Fruit Fly Links
Australian National Fruit Fly Council
National Fruit Fly Strategy Implementation Action Plan
The National Fruit Fly Research, Development & Extension (RD&E) Plan
The Australian Handbook for Identification of Fruit Flies
Fruit fly free in South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales
Albury Wodonga Fight the Fruit Fly Association
Tephritid workers of Asia, Australia, and Oceania’ (TAAO)
Insect Pest Control Section of Joint FAO/IAEA Programme
Pherobase: A database of Pheromones and Semiochemicals, including fruit flies
2016
18 November 2016 Premier of South Australia
World-leading facility boosts national defence against fruit fly
22 September 2016 The Advertiser
21 November 2016 Domar
Groundbreaking sterile fruit fly facility opens in South Australia
28 September 2016 The Advertiser
Keeping our horticultural industries fruit fly free needs a coordinated approach across three states
07 November 2016 City of West Torrens
27 September 2016 The Advertiser
Fruit fly campaigns need a new buzz
31 August 2016 Mildura Independent
Fruit Fly traps catch first outbreak of fruit flies this season
09 August 2016 Premier of Victoria
Growers given critical boost to manage fruit fly
20 July 2016 Elders Real Estate
Victoria takes the fight to the fruit fly
11 June 2016 Premier of Victoria
Victoria And South Australia Tackle Fruit Fly Head On
11 June 2016 Premier of South Australia
States unite to fight fruit fly as world-class SIT facility gets more funding
08 June 2016 Liberal Tasmania
New strategy to protect Tasmania from fruit fly
08 June 2016 The Advocate
State government launches strategy to manage fruit fly free status
01 June 2016 Farm Online
GM insects trialled to control medfly
26 May 2016 Hortidaily
China recognises first mainland Australia region as fruit fly free
26 May 2016 ABC
Maggots bred in Perth to displace Mediterranean fruit fly
20 May 2016 The City of Unley
Update: Fruit Fly Outbreak in the Unley Area
18 May 2016 The Weekly Times
Sterile fruit flies released as part of combat program
16 May 2016 Mildura Rural City Council
29 April 2016 Good Fruit & Vegetables
Fruit Fly Council bolstered by new members
07 April 2016 ABC
Adelaide fruit fly outbreak quarantines in place till Christmas
06 April 2016 Radio New Zealand
Fourteen flies cost $15.7m to eradicate
06 April 2016 ABC
Fruit fly outbreak declared in Adelaide's inner southern suburb of Highgate
28 March 2016 Sydney Morning Herald
Tiny fruit fly sours Australia's big ambitions in agriculture
20 March 2016 Lenswood & Forest Range Community Association
Adelaide Hills growers want fruit fly free status recognised globally
09 March 2016 Government of Western Australia
Bright future for Carnarvon horticulture
06 March 2016 Farm Online
States take fruit fly fight to backyards
29 February 2016 Asiafruit
25 February 2016 Premier of South Australia
Fruit fly outbreak in Clarence Park
22 February 2016 ABC
Fears fruit fly could jeopardise export markets in Tasmania
16 February 2016 Caravan World
25 January 2016 Maori Television
Tau fruit fly found in New Zealand
21 January 2016 Good Fruit & Vegetables
Perth family tries to smuggle massive prohibited fruit haul into WA
2015
04 December 2015 BBC
New Zealand: Officials declare victory over fruit fly
04 December 2015 New Zealand Herald
Ministry declares New Zealand fruit fly free
04 December 2015 New Zealand Ministry of Primary Industries
Fruit fly eradicated from Auckland and restrictions lifted
04 December 2015 Echo News
GM fruit fly trial tackles pest
02 December 2015 Genetic Literacy Project
Western Australia to begin trials of GM medflies in attempt to control pest
01 December 2015 WA Today
Qfly outbreak: eight Perth suburbs in quarantine zone
01 December 2015 Melville Times
Queensland fruit fly is back in WA
26 November 2015 Tech Times
Genetically Modified Fruit Fly May Solve Pest Problems
24 November 2015 Scimex
EXPERT REACTION: Genetically modified fruit fly to be trialled in WA
24 November 2015 BBC
Australia trial for GM fruitfly
09 November 2015 Tasmania Talks
Focus on Tasmanian biosecurity and risk of fruit fly
26 October 2015 Rural Weekly
Fenthion to be banned in October 2015
05 October 2015 Fresh Fruit Portal
Australia: Fenthion ban to come into effect
16 September 2015 ABC
14 September 2014 Sunshine Coast Daily
Bring back flavour to stone fruit
31 August 2015 Australian Environmental Pest Managers Association
Important notice - fenthion use must cease after October 2015
23 July 2015 Farm Online
10 June 2015 Horti Daily
Hort growers lose fruit fly pesticide fight
02 June 2015 Newstalk ZB
More Queensland fruit fly larvae found
28 May 2015 Citrus Australia
Torres Strait strategy: preventing another Papaya fruit fly outbreak
14 May 2015 Premier of Victoria
New Five Year Action Plan To Tackle Queensland Fruit Fly
02 May 2015 Television New Zealand
More fruit flies, larvae found in Auckland suburb
09 March 2015 ABC
24 February 2015 Brisbane Times
Kiwis doing their nana over Queensland fruit fly
23 February 2015 Scoop Independent News
NZ at risk from growing fruit fly problem in Australia: Key
13 February 2015 Victorian Labor
Funding boost for Queensland fruit fly management
02 February 2015 The Border Mail
Worst fruit fly outbreak in five years
23 January 2015 The Weekly Times
Queensland Fruit Fly now out of control across Victoria
13 January 2015 SBS
Challenges ahead for growers without fruit fly 'silver bullet'
07 January 2015 Sunraysia Daily
Fruit fly disaster: Mildura garden infested
2014
14 November 2014 Good Fruit & Vegetables
Fruit flies the secret weapon for NT mangoes
13 November 2014 The Land
26 October 2014 The Observer
Fenthion to