AAP General News (Australia)
04-16-2004
QLD: Queensland set to get more money to fight fire ants
BRISBANE, April 16 AAP - The Queensland government has secured an in-principle agreement
from all Australian states for an extra $37.5 million for an extended campaign to eradicate
fire ants.
If the extra funding was approved by all governments the total budget for the irradication
program in south-east Queensland would increase to $175.4 million over six years.
Queensland Primary Industries Minister Henry Palaszczuk said progress towards the irradication
of the potentially fatal imported pest has been excellent.
"Monitoring results from the core treatment zone show that approximately 97.6 per cent
of previously infested properties no longer have viable nests after two years of treatment,"
he said.
"Large areas of the original infested area now appear to be free of the ant."
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KEYWORD: ANTS
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