‘We’re losing the war’: Fire ants on the march amid shortfall in eradication funding
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The venomous pests are spreading from Queensland towards NSW and other states, as government documents reveal a shortfall of hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to wipe them out.

Once they hit the Murray Darling basin we are stuffed

  • Treevan 🇦🇺MEnglish
    4·
    10 months ago

    Who would have guessed they underfunded an invasive animal like they do with invasive plants. Never could have seen it coming.

    • MinarbleOP
      2·
      10 months ago

      And as always the ongoing costs and ongoing economic losses will dwarf the early cost of containing and eliminating it early let alone the environmental damage done.