The chairman of the Cattle Tick Advisory Committee says roadside cameras are proving effective in controlling cattle movements between Queensland and northern New South Wales.
Nick Keating says a two-day meeting being held at Wollongbar this week has studied compliance and eradication programs in the region.
Mr Keating says there were field trips to look at dip sites and the functioning of cameras set up to monitor traffic movements venta motos across the border.
He says the cameras are a significant weapon in stopping the spread of cattle tick fever.
“We saw yesterday how successful they are, because they’re now down pat, they’re catching people now nearly every week who are bolivia bringing in illegal animals or hay out of Qld, so they are working very well,” he said.
“We saw the program and we just want to go and look at them on the roads and just see where they’re placed and that they’re doing their job, that vehicles can’t get around and so forth.”
