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Qld business fined $1,200 after sparking million-dollar fire ant scare

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According to ABC News Australia, a Queensland business was fined twelve hundred dollars for shipping fire ant-infested bricks to mine sites in the Bowen Basin, which sparked four rounds of aerial baiting at a cost of one million dollars.

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-08/fire-ants-penaltie...

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