Biosecurity Australia - the last defence against whatsitsname

Or so some people think.

You can cut them a little bit slack, they don't care so much about hobbyists, what matters is the security of our little wiggly tailed fish in (commercial) ponds throughout Australia. Some joke heard includes "who the #$%^ cares about fish in rivers/ponds and who are the idiots who'd import fish to feed local fish". Well, you can scream your heart out, but the pollies aint gonna hear it - they've got their headphones on.

It will make life a lot harder to get your bettas, not to mention it costs more and more than what they are today - even today's standard is way too high already!

It brings back the memory of voting, you don't like both sides but you ought to stand for something. For those who'd like to put a little bit of resistance, you can go to online petition. If you don't have a clue what it is, chances are it won't affect you yet, but nonetheless you can show a bit of support and fill the petition anyway - who knows you'll be into bettas/cichlids/etc soon and by that time it'll be too late for your vote to count for anything.

The odds are not good, so don't bet on it. What you can bet, however, is to be self-sustain as soon as possible. If you haven't started breeding yet, start now. If you haven't stocked up yet, buy more bettas and be ready. We all know that the tsunami will come, but it seems to come a lot sooner and you're running out of time to save the hobby by not doing anything :(

Anyway, if you seriously want to do something about it, you'll find ways. As for us, we'll give you hands on breeding if that helps at all. Give us a shout ;)