An editor's note was issued on 22/10/2025 which appears below. The University of Queensland has defended its academics who have pushed conspiracy theories and misinformation around fire ant treatments ...

A Queensland woman says she has been left battling a severe fire ant infestation alone, spending hundreds on pesticides. Councils and residents face communication gaps, with limited support under the ...

The pests, rated one of the world’s worst invasive species, were recorded at several central Queensland coal mines earlier this year, more than 800km from the original southeast Queensland exclusion ...