Report warns fire ant failure will cost economy billions

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Updated December 8 2016 - 9:44am, first published 9:42am

A secret government report into Australia’s fire ant menace has warned the nation’s agricultural ministers that unless the eradication program is quickly scaled up the nation will suffer billions of dollars in damages to people, business and the environment.  

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Alice Burnet

Senior Journalist

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