Should you be worried about the mouse plague?

Laura Carolina Corrigan
Updated June 16 2021 - 12:15pm, first published 10:30am
The mouse plague is costing farmers up to $150,000 each. Picture: NSW Farmers
The mouse plague is costing farmers up to $150,000 each. Picture: NSW Farmers

First there was the drought, followed by fires then floods. Farmers had been hoping for at least a couple of good seasons off the back of some tough ones. But regional New South Wales and parts of Queensland and Victoria are under attack from millions and millions of mice, which are devastating grain stores and crops, and terrorising homes.

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Laura Carolina Corrigan

Canberra Times producer with a background in news and podcasts.

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