The ACT Government's role is the spread of the weed Patterson's Curse is far worse than just neglecting to control existing weeds, as raised in the Canberra Times ("Landowners curse spread of purple patches", 4/11/09).

The Government and the Land Development Agency have been actively spreading Patto, Capeweed, and many other weeds through the way they hydromulch bare ground around roadworks and new suburbs.

The standard way the ACT uses to seed grass on bare sites after construction is to spray bales of straw over the exposed dirt areas, then cover that straw with an emulsion containing the grass seeds.

However it appears their quality control on the sourcing of the straw is sadly lacking, with the end result being blanket infestation of significant weeds species that were never present beforehand.

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