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Anti-viral properties of formic acid
THE Shooters Union of Australia has re- newed calls for a state lands hunting plan to combat the threat of African swine fever.
percent of the popula- tion needed to be culled each year to prevent it from expanding.
safely in the state or na- tional parks then come back into farmland to cause chaos, escaping back to the parks before farmers and shooters can eliminate them all.
Shooters Union Aus- tralia president Graham Park said there are literally hundreds of thousands of licensed, law-abiding shooters in Queensland and around Australia who would not only be happy to control feral pigs for free, they’d even pay the government a fee to do it.
A state government spokesperson com- mented that Queens- land Parks and Wild- life Service, like all landholders, manages declared pests such as feral pigs on its land.
“This completely undermines the ef- forts by landowners and shooters to protect Queensland’s biodiver- sity.
“If you have a look at the maps, north Queensland is abso- lutely overrun with feral pigs and they are abun- dant throughout pretty much everywhere else in the state too.
“The Department of Agriculture and Fish- eries supports feral pig management by local government and land- holders using a range of controls, including aerial and ground shooting, trapping and baiting.”
“We approached the government a couple of months after the peti- tion had been presented and just got a flat ‘we have no plan to change our mind’ response,” Mr Park said.
“All these rural areas are crying out for an influx of dollars and we’ve got 200,000 li- censed shooters in Queensland who would be only too happy to oblige by visiting the re- gions and shooting their feral pest animals,” Mr Park said.
“Queensland has also conducted significant evaluation of baits and their best use.
National Feral Pig Management coordi- nator Heather Channon said that as part of the development of the Na- tional Feral Pig Action Plan, they were com- mencing consultation with stakeholders.
A recent report com- missioned by Aus- tralian Pork Limited found feral pigs caused an estimated $106.5 million in damage each year, and that up to 70
According to Mr Park, feral pigs are smart and know full well that if they go to certain places such as state forests and national parks, no-one will come and shoot them.
“All views will be looked at by the steering group before any sug- gested policy recom- mendations are able to be made,” Dr Channon said.
A Queensland-based recreational hunter.
Shooting feral pigs
“Trapping had been used as an effective means of removing the threat of feral pigs from national parks in some areas for more than 20 years.
“State land hunting schemes in other states allowed people onto unused state forest and was managed via an app that controlled how many people were in any one area at a time.
“The results are made available to landholders and land managers,” the spokesperson said.
“The pigs can breed
An IA CRC and NLWRA map showing where feral pigs are found in Australia.
AFRICAN swine fever is an important eco- nomic disease and in most countries, infec- tions are notifiable by law to relevant authori- ties.
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Cleaning pig areas, feed and water lines is a major control measure and here is where products con- taining formic acid can be helpful, as they are regis- tered for safe use in the animal.
This anti-viral activity means that formic acid can be used as part of an effective hygiene pro- gram.
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Using formic acid in high-risk feed materials, such as animal by-prod- ucts, has been shown to inactivate enveloped vi- ruses within 24 hours.
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Photo: Murray-Darling Basin Authority
The environment, communities and farmers suffer from water market
TREASURER Josh Frydenberg has released the interim report of the Murray-Darling Basin Water Markets Inquiry carried out by the Aus- tralian Competition and Consumer Commission.
water market.”
In its report to the Treas-
out,” Mr Mahar said. “This is clear in the communities we have vis-
confidence in the way the water market operates will be a key focus and critical outcome of this process.
National Farmers’ Fed- eration chief executive Tony Mahar said the re- port is clear and unequiv- ocal about the need for decisive, rapid and com- prehensive reform.
“It is clear duplicative and inconsistent rules and processes between Basin states have led to signifi- cant information failures, which has created poten- tial opportunities for ex- ploitation.
hoods.”
The report also finds
“The NFF notes over 40 reports into the Murray- Darling Basin have now been released.
“The report notes ‘the Basin’s water rights mar- kets have serious prob- lems that have to be fixed now to generate more of the potential benefits of water trade’,” he said.
“This has undermined confidence in the water market.”
water markets have brought significant ben- efits to water users and communities across the Basin.
“By not implementing recommendations to im- prove the plan, govern- ments are perpetuating the pain suffered across the Basin and demon- strating utter contempt for farmers, communities and the environment.
urer, the ACCC found the market was poorly regu- lated and governed.
ited and consulted with. “We need clear and ro- bust rules and governance in a system that farmers and Basin communities rely on for their liveli-
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“There must be a pathway mapped out to meaningful reform of the
“Ensuring clarity and
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“This independent as- sessment must now be considered and acted upon.
“The market does not sufficiently consider de- livery capacity, convey- ance losses nor adverse environmental impacts and ultimately, it is farmers, communities and the environment who lose
“The ACCC has pro- posed a number of reform options and the NFF and its members will consider these in detail in devel- oping a response,” Mr Mahar said.
“We also keenly await the release of the Sefton socio-economic and Water for the Environ- ment Special Account re- views currently with the water minister.”
The report also cites a ‘disconnect between the rules of the trading system and the physical characteristics of the river system’.
The ACCC clearly artic- ulates the solution is not to dismantle the system, but to reform the system to provide greater clarity and confidence.
“The first order of busi- ness must be the adop- tion of the 38 Productivity Commission report rec- ommendations.