Fire ants breach Queensland containment zones six times as authorities try to stop march to NSW border
by Ben Smee from Environment | The Guardian on (#6D6VK)
Experts say pest eradication program is underfunded and it is a matter of time' before ants move beyond Queensland
Fire ants have breached containment zones in south-east Queensland six times in the past six weeks, triggering the expansion of biosecurity controls at the New South Wales border.
The imported red fire ants - considered one of the world's worst invasive species - were detected at a site at Tallebudgera last week, about 5.5km from the NSW border. The find was the farthest south the pest has been detected in Queensland.
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