authorities have launched an independent review of Australia's national fire ant eradication program to evaluate the country's fight against one of the world's most destructive pests. Fire ants — ...

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In what may be the fastest eradication effort ever of an invasive pest from overseas, the Fire Ant Program's sixth round is sure to be the final nail in the coffin for fire ants. Biosecurity ...

Mark Newton was at Archerfield Wetlands in Brisbane’s south-west when curiosity got the better of him and he placed his hand beside a red imported fire ant (RIFA) nest. “I wanted to poke the bear,” ...

The Crisafulli government has slammed Labor for allowing Queensland's fire ant crisis to get out of control as eradication efforts are ramped up in the Sunshine State. Fire ants are an invasive ...

A major fire ant outbreak has broken out at a BHP coal mine in Queensland, the company has confirmed. The outbreak was found at the BHP Broadmeadow coal mine, 150km inland from Mackay, last week.

Australia is at serious risk of losing its fight against its most formidable biosecurity threat, with a $2 billion fire ant ...

They swarm, they sting, they're invasive, and they could be in your backyard soon. Fire ants — named for their painful, burning sting — have relentlessly marched across south-east Queensland, steadily ...

Primary Industries Minister Tony Perrett said an investigation would determine how the fire ants had spread so far from southeast Queensland, and confirmed he would update the public as further ...

It's certainly not the kind of equipment you can pick up at Bunnings, but this large contraption could play a role in countering a serious threat moving around the country. Australian researchers are ...

Australia could lose its chance to eradicate a potentially deadly superpest if a funding cliff isn’t urgently addressed, an interstate delegation has warned. Mayors from three regional Queensland ...

Mayors from three regional Queensland councils on the frontline of the fight to contain fire ants travelled to Canberra on Tuesday morning alongside Primary Industries Minister Tony Perrett to lobby ...