New outbreak of fire ants detected in Qld amid calls for funding review

[@woodrow60]

The fire ant problem has never been taken seriously enough, despite the money spent on it.

[@kathrynletchford5114]

These are already in our backyards. The guy that came out to poison the nest, could not be bothered, contacting any of the neighbours, or even coming back, to do a follow up. They just could not have given a dam. The fire ants have already won..

[@outbackwanker]

Years ago whenever the Govt experts called for funding for what they called risk areas, amazingly not long after fire ants mysteriously turned up and they were given more money. We keep increasing their funding yet the fire ant problem isn't getting any better, odd isn't it? WE WILL NOT COMPLY

[@shanetharle9211]

The worker fire ants only live 3-4 days but the Queen lives for years ,so what you got to do to eradicate ,you got to capture the Queen in the hive

[@timhinchcliffe5372]

"Additional funding"? Anyone investigating if those that are paid to eradicate the ants aren't throwing fuel on the fire?

[@Martin_Priesthood]

" imported" ? Import another predator?

[@Maryloutes]

Barry, don't make me laugh. 😂😂😂🤠🐜🐜

[@arnaldobellucci9033]

In Brazil we have fire ants all over the country, no problem at all, agriculture is not affected at all, no health issues at all, it seems like a hard pursue for FUNDS.

[@marcusbarnes5929]

100% correct...they are also spreading the poison around that was also prohibited in Brazil. Major endocrine disruptor..chemical castration is a pretty bad side effect on Humans.. The young kids spreading it out don't know what they are even handling with no correct PPE.

[@kathleenstrelnikow5356]

I read a few years ago about a woman in the US who sprinkled artificial sweetener powder around the nest and it killed the fire ants. It could have been Splenda but Aspartame{Equal and Neutrasweet} is more neurotoxic.

[@kevinrusso6849]

2 years ago i watched the fire ant workers walk through a 400 acre property searching for fire ants , i was amazed at how slack they were at looking for the ants they were not doing a good job at all .

[@alicerose6640]

Too much red tape. Look what happened with the cane toad.

[@THEEMADDHEADDOCTOR]

Theres Been An Outbreak Of Something About Every 30days And This Outbreak Trend Has Been Going On For Four Years...

[@GazGuitarz]

I thought we lost the battle with fire ants a decade ago. Mmmm... that's a lot of moola being spent, bound to attract people with no morals.

[@WallsendChook]

We need some of these for Albo's pants !

[@ryanclayton6496]

Losing battle. Never will they be eradicated. They are everywhere

[@TheRotorhound]

Lost cause. Texas has em too.

[@ChefloveUSA-FJB]

They aren't going away. Get used to them

[@brianbloch3992]

It's always about the money

[@relicturtle7373]

Were did tha fireants come from

[@raclark2730]

South America.

[@positivepawpaw7564]

"MULTIPLE" NESTS ? "MODELLING" ? PROBLEM.,.. REACTION.,, SOLUTION .., ANOTHER TAX MONEY RORT.

[@lucasroe2878]

IMPORTING all the quality STUFF we could MAKE, GROW, BUILD HERE. And with your imported everything, comes fire ants, Asian wood borer, geckos, fish and plenty more. You might have thought after introducing wild boar, goats, deer foxes, rabbits and caintoads that we would have learned. But progress and $$$ stifle and drown practical thought and common sense. So perhaps we should start betting on which invasive species will be brought in by greed and thoughtlessness next.

[@rebwolfe2702]

The Government should have acted sooner!! So wokey

[@planetaustraliachannel]

I've got large fire ants my property and I live on the Central coast I ring the Central coast council and they told me it's not their problem what a joke it's going to be every states problem.

[@kathleenstrelnikow5356]

I read a few years ago that a woman in the US sprinkled the artificial sweetener Aspartame{Neutra Sweet or Equal} in powder form around the nest . The worker ants fed the queen and the ants died. It is because the sweetener is neurotoxic. If this works let authorities know. It could have been Splenda but the others are more neurotoxic so should work better.

[@jackstone8074]

Here in the southeastern United States I grew up with fire ants. I've been bitten more times than I can count. They're a part of everyday life here so the fact that Australia, the continent with some of the deadliest animals in the world is in a panic is amazing to me. I guess I underestimated these little guys holy heck 😮 What kind of dangerous bugs do y'all have in your yards and houses? I'm really curious to know now!

[@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc]

They’re here. Not going anywhere! Like the others. They’re here.

[@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc]

Been there some 30 years!

[@donotcomply665]

Oh no! Not ANTS! Aaaargh, please govt, please come and save meeeeee!!!!!

[@gavinchai3472]

big danger? its like someone forgot about the cane toads

[@ianlister245]

....9 iron.

[@shaynegadsden]

They are most invasive than cane toads and can spread further

[@marcusbarnes5929]

The can toads were introduced by the Australian government/bio security🤣 they are clowns. The gov/bio security are doing more damage to the environment than they are preventing.

[@victorianrichard8097]

Fire ants becareful everyone in Australia Melbourne Sydney and queensland

[@ralphpeed3596]

Might be time to bring back DDT, kills insects quite well.

