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Passion for animal eco-warriors earns Tassie author national gong

20 December, 2017

Tassie author Nic Gill has been awarded one of our Froggatt Awards for her extraordinary book Animal Eco-Warriors.

Australia's dirty dozen named and shamed

6 December, 2017

Our ‘dirty dozen’ is a list of some of the most dangerous overseas plants and animals to have evaded Australia’s environmental border controls.

Australia’s dirty dozen named and shamed

6 December, 2017

Our ‘dirty dozen’ is a list of some of the most dangerous overseas plants and animals to have evaded Australia’s environmental border controls.

Vote 1: Stop invasive species in Queensland

23 November, 2017

Along with land clearing, invasive species are the major threat to wildlife in Queensland. Yet biosecurity has been missing from Queensland election headlines.

Australia must rescue Norfolk Island wildlife from dangerous invaders

22 November, 2017

The Australian Government must ramp up safeguards to protect Norfolk Island’s threatened wildlife from invasive species, a report released today by the Invasive Species Council and Island Conservation warns.

Texas National Guard soldiers arrive in Houston, Texas to aid citizens in heavily flooded areas from the storms of Hurricane Harvey. Frighteningly, rafts of fire ants were also seen on the rising floodwaters. Photo: Lt. Zachary West, 100th MPAD | Flickr | CC BY-ND 2.0

Living with fire ants: Houston, we have a problem

4 October, 2017

The terrible destructive force of Hurricane Harvey made headlines not just for its human toll, but also for forcing fire ants out of their nests. Brisbane expat Jennifer Singfield tells us what it’s like living with fire ants.

Fire ant funding approved, but still a hard road ahead

22 August, 2017

A spate of fire ant discoveries in Queensland has set alarm bells ringing, but instead we should treat them as a sign the new eradication program is beginning to hit its straps.

Australia put on a war footing against deadly fire ants

26 July, 2017

Australia has been put on a war footing against fire ants after every state, territory and the federal government signed off on a 10-year, $411.4 million battle plan.

Fire ant fight 2.0: A battle we must win

26 July, 2017

On Wednesday, 26 July, Australia’s agriculture ministers signed off on a new, $411 million eradication program. Fire ant fight 2.0 is a fight we must win.

Browsing ants: an environmental time bomb

14 July, 2017

Tick, tick, tick. That’s the sound of invasive browsing ants, an environmental time bomb if they have escaped eradication efforts in Darwin.

New fire ant discovery a wake-up call

14 July, 2017

Biosecurity Queensland received a rude shock recently when deadly fire ants turned up 70km north of Brisbane’s containment zone.

Animal eco-warriors to the rescue

14 July, 2017

Biosecurity beagles in Hobart, dogs sniffing out orange hawkweed in the alps and a terrier with a penchant for cat eradication are just some of the animal eco-warriors you will meet in a new book by Nic Gill.

Seven fire ant essentials

19 June, 2017

We led the call for governments across the country to fully fund the complete eradication of red fire ants from Australia. Now we look at how the program can get the job done.

People power brings rainforest back to life

19 June, 2017

A locally-led campaign to eradicate yellow crazy ants has resulted in native wildlife finally returning to wet tropics rainforest just north of Cairns.

Unlikely allies call for fire ant eradication in federal budget

4 May, 2017

Farmers, local government and environment groups are calling on every state, territory and the federal government to fully fund eradication of deadly red fire ants in this year’s budgets.

Passion for animal eco-warriors earns Tassie author national gong

20 December, 2017

Tassie author Nic Gill has been awarded one of our Froggatt Awards for her extraordinary book Animal Eco-Warriors.

Australia's dirty dozen named and shamed

6 December, 2017

Our ‘dirty dozen’ is a list of some of the most dangerous overseas plants and animals to have evaded Australia’s environmental border controls.

Australia’s dirty dozen named and shamed

6 December, 2017

Our ‘dirty dozen’ is a list of some of the most dangerous overseas plants and animals to have evaded Australia’s environmental border controls.

Vote 1: Stop invasive species in Queensland

23 November, 2017

Along with land clearing, invasive species are the major threat to wildlife in Queensland. Yet biosecurity has been missing from Queensland election headlines.

