BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 24 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement:

Minister for Primary Industries

The Honourable Tony Perrett

* New detector dog kennels boost electric ant fight in Far North Queensland. * Purpose-built 10-kennel facility in Cairns now home to specialised electric ant odour detector dogs. * TheCrisafulli Government delivering better services through a stronger economy and strengthening Queensland's biosecurity frontline after Labor's decade of decline.

The Crisafulli Government is backing Queensland's biosecurity frontline after it was left to deteriorate under the former Labor Government, with a new purpose-built odour detector dog facility in Cairns to stre...