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50 jilibet Betty White Forever: New stamp will honor the much-beloved 'Golden Girls' actorSome clown abused me at half-time – Eddie Jones confronted on Twickenham returnTweet Facebook Mail A major mosquito outbreak in south-west Sydney has been contained in a "round the clock" operation that cleared the pests from a significant water facility, Sydney Water said. In late October, Liverpool Council contacted Sydney Water about a surge in mosquito populations near Chipping Norton, suspected to be linked to the oxiponds at the Liverpool Water Resource Recovery Facility. Sydney Water collaborated with the council to tackle the issue. READ MORE: Scorching heat, fire warnings as millions swelter  A helicopter sprays ponds to fight a mosquito infestation in Liverpool. (Sydney Water) In less than two weeks, nearly 100 per cent of frogbit - a floating water weed - was removed from the ponds. Field assessments across ten of the 12 treatment sites showed a 98 per cent reduction in mosquito larvae since November 8. "In areas where frogbit vegetation persisted, mosquito larvae counts dropped from 400 to nearly zero," Sydney Water water resourse recovery lead Sally Rewell said.b READ MORE: Elon Musk slams Australian social media ban  Excavators help rid the facility of omnipresent frogbit. (Sydney Water) "Field surveys have confirmed the amount of airbourne mosquitoes around the plant has reduced by over 90 per cent. We expect a further reduction over the next two weeks." Specialised machinery was used, including excavators, sucker trucks, boats, and a helicopter, to help remove vegetation, and carry out ground and aerial spraying with larvicides. "Our crews worked tirelessly day after day to eliminate the mosquito habitats and treat breeding areas," Rewell said. READ MORE: Stowaway snake causes panic on Australian flight  The cleared water facilities. (Sydney Water) Medical Entomology NSW health pathology Associate Professor Cameron Webb said adult mosquito numbers dramatically declined compared to last week's collections. "This is explained by the ongoing reduction in mosquitoes emerging from oxiponds through weed removal and larvicide treatments," Webb said. "Larval sampling in the oxiponds recorded a further decline in mosquito abundance and an approximate further 50 per cent reduction from last Wednesday." It's the size of a thumbtack and kills with a single touch View Gallery More than 50 people worked seven days a week to get rid of the pests, Rewell said. "This has been a focused operation, with everyone giving their all around the clock," she said. DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP : Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the Apple App Store and Google Play .

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Now that former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has officially withdrawn his name from consideration to be the next attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump is quickly moving on to his next choice. According to a report in NYSun.com , Trump's next attorney general-designate could be Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton. The Sun reported that an unnamed source "with close ties to Trump's team" says Paxton — who has served as the top law enforcement official in the Lone Star State since 2015 — is "the ideal choice for the America First movement." As Texas' attorney general, Paxton led the charge at the state level to try to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Paxton was the lead plaintiff in the Texas v. Pennsylvania lawsuit that sought to prevent the certification of election results in the handful of battleground states that President Joe Biden narrowly won four years ago, unsuccessfully arguing that those states' Covid-19 pandemic voting procedures violated the U.S. Constitution. READ MORE: Senate Republican slams 'criminal' Texas attorney general for 'pushing Russian propaganda' Paxton is also likely to be agreeable to Trump's stated plans to use the Department of Justice as a vehicle to hound his political enemies. As Texas' attorney general, Paxton launched an investigation into Democratic-aligned advocacy group Media Matters for America in 2023. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ultimately shut down Paxton's attempts to probe Media Matters' financial records and internal communications. The Sun's Matthew Rice noted that in addition to presumably all Senate Democrats, one unlikely opponent Paxton could have in the Senate would be Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), who has publicly feuded with Paxton in the recent past. In February, Cornyn was one of several Republicans who joined all Democrats in supporting a supplemental foreign aid package to help Israel , Taiwan and Ukraine . Paxton accused Cornyn of "stay[ing] up all night to defend other countries' borders, but not America." Cornyn clapped back, mentioning Paxton's criminal charges for alleged securities fraud ( which have since been dropped ). "Ken, your criminal defense lawyers are calling to suggest you spend less time pushing Russian propaganda and more time defending longstanding felony charges against you in Houston, as well as ongoing federal grand jury proceedings in San Antonio that will probably result in further criminal charges," Cornyn tweeted. Aside from Paxton, other potential attorneys general may include Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) — whose father served as solicitor general under President Ronald Reagan — and far-right attorney Mike Davis , who has blamed Democrats for the assassination attempts on then-candidate Trump .