Episode
How is government tackling WA's worst-recorded rodent plague?
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- ABC News Top Stories
- Published
- May 18, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 165
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Summary
An emergency permit for double-strength mouse baits has been conditionally approved by Australia's chemical regulator. It comes as plague-proportions of the rodent cause damage and distress in both Western Australia and South Australia's grain-growing regions.