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We tightly control our borders, but nurseries across Australia are legally selling plants listed by governments as invasive weeds.
It's believed that escaped garden plants have contributed to at least four Australian extinctions, and cost the agriculture industry over $4.3 billion annually. So is it time for the government to step in and regulate what's sold?
By ABC4.4
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We tightly control our borders, but nurseries across Australia are legally selling plants listed by governments as invasive weeds.
It's believed that escaped garden plants have contributed to at least four Australian extinctions, and cost the agriculture industry over $4.3 billion annually. So is it time for the government to step in and regulate what's sold?

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