[@4-Ever194]

There's more than one queen in the hive😊

[@Jimmy009-st8mm]

An outbreak of feral humans has been announced in Centrelink offices , scientists say these deadly pests have a great ability to live off the efforts of their fellow citizens 😂😂😂

[@majorburke9735]

I had ants when I first bought my house. My neighbor’s yard is infested with ant hills. Since then I spray my property boundary, yard and house every three months. No ants or termites. 🐜 🐜 🐜

[@foilhatguy1321]

The line from The Hitchhiker's Guide 'Looks like a fish, moves like a fish, steers like a cow' describes how governments operate. In circumstances like this they should have an overseeing role only. Industries need to be able to make quick decisions and change course if needed. And be able to rely on those decisions without being tripped up by people who don't understand the details. In the case of fireants, tell the governments to back off and let the people who know what they are doing get on with building the solutions. Trust the people on the ground. Otherwise, fireants will be part of Australia forever.

[@GazGuitarz]

Surely you don't expect Australian governments and councils to solve this problem when they've never fixed any problem before in their useless lives? Governments are really good at creating problems .. not very good at solving them. The private sector won't help as they will be chasing their ESG scores and after some bent banana comes forward and screams that it is racist to attack them or claims they are gender number 972 their hands will be tied too. I'd love to see an audit on the money spent so far on this eradication policy.

[@aussienscale]

QLD did jack shit when they first found them, did not take is seriously and did not spend and put in place resources to combat it !! Well done QLD 🙄🙄

[@tomjones5338]

Black ant's kill fire ants why delete the comment skynews and KZbin

[@paulveenings6861]

Meat ants?

[@Unsavouryflint]

You said the b word and thats racist. Thats why it was deleted.

[@Debbica]

Quick ban them

[@Rae-nq2yw]

Not one more dollar.

[@timking2931]

So why aren’t the public been shown what signs to look for and given home eradication kits in problem areas? If this isn’t contained within a year it’s because they didn’t want to.

[@MarginalFarming]

Imported... again.

[@victorianrichard8097]

It always about money

[@tohomaster4664]

Why does the woman talking over the footage of ants sound like she’s crying.

[@darrylweidenhofer]

Amazing what software can do?

[@terrifictil]

It's the fire ants ! They sting.

[@andrewst9797]

I have been stung/bitten by what I think were fire ants in Toowoomba about 7 years ago

[@victorianrichard8097]

Also in darwin amd fire ants

[@OneWildTurkey]

Fire ants are considered THE most successful species in the history of the planet. I wonder why. (not really)

[@mikespike2099]

I have fire ants in my pants! 🔥 👖 😮 heeeelllppp!

[@Prognosis__]

Lier lier, ants on fire 😆

[@caroleschroll1438]

😂

[@marionm5311]

Oh Just what our farmers need. What do you want ? Food or ants?

[@SenhorTudo]

Ants can be controlled and eliminated safely and cheaply by pouring human urine into the nests. The ants live in an acidic environment and human urine contains ammonia, which counteracts the formic acid and kills the ants and their larvae. Human urine is also an excellent fertiliser, so it will improve soil conditions at the same time. Ash mixed with water forms lye:, which is strongly caustic and will have a similar effect to the urine.

[@combatwombat2021]

Most successful species ever some entomologists say.....

[@johncatto5019]

Poor little things.

[@hulkgqnissanpatrol6121]

There's so few people in the field I just want to know *_How did they spend 💵 💵 💵 so quickly with little to no outcome_* I swear I've seen them in S.E Vic in the Forrestry site's. Pretty much explains it all really!

[@marcusbarnes5929]

They are advertising 120k jobs just to spread out the experimental poison...what they don't tell you is that it's a major endocrine disruptor in humans and prohibited in all other countries.. Australia the Guinea pig...

[@stevewiles7132]

More diversity?

[@spontaneousqueef1655]

more money? i fully understand that a full Australian outbreak would be catastrophic to the economy and agriculture but how can labour afford to do anything after that racist referendum?

[@shaynegadsden]

It isn't that bad $690 million over the last 23 years to protect Australia compared to nearly $1 billion in the last year for Ukraine

[@spontaneousqueef1655]

@@shaynegadsden Until people stop voting for ALP. LNP and the greens Australia is going to stagnate

[@shaynegadsden]

@@spontaneousqueef1655 yeah i don't see that ever happening

[@darylhammerquist5961]

Lol..i feed the fire ants in my yard in Florida with the dead bugs i find around my house.

[@Joeblow-k2n]

Is funding working people want money so do they introduced species?

[@EllieAussie..]

The fkn Olympics are more of a priority, Pluckachook does a great job yet again 🤬

[@bobhawke7373]

Warning. Watch out for Qld Fire Pants named Pauline

[@ScottyREAL-y4f]

Too slow, Bob. That's your great return to SNA is it? Loser.

[@Spicoli1Bilek]

Borax and powdered sugar blended finally and spread over the yard won't kill the grass but will kill the ants

[@mollynorth5627]

What about pets, wild stock?

[@hahaha9076]

I tried it. In various strengths. Ants just go around it. 🤷