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Hope is not a biosecurity strategy
After almost a decade in opposition, the Liberals and Nationals have rediscovered their appetite for holding ministers to account. The hunt is on for political scalps before the next election and, if I were the WA Minister for Agriculture, I would not be sleeping particularly well.
Shot-hole borer threat requires urgent national action: Hunter
The WA Opposition has called for an urgent, nationally coordinated response to the spread of the destructive polyphagous shot-hole borer, following revelations that Western Australia has abandoned efforts to eradicate the pest after more than 5,000 trees were lost in the Perth metropolitan area.
Vital biosecurity response to stop invasive beetle pest: Jarvis
The Cook Government is urging the Western Australian community to help stop the spread of polyphagous shot-hole borer - an exotic pest native to South East Asia ... The borer tunnels into a tree and plants a fungus - which blocks the transportation of water and nutrients within the tree, slowly killing it.
