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Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20226 Gordon Gender:	Fire Ants Dec 8^th, 2016 at 7:28pm Bloody Mexican ants. Plagues of annoying red ants in Ipswich. How bizarre http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-08/time-running-out-to-wipe-out-deadly,-in...
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Re: Fire Ants
Reply #1 - Dec 8^th, 2016 at 8:00pm

The story I heard was that the Q.land government started charging members of the public for identifying pests.

So people stopped sending in samples, this gave the RIFA time to get established before the panic button was pushed.

WA has set up PADIS to act as a garden enquiry service.
They do give gardening advice (well in 2005 at least) but what they are doing is acting as a great surveillance system for introduced pests and diseases.

All states should be doing that as a free service if we ever want to keep nasty stuff out.

One thing for sure is AQIS is "ornamental" when it comes to protecting our borders from incursions.

Ornamental = useless

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Valkie Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 16088 Central Coast Gender:	Re: Fire Ants Reply #2 - Dec 8^th, 2016 at 8:30pm I was told that we need to be tolerant to our new arrivals. This is genocide.....insecticide? Racist rabble
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 72209 Gender:	Re: Fire Ants Reply #3 - Dec 8^th, 2016 at 8:37pm miketrees wrote on Dec 8^th, 2016 at 8:00pm: The story I heard was that the Q.land government started charging members of the public for identifying pests. that had to be Newman
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miketrees Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6488 Gender:	Re: Fire Ants Reply #4 - Dec 9^th, 2016 at 3:01am that had to be Newman Seriously this one is where we should all be working together, left right and centre, all states and the commonwealth. This time its RIFA, but until AQIS start doing there job there will be many more incursions.
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Re: Fire Ants
Reply #5 - Dec 9^th, 2016 at 7:55am

This is racism against Fire Ants!

Why are you all getting so hepped up!

Can't the critics of Fire Ants see, and understand that Fire Ants [like us] just want to live their lives in safety.

Can't the critics of Fire Ants see, and understand that if we leave the Fire Ants alone, the Fire Ants will not harm us.

Can't you all see that trying to destroy Fire Ants is genocide against Fire Ants !

/sarc off

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Re: Fire Ants
Reply #6 - Dec 9^th, 2016 at 9:32am

Fire Ants were introduced to QLD through the Port of Brisbane 20 years ago.

The cleaning & inspections of containers by authorities and stevedoring companies was very lax.

And I would bet a quid that yes, the Newman Govt. was responsible for wanting to charge for inspections of suspect infestations.

These agressive nasty biting/stinging bastrds will be allowed to run amok .... and join a long list of imported pests.

Look how Indian Mynah birds have just about taken over the whole state & are nearly as common/prolific as sparrows.

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Fire Ants Reply #7 - Dec 9^th, 2016 at 9:41am Don't hear much about the European wasp lately? (That's "wasp" not "WASP")
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The Heartless Felon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2869 Gender:	Re: Fire Ants Reply #8 - Dec 9^th, 2016 at 12:42pm Back in the olden days when Beattie was premier, the gumment decided to do something about fire ants. They formed the Fire Ant Response Team. Sadly, it didn't last; they changed the name...
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Unforgiven Gold Member Offline I have sinned Posts: 8879 Gender:	Re: Fire Ants Reply #9 - Dec 9^th, 2016 at 1:04pm bogarde73 wrote on Dec 9^th, 2016 at 9:41am: Don't hear much about the European wasp lately? (That's "wasp" not "WASP") WASPs have evolved into closet poms. Was denizen Fireball a victim of fire ants? How much did they consume?
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