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Australia has had some biocontrols go awry, but plenty others were successful

When biocontrol is done well, it's the most powerful tool we have to control pests. Here are a few times that biocontrol has helped Australia's economy and environment.

ABC News · Apr 19, 2023

Carp herpes was meant to get rid of Australia's worst aquatic pest. So what happened to it?

Remember carp herpes? Or "caaaaarp herpes" as Barnaby Joyce put it back in 2016? It was meant to rid our waterways of the "disgusting, mud-sucking creatures". So what happened?

ABC News · Mar 31, 2023