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"Fire ants form large floating rafts that move with water currents. Disturbingly, new footage shows this rafting behaviour ...

Hay, soil, landscaping materials, pots and soils are now banned from entering NSW from storm-impacted and infested areas of ...

An invasive "super pest" deemed worse than cane toads, rabbits, feral cats and foxes is at risk of spreading further around ...

The Bundamba home suffered damage after ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred dumped massive amounts of rain across parts of Queensland. (ABC News: Tobi Loftus) Thousands of fire ants inundated his property this ...

Alarming reports of fire ants "rafting" through floodwaters have prompted a border crackdown in an attempt to stop the spread ...

Queensland Police was contacted for comment. Red imported fire ant. Picture: Barry Rice Experts say the aggressive, invasive ...

THE state’s peak farming group has welcomed a fresh crackdown on biosecurity controls in the wake of ex-tropical Cyclone Alfred. On Friday NSW Agriculture Minister Tara Moriarty announced measures to ...

In the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, the Minns Labor Government has taken immediate action to ensure that fire ant carrying materials, such as hay, sourced from both the storm impacted and ...