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Mynas were introduced to control pest insects. Now they are the pest
By Lish Fejer

The Indian, or common, myna was introduced to Australia in the 1860's to tackle insect pests. Now it's become the pest, leaving Canberra with a species everyone agrees is unwelcome but no-one is sure exactly how to get rid of.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-25/indian-mynas-introduced-control-pest-insects-now-the-pest/106954824

#InvasiveSpecies #Pests #PestsDiseasesandControlMethods #EnvironmentalManagement #LishFejer

Mynas were introduced to control pest insects. Now they are the pest
By Lish Fejer

The Indian, or common, myna was introduced to Australia in the 1860's to tackle insect pests. Now it's become the pest, leaving Canberra with a species everyone agrees is unwelcome but no-one is sure exactly how to get rid of.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-25/indian-mynas-introduced-control-pest-insects-now-the-pest/106954824

#InvasiveSpecies #Pests #PestsDiseasesandControlMethods #EnvironmentalManagement #LishFejer

Tiny 'desert' fish found only in Australia narrowly avoids extinction
By Crispian Yeomans

With scoops made from milk bottles, volunteers have been working tirelessly to save the red-fin blue-eye, found nowhere else in the world, from extinction.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-21/tiny-desert-fish-survives-predator-onslaught-at-edgbaston/106934598

#Conservation #Fish #Pests #Animals #PestsDiseasesandControlMethods #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #CrispianYeomans

Tiny 'desert' fish found only in Australia narrowly avoids extinction
By Crispian Yeomans

With scoops made from milk bottles, volunteers have been working tirelessly to save the red-fin blue-eye, found nowhere else in the world, from extinction.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-21/tiny-desert-fish-survives-predator-onslaught-at-edgbaston/106934598

#Conservation #Fish #Pests #Animals #PestsDiseasesandControlMethods #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #CrispianYeomans

Qld business fined $1,200 after sparking million-dollar fire ant scare
By Liam O'Connell

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.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-08/fire-ants-penalties-fines-biosecurity/106891226

#Biosecurity #Pests #PestsDiseasesandControlMethods #LiamOConnell

Qld business fined $1,200 after sparking million-dollar fire ant scare
By Liam O'Connell

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.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-08/fire-ants-penalties-fines-biosecurity/106891226

#Biosecurity #Pests #PestsDiseasesandControlMethods #LiamOConnell

Qld business fined $1,200 after sparking million-dollar fire ant scare
By Liam O'Connell

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.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-08/fire-ants-penalties-fines-biosecurity/106891226

#Biosecurity #Pests #PestsDiseasesandControlMethods #LiamOConnell

Qld business fined $1,200 after sparking million-dollar fire ant scare
By Liam O'Connell

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.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-08/fire-ants-penalties-fines-biosecurity/106891226

#Biosecurity #Pests #PestsDiseasesandControlMethods #LiamOConnell