🚨 NEW PETITION for Queenslanders! 🚨
CONCERNS REGARDING THE NATIONAL FIRE ANT ERADICATION PROGRAM
The National Fire Ant Eradication Program (NFAEP) strategy has raised alarming concerns due to the widespread use of fire ant pesticides across all properties in South East Queensland.
These practices pose serious risks to both our health and the environment. Evidence of the devastating impacts already exists, and it's time for an urgent reassessment of the program.
✍🏽 We urge all Queenslanders to sign the petition and stand up for a safer, more sustainable approach.
Together, we can make a difference!
Sign the petition to:
1. Immediately pause the NFAEP.
2. Commission a comprehensive Environmental Risk Assessment on the effects of broadscale long-term use of fire ant pesticides on human and environmental health.
3. Shift from an ‘Eradication Program’ to a ‘Suppression Program’, focusing on restricting hazardous material movement to contain fire ant spread.
4. In implementing the Biosecurity Act 2014, allow authorised officers to treat private properties only where a biosecurity threat is evidenced on the property whilst accommodating owners’ concerns.
👉🏽 Sign now to protect our future:
https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-the-Assembly/Petitions/Petition-Details?id=4178
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