Source: DPI Incident response teams from the National Fire Ant Eradication Program and NSW DPI teams rushed to Wardell to gather information and destroy the next with liquid insecticide.

Venomous fire ants have jumped the Queensland border into NSW for the first time, sparking an emergency biosecurity response. The NSW Department of Primary Industries confirmed on Saturday three ...

An outbreak of highly invasive and destructive red fire ants has been spotted just 5.5km from the NSW border in Queensland. The discovery at a pony club in Tallebudgera has sparked a dire warning ...

The NSW Minister for Agriculture, Tara Moriarty, confirmed incident response teams from the National Fire Ant Eradication Program and NSW DPI teams moved quickly to destroy the nest with liquid ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Detection dogs, chemical baits and a biosecurity control zone are all being rolled out in northern NSW to stop fire ants from ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Businesses are in lockdown and an emergency biosecurity order is in place following the discovery of a fire ant nest in NSW’s ...

But in November 2023, the ants were detected in NSW, sparking concern that they could reach the Murray-Darling river basin and spread out of control. At the time, NSW’s Minister for Agriculture ...

The fire ant's ability to fly may have already helped it cross the border into NSW NSW's northernmost council is calling for increased biosecurity controls at the border An insect ecologist says ...

In May 2025, the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) issued their latest fire ant emergency order as the size of the Queensland infested area ...