Australia must rescue Norfolk Island wildlife from dangerous invaders

22 November, 2017

Living with fire ants: Houston, we have a problem

4 October, 2017

Fire ant funding approved, but still a hard road ahead

22 August, 2017

A spate of fire ant discoveries in Queensland has set alarm bells ringing, but instead we should treat them as a sign the new eradication program is beginning to hit its straps.

Australia put on a war footing against deadly fire ants

26 July, 2017

Australia has been put on a war footing against fire ants after every state, territory and the federal government signed off on a 10-year, $411.4 million battle plan.

Fire ant fight 2.0: A battle we must win

26 July, 2017

On Wednesday, 26 July, Australia’s agriculture ministers signed off on a new, $411 million eradication program. Fire ant fight 2.0 is a fight we must win.

Browsing ants: an environmental time bomb

14 July, 2017

Tick, tick, tick. That’s the sound of invasive browsing ants, an environmental time bomb if they have escaped eradication efforts in Darwin.

New fire ant discovery a wake-up call

14 July, 2017

Biosecurity Queensland received a rude shock recently when deadly fire ants turned up 70km north of Brisbane’s containment zone.

Animal eco-warriors to the rescue

14 July, 2017

Seven fire ant essentials

19 June, 2017

We led the call for governments across the country to fully fund the complete eradication of red fire ants from Australia. Now we look at how the program can get the job done.

People power brings rainforest back to life

19 June, 2017

A locally-led campaign to eradicate yellow crazy ants has resulted in native wildlife finally returning to wet tropics rainforest just north of Cairns.

Unlikely allies call for fire ant eradication in federal budget

4 May, 2017

Farmers, local government and environment groups are calling on every state, territory and the federal government to fully fund eradication of deadly red fire ants in this year’s budgets.

Passion for animal eco-warriors earns Tassie author national gong

20 December, 2017

Tassie author Nic Gill has been awarded one of our Froggatt Awards for her extraordinary book Animal Eco-Warriors.

Australia's dirty dozen named and shamed

6 December, 2017

Our ‘dirty dozen’ is a list of some of the most dangerous overseas plants and animals to have evaded Australia’s environmental border controls.

Australia’s dirty dozen named and shamed

6 December, 2017

Our ‘dirty dozen’ is a list of some of the most dangerous overseas plants and animals to have evaded Australia’s environmental border controls.

Vote 1: Stop invasive species in Queensland

23 November, 2017

Along with land clearing, invasive species are the major threat to wildlife in Queensland. Yet biosecurity has been missing from Queensland election headlines.

Australia must rescue Norfolk Island wildlife from dangerous invaders

22 November, 2017

Living with fire ants: Houston, we have a problem

4 October, 2017

Fire ant funding approved, but still a hard road ahead

22 August, 2017

A spate of fire ant discoveries in Queensland has set alarm bells ringing, but instead we should treat them as a sign the new eradication program is beginning to hit its straps.

Australia put on a war footing against deadly fire ants

26 July, 2017

Australia has been put on a war footing against fire ants after every state, territory and the federal government signed off on a 10-year, $411.4 million battle plan.

Fire ant fight 2.0: A battle we must win

26 July, 2017

On Wednesday, 26 July, Australia’s agriculture ministers signed off on a new, $411 million eradication program. Fire ant fight 2.0 is a fight we must win.

Browsing ants: an environmental time bomb

14 July, 2017

Tick, tick, tick. That’s the sound of invasive browsing ants, an environmental time bomb if they have escaped eradication efforts in Darwin.

New fire ant discovery a wake-up call

14 July, 2017

Biosecurity Queensland received a rude shock recently when deadly fire ants turned up 70km north of Brisbane’s containment zone.

Animal eco-warriors to the rescue

14 July, 2017

Seven fire ant essentials

19 June, 2017

We led the call for governments across the country to fully fund the complete eradication of red fire ants from Australia. Now we look at how the program can get the job done.

People power brings rainforest back to life

19 June, 2017

A locally-led campaign to eradicate yellow crazy ants has resulted in native wildlife finally returning to wet tropics rainforest just north of Cairns.

Unlikely allies call for fire ant eradication in federal budget

4 May, 2017

Farmers, local government and environment groups are calling on every state, territory and the federal government to fully fund eradication of deadly red fire ants in this year’s budgets.

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