# How is government tackling WA's worst-recorded rodent plague?

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Podcast: [ABC News Top Stories](https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594)
Published: 2026-05-18T06:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/abc-news-top-stories/how-is-government-tackling-was-worst-recorded-rodent-plague/106693708
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## Resource

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.

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