Biosecurity
Premier concedes ‘tough’ shot-hole borer battle ahead as Kings Park trail closes
The popular Lovers Walk at Kings Park will be permanently closed as biosecurity personnel embark on a second bout of tree removals at the Mount Eliza escarpment.
- by Jesinta Burton
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Fight to save Hunters Hill trees after ‘calculated act of vandalism’
Injected with poison, razed and drilled with multiple holes. Now the latest in an alleged string of “calculated” attacks against Sydney’s trees has left residents fuming.
- by Cindy Yin
Fight against WA’s shot-hole borer given $97 million boost with new biosecurity headquarters
On Saturday Agriculture and Food Minister Jackie Jarvis unveiled a new state-of-the-art headquarters for WA’s biosecurity operations, stepping up the war against one of the most destructive pests to breach Australia’s strict biosecurity controls.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
‘Downright dangerous’: National body responds to claims officers ‘planted fire ants’
In a statement, the National Fire Ant Eradication Program called the allegations “false and unfounded”.
- by Courtney Kruk
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Perth
Victims pile up in Perth’s shot-hole borer war. But is there another way?
The polyphagous shot-hole borer is about the size of a sesame seed, but if it finds a tree it likes it can rapidly multiply, growing a population of thousands in a short time.
- by Hamish Hastie
‘Free-range’ label to stay when chickens locked down to contain bird flu
A new strain of bird flu has infected the rest of the world and could enter Australia at any moment. When it does, poultry producers will be on red alert.
- by Mike Foley
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Environmental protection
Wildlife emergency: Australia prepares for bird flu onslaught
A deadly strain of bird flu has swept the globe, and Australia is the last uninfected continent. Preparations for the carnage have just begun.
- by Mike Foley
Send me a sign: Councils say state too slow in shot-hole borer fight
Councils are terrified the borer will get into the hills and beyond to the Wheatbelt, saying this would be “both environmentally and financially catastrophic.”
- by Hamish Hastie
‘It’s just a matter of when’: Australia war-gaming deadly bird flu outbreak
Australia is untouched by a virus that has devastated wildlife around the planet, but the spring migration from Antarctica is beginning, and with it comes an extinction-level threat for native birds and mammals.
- by Mike Foley
Star chef lifts the (pie) lid on Victoria’s feral animal problem
Award-winning chef Jo Barrett has cooked up a delicious way to rein in some of the state’s biggest environmental vandals.
- by Dani Valent
‘It can get worse’: The bite that burns like fire and killed a football hero
The bites cause a burning sensation lasting for about an hour, with an outbreak in Queensland already forcing closures of sporting fields and beaches.
- by Mike Foley
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