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28 October 2019 The Thevenard fruit fly quarantine area has been lifted after nine months, following the successful eradication of Mediterranean fruit fly. Minister for... Read More

  21 October 2019 The National Fruit Fly Council brings together governments, industries and research funders to facilitate a national approach to managing Queensland fruit... Read More

  16 September 2019 Australia’s effort to manage fruit flies nationally has been bolstered with the extension of funding for the National Fruit Fly Council,... Read More

  25 June 2019 The Goulburn Murray Valley Fruit Fly Project recently hosted the 7th Australian Biology of Tehpritid Fruit Flies Conference which brought together... Read More

23 May 2019 An outbreak of Queensland Fruit Fly was declared at Lindsay Point (Riverland, Victoria) on 21 May 2019, as the result of fruit... Read More

20 March 2019 The two pest fruit flies affecting horticulture in Australia are the Queensland fruit fly (Qfly), which only occurs in the eastern states... Read More

20 February 2019 In this article originally published in Cherry Magazine, Andrew Cooke writes that researchers are preparing for potential incursion into Australia of an... Read More

19 February 2019 The South Australian Government has declared war on the Loxton Queensland fruit fly outbreak with the release of millions of sterile flies... Read More

29 January 2019 This article, originally published in The Vine, provides a thorough overview of the range of Queensland fruit fly control methods and strategies... Read More

25 January 2019 Oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) is an exotic pest with more than 300 hosts, including summerfruit, and wine and table grapes. In... Read More

12 December 2018 Events held across Australia in October and November 2018 brought together growers, government biosecurity officers, and international experts to consider the threat... Read More

23 November 2018 The National Fruit Fly Council welcomes this week’s announcement of further investment to strengthen the fruit fly management system. Fruit flies are... Read More

29 October 2018 Many Australians enjoy gardening to harvest fresh seasonal produce from their own backyard, however, fruit flies can wreak havoc in the garden.... Read More

23 August 2018 The quest to better manage fruit flies in Australia was the focus of National Fruit Fly Symposium in Melbourne on 14-15 August... Read More

14 June 2018 The business of sorting and identifying the thousands of tephritid ‘true’ fruit flies affecting a wide variety of crops grown in Australia... Read More

8 May 2017 Recently there has been a lot of talk about ‘smart’ traps in fruit fly management, but what are they and what can... Read More

3 February 2017 As part of the National Fruit Fly Council’s ninth meeting, members visited Professor Phil Taylor and the research group at Macquarie University... Read More

20 December 2016 An imported fruit fly from the United Kingdom (UK) has shown great potential to biologically control the damaging horticultural pest Mediterranean fruit... Read More

23 August 2016 Maintaining areas in Australia that are free from pests such as fruit fly has been an important way for producers to access... Read More

13 July 2016 Darryl Barbour, Plant Health Australia’s National Manager, Fruit Fly Council, met with Ryan McAllister from CSIRO about the RapidAIM project. RapidAIM is... Read More

9 June 2016 The National Fruit Fly Council met on 2 June 2016, bringing together representatives from industry, governments and research funders to continue work... Read More

9 June 2016 National Manager, Fruit Fly Council, Darryl Barbour, attended a meeting of local growers, Young Shire Council, NSW DPI Policy, Research and Extension... Read More

15 April 2016 Membership of the recently established National Fruit Fly Council (NFFC) has been broadened and a full time manager appointed to assist the... Read More

13 April 2016 By Dr Penny Measham To help control one of horticulture’s biggest pests, Queensland fruit fly, a horticulture-wide research program is underway to... Read More

24 March 2016 Queensland In Queensland, Dan Papacek of integrated pest management (IPM) business Bugs for Bugs said the risk of complacency was his main... Read More

10 March 2016 Riverina Fruit Fly Campaign Coordinator, Tammy Galvin, has produced a two page guide for backyard fruit and vegetable growers about how to... Read More

7 March 2016 Construction of a factory with the capacity to turn out 50 million sterile male Queensland fruit flies (Qfly, Bactrocera tryoni) a week... Read More

22 February 2016 Horticulture Innovation Australia is conducting a survey about producer’s use of area wide management to control Queensland fruit fly. The project “Adaptive... Read More

18 December 2015 Integrated pest management (IPM) combines the use of biological, cultural and chemical practices to control insect pests in agricultural production. It seeks... Read More

17 December 2015 New biosecurity laws for Queensland will make managing biosecurity risks everyone’s responsibility. The introduction of a general biosecurity obligation under the new... Read More

15 December 2015 One of the most effective ways of managing an established pest in a crop is to work with other producers in your... Read More

12 December 2015 A new council has been formed to work with farmers and fruit fly management community groups across all states and territories to... Read More

8 December 2015 Fruit flies are the world’s most common fruit pest. They appear on almost every continent and millions of dollars are spent annually... Read More

4 December 2015 Movement of plants and plant products from one part of Australia to another can readily spread pests, weeds and plant disease so... Read More

1 December 2015 Restrictions on the movement of agricultural products between and within states mean that it’s important to have a resource that outlines what... Read More