article_snippet: The odourless gas was meant to have been phased out in Australia by 2005.
article_snippet: Methyl bromide, an odourless and colouless gas, was banned because it depletes the ozone layer . '
article_snippet: Internationally, we've gotten rid of 85 per cent of methyl bromide, and it's a great win for mankind —
article_snippet: Dr Ian Porter, UN Methyl Bromide Technical Options committee's co-chair, told ABC ABC . '
highlights_snippet: Australia agreed to phase out environmentally damaging gas by 2005 .
  