A national outbreak of the pest from its Queensland stronghold would sting the economy – and that’s without even considering the health costs.
Helen Scott-Orr,a former federal inspector-general of biosecurity,warns the threat posed by the invasive pest goes far beyond agriculture.
The federal government has threatened to call for the removal of all feral horses from alpine regions rather than preserving 3000 brumbies on heritage grounds.
Mosman council was informed on Monday that a Balmoral resident had witnessed someone drilling into a fig tree along the Balmoral foreshore.
Vinyl chloride was one of the toxic materials that contaminated East Palestine after a freight train derailed. The disaster was “100 per cent preventable”.
Bad news about the Great Barrier Reef is a punch in the gut from which I am still reeling.
Paralysed lorikeets have been found across northern NSW,appearing unbalanced and sometimes dying because they are unable to breathe.
The invasive pests can injure and kill Australian wildlife,particularly defenceless hatchlings,the federal Environment Department has told a parliamentary inquiry.
Experts warn hospitalisations and deaths due to stinging insects are likely to significantly increase if fire ants become endemic in Australia,adding to pressure on the medical system.
The discovery of an imported nest south of the Queensland border makes it vital that the people of northern NSW learn how to identify the invaders.
About 144 animals,plants and ecological communities were added to the list last year,five times more than the yearly average and double the previous record year set in 2009.