This is a very alarming development. The government must spare no expense in responding to this outbreak and the whole community should treat this very, very seriously.
The recent heavy rainfall and wild weather in the region could accelerate the spread of fire ants, one of the world’s worst invasive species.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the ACT Government’s announcement today of a $5.098 million funding commitment supporting fire ant eradication in Australia and called on Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania to urgently step up with their share of funding.
The Invasive Species Council have called for an urgent review of funding for fire ant eradication in response to the alarming news that three fire ant nests have been found at Murwillumbah in northern NSW.
Fire ants are on the march across Australia. Here are 8 facts about them you should know.
Ever wondered what bugs are living in your garden or hanging out on a hike? Join the Bug Hunt now to discover all of our awesome native bugs, and a few non-native ones that we want to protect our communities from.
$268 million federal fire ant funding announcement welcomed
Federal Senate to shine a spotlight on fire ant funding failures
The Invasive Species Council have called on families to join the fire ant fight in northern NSW and South-East Queensland.
The Invasive Species Council have welcomed the announcement today by federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek that invasive yellow crazy ants have been eradicated from two sites totalling 48 hectares in Mount Peter and Wrights Creek, south of Cairns.
The Invasive Species Council have called on the Albanese Government to urgently commit to adequately fund fire ant eradication this year. The call comes as 100 new fire ant nests have been detected on Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) and a dozen Morayfield, north of Brisbane – areas where eradication is not occurring in 2023/24 due to underfunding. New nests have also been found this week at Varsity Lakes on the southern Gold Coast.
Secret government documents released by the Invasive Species Council detail at least a $49 million shortfall in fire ant funding for 2023/24.
A new outbreak of highly invasive fire ants has just been discovered only 5.5km from the NSW border at a pony club in Tallebudgera. The outbreak is 8 km further south than the recent Miami High School outbreak.
Invasive Species Council expresses alarm after federal Agriculture Minister Murray Watt today confirmed no decision on increased funding for fire ant eradication.
Ahead of a crucial meeting of federal, state and territory agricultural ministers in Perth tomorrow, our analysis indicates ministers will agree to an underfunded fire ant eradication program.
This is a very alarming development. The government must spare no expense in responding to this outbreak and the whole community should treat this very, very seriously.
The recent heavy rainfall and wild weather in the region could accelerate the spread of fire ants, one of the world’s worst invasive species.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the ACT Government’s announcement today of a $5.098 million funding commitment supporting fire ant eradication in Australia and called on Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania to urgently step up with their share of funding.
The Invasive Species Council have called for an urgent review of funding for fire ant eradication in response to the alarming news that three fire ant nests have been found at Murwillumbah in northern NSW.
Fire ants are on the march across Australia. Here are 8 facts about them you should know.
Ever wondered what bugs are living in your garden or hanging out on a hike? Join the Bug Hunt now to discover all of our awesome native bugs, and a few non-native ones that we want to protect our communities from.
$268 million federal fire ant funding announcement welcomed
Federal Senate to shine a spotlight on fire ant funding failures
The Invasive Species Council have called on families to join the fire ant fight in northern NSW and South-East Queensland.
The Invasive Species Council have welcomed the announcement today by federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek that invasive yellow crazy ants have been eradicated from two sites totalling 48 hectares in Mount Peter and Wrights Creek, south of Cairns.
The Invasive Species Council have called on the Albanese Government to urgently commit to adequately fund fire ant eradication this year. The call comes as 100 new fire ant nests have been detected on Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) and a dozen Morayfield, north of Brisbane – areas where eradication is not occurring in 2023/24 due to underfunding. New nests have also been found this week at Varsity Lakes on the southern Gold Coast.
Secret government documents released by the Invasive Species Council detail at least a $49 million shortfall in fire ant funding for 2023/24.
A new outbreak of highly invasive fire ants has just been discovered only 5.5km from the NSW border at a pony club in Tallebudgera. The outbreak is 8 km further south than the recent Miami High School outbreak.
Invasive Species Council expresses alarm after federal Agriculture Minister Murray Watt today confirmed no decision on increased funding for fire ant eradication.
Ahead of a crucial meeting of federal, state and territory agricultural ministers in Perth tomorrow, our analysis indicates ministers will agree to an underfunded fire ant eradication program.
This is a very alarming development. The government must spare no expense in responding to this outbreak and the whole community should treat this very, very seriously.
The recent heavy rainfall and wild weather in the region could accelerate the spread of fire ants, one of the world’s worst invasive species.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the ACT Government’s announcement today of a $5.098 million funding commitment supporting fire ant eradication in Australia and called on Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania to urgently step up with their share of funding.
The Invasive Species Council have called for an urgent review of funding for fire ant eradication in response to the alarming news that three fire ant nests have been found at Murwillumbah in northern NSW.
Fire ants are on the march across Australia. Here are 8 facts about them you should know.
Ever wondered what bugs are living in your garden or hanging out on a hike? Join the Bug Hunt now to discover all of our awesome native bugs, and a few non-native ones that we want to protect our communities from.
$268 million federal fire ant funding announcement welcomed
Federal Senate to shine a spotlight on fire ant funding failures
The Invasive Species Council have called on families to join the fire ant fight in northern NSW and South-East Queensland.
