A Current Affair: Tiny but deadly pest threatening to overtake Australia
- 7 months ago
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Red Fire Ant, one of the most invading species in the world, walks south through Queensland. The final determination in a region in Tallebudgera found fire ants, just 5.5 km away from the NSW border, caused concern, and asked an emergency action for the destructive insect to be destroyed once and everyone. According to Reece Pianta from the Invasive Council, "the effect of fire ants is estimated to be greater than wild cats, cane frogs, foxes and rabbits." Fire ants move to the south towards the New Southern Wales. The pest, which was first identified Australia in Brisbane Port 2001, continued spread to the Southern Sast and created a serious threat people, agriculture and economy. Greg Zipf's Gold Coast Candy Farm was occupied by fire ants 15 years ago and said that an existing relationship was a great cost for the little creator. "It was never my fault, but it cost me to run my business. We're probably looking for an additional cost of $ 10,000 a year," he said. Farmers living in limited fire ant regions GREG, invading ants, such as carrying high -risk materials, including Malch and soil, they violate the rules designed to stop entering the new Southern Wales, 2 million dollars or three years imprisonment.straw without permission. Zipf, "You can see some kind of discomfort in us. Remember, never to take them in, this was not our problem, but this has become our problem because someone else's failure," he said. Ants were identified close to the NSW border Piana is afraid cost of enterprises and damage to agricultural land is only visible part iceberg for Australia if spread cannot be found soon. "Fire ants will be a burden on our health system ... They caused deaths in the United States. At least 85 people of fire ant attacks."Said. In a worrying way, the Australian lifestyle is at the risk of extinction if they are kept. "You will see end of the backyard barbecue, trips to beach will not be possible. Parks and playgrounds, fire ants will close them." Only this year, Gold Coast, nests, popular tourism areas, parks and sports areas closed. Government documents obtained by the Invasive Council of Types reveal that the destruction and supervision in Queensland due to insufficient financing has been reduced from needed to half. At 13th July at meeting of Agricultural Ministers, all governments committed a new response plan to see that ongoing fire ant and original 10 km eradication area has fallen into a radius only 5 km. In order to obtain elimination by 2032, the national fire ant eradication program needs $ 133 million in 202324, but so far only new South Wales and Queensland cash has made money. Queensland has contributed to $ 61 million and the new Southern Wales for $ 95 million, and now pressed to signed a check of the federal government.
Red Fire Ant, one of the most invading species in the world, walks south through Queensland. The final determination in a region in Tallebudgera found fire ants, just 5.5 km away from the NSW border, caused concern, and asked an emergency action for the destructive insect to be destroyed once and everyone. According to Reece Pianta from the Invasive Council, "the effect of fire ants is estimated to be greater than wild cats, cane frogs, foxes and rabbits." Fire ants move to the south towards the New Southern Wales. The pest, which was first identified Australia in Brisbane Port 2001, continued spread to the Southern Sast and created a serious threat people, agriculture and economy. Greg Zipf's Gold Coast Candy Farm was occupied by fire ants 15 years ago and said that an existing relationship was a great cost for the little creator. "It was never my fault, but it cost me to run my business. We're probably looking for an additional cost of $ 10,000 a year," he said. Farmers living in limited fire ant regions GREG, invading ants, such as carrying high -risk materials, including Malch and soil, they violate the rules designed to stop entering the new Southern Wales, 2 million dollars or three years imprisonment.straw without permission. Zipf, "You can see some kind of discomfort in us. Remember, never to take them in, this was not our problem, but this has become our problem because someone else's failure," he said. Ants were identified close to the NSW border Piana is afraid cost of enterprises and damage to agricultural land is only visible part iceberg for Australia if spread cannot be found soon. "Fire ants will be a burden on our health system ... They caused deaths in the United States. At least 85 people of fire ant attacks."Said. In a worrying way, the Australian lifestyle is at the risk of extinction if they are kept. "You will see end of the backyard barbecue, trips to beach will not be possible. Parks and playgrounds, fire ants will close them." Only this year, Gold Coast, nests, popular tourism areas, parks and sports areas closed. Government documents obtained by the Invasive Council of Types reveal that the destruction and supervision in Queensland due to insufficient financing has been reduced from needed to half. At 13th July at meeting of Agricultural Ministers, all governments committed a new response plan to see that ongoing fire ant and original 10 km eradication area has fallen into a radius only 5 km. In order to obtain elimination by 2032, the national fire ant eradication program needs $ 133 million in 202324, but so far only new South Wales and Queensland cash has made money. Queensland has contributed to $ 61 million and the new Southern Wales for $ 95 million, and now pressed to signed a check of the federal government.