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Buffel grass is exploding across South Australia like a desert algal bloom, choking native plants and skyrocketing fire risk — even creeping into metro Adelaide. Its spread threatens the Flinders Ranges’ world heritage bid and is hitching rides on freight corridors statewide. Despite repeated removal efforts, it rebounds after rain, frustrating land managers and sparking calls for urgent, coordinated action. Officials are now designating it a national weed and funding a state coordinator to track and combat its invasion — before it’s too late.

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