The Invasive Species Council have welcomed the announcement today by federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek that invasive yellow crazy ants have been eradicated from two sites totalling 48 hectares in Mount Peter and Wrights Creek, south of Cairns.
The Invasive Species Council have called on the Albanese Government to urgently commit to adequately fund fire ant eradication this year. The call comes as 100 new fire ant nests have been detected on Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) and a dozen Morayfield, north of Brisbane – areas where eradication is not occurring in 2023/24 due to underfunding. New nests have also been found this week at Varsity Lakes on the southern Gold Coast.
Secret government documents released by the Invasive Species Council detail at least a $49 million shortfall in fire ant funding for 2023/24.
A new outbreak of highly invasive fire ants has just been discovered only 5.5km from the NSW border at a pony club in Tallebudgera. The outbreak is 8 km further south than the recent Miami High School outbreak.
Invasive Species Council expresses alarm after federal Agriculture Minister Murray Watt today confirmed no decision on increased funding for fire ant eradication.
Ahead of a crucial meeting of federal, state and territory agricultural ministers in Perth tomorrow, our analysis indicates ministers will agree to an underfunded fire ant eradication program.
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Dear Project Team,
[YOUR PERSONALISED MESSAGE WILL APPEAR HERE.]
I support the amendment to the Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Management Plan to allow our incredible National Parks staff to use aerial shooting as one method to rapidly reduce feral horse numbers. I want to see feral horse numbers urgently reduced in order to save the national park and our native wildlife that live there.
The current approach is not solving the problem. Feral horse numbers have rapidly increased in Kosciuszko National Park to around 18,000, a 30% jump in just the past 2 years. With the population so high, thousands of feral horses need to be removed annually to reduce numbers and stop our National Park becoming a horse paddock. Aerial shooting, undertaken humanely and safely by professionals using standard protocols, is the only way this can happen.
The government’s own management plan for feral horses states that ‘if undertaken in accordance with best practice, aerial shooting can have the lowest negative animal welfare impacts of all lethal control methods’.
This humane and effective practice is already used across Australia to manage hundreds of thousands of feral animals like horses, deer, pigs, and goats.
Trapping and rehoming of feral horses has been used in Kosciuszko National Park for well over a decade but has consistently failed to reduce the population, has delayed meaningful action and is expensive. There are too many feral horses in the Alps and not enough demand for rehoming for it to be relied upon for the reduction of the population.
Fertility control as a management tool is only effective for a small, geographically isolated, and accessible population of feral horses where the management outcome sought is to maintain the population at its current size. It is not a viable option to reduce the large and growing feral horse population in the vast and rugged terrain of Kosciuszko National Park.
Feral horses are trashing and trampling our sensitive alpine ecosystems and streams, causing the decline and extinction of native animals. The federal government’s Threatened Species Scientific Committee has stated that feral horses ‘may be the crucial factor that causes final extinction’ for 12 alpine species.
I recognise the sad reality that urgent and humane measures are necessary to urgently remove the horses or they will destroy the Snowies and the native wildlife that call the mountains home. I support a healthy national park where native species like the Corroboree Frog and Mountain Pygmy Possum can thrive.
Dear Project Team,
[YOUR PERSONALISED MESSAGE WILL APPEAR HERE.]
I support the amendment to the Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Management Plan to allow our incredible National Parks staff to use aerial shooting as one method to rapidly reduce feral horse numbers. I want to see feral horse numbers urgently reduced in order to save the national park and our native wildlife that live there.
The current approach is not solving the problem. Feral horse numbers have rapidly increased in Kosciuszko National Park to around 18,000, a 30% jump in just the past 2 years. With the population so high, thousands of feral horses need to be removed annually to reduce numbers and stop our National Park becoming a horse paddock. Aerial shooting, undertaken humanely and safely by professionals using standard protocols, is the only way this can happen.
The government’s own management plan for feral horses states that ‘if undertaken in accordance with best practice, aerial shooting can have the lowest negative animal welfare impacts of all lethal control methods’.
This humane and effective practice is already used across Australia to manage hundreds of thousands of feral animals like horses, deer, pigs, and goats.
Trapping and rehoming of feral horses has been used in Kosciuszko National Park for well over a decade but has consistently failed to reduce the population, has delayed meaningful action and is expensive. There are too many feral horses in the Alps and not enough demand for rehoming for it to be relied upon for the reduction of the population.
Fertility control as a management tool is only effective for a small, geographically isolated, and accessible population of feral horses where the management outcome sought is to maintain the population at its current size. It is not a viable option to reduce the large and growing feral horse population in the vast and rugged terrain of Kosciuszko National Park.
Feral horses are trashing and trampling our sensitive alpine ecosystems and streams, causing the decline and extinction of native animals. The federal government’s Threatened Species Scientific Committee has stated that feral horses ‘may be the crucial factor that causes final extinction’ for 12 alpine species.
I recognise the sad reality that urgent and humane measures are necessary to urgently remove the horses or they will destroy the Snowies and the native wildlife that call the mountains home. I support a healthy national park where native species like the Corroboree Frog and Mountain Pygmy Possum can thrive.
