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Environment
Rachel Jackson

Reports of 'rafting' fire ants prompt border crackdown

NSW has put new measures in place to stop invasive fire ants making their way from Queensland. (HANDOUT/Invasive Species Council)

Alarming reports of fire ants "rafting" through floodwaters have prompted a border crackdown in an attempt to stop the spread of the global super pest.

NSW has put in place a one-month ban on the movement of hay from fire ant-affected areas in southeast Queensland in the fallout from tropical cyclone Alfred.

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