SEQ business fined $1,200 after sparking fire ant scare in Central Queensland Wed 8 Jul 2026 at 12:04pm In short: A second-hand brick supplier has been fined about $1,200 after transporting a pallet of bricks with fire ants to a mine site in Central Queensland. The cost of the four-stage aerial baiting program that followed reached $1 million. What's next? Local land managers say the focus needs t...