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General Category => America and australia => australia => Topic started by: smith on July 08, 2026, 03:23:46 AM
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Qld business fined $1,200 after sparking million-dollar fire ant scare
The unnamed business shipped a pallet of second-hand bricks infested with fire ants to mine sites in the Bowen Basin in mid-2025, sparking four rounds of aerial baiting at a cost of $1 million.
Source: Qld business fined $1,200 after sparking million-dollar fire ant scare (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-08/fire-ants-penalties-fines-biosecurity/106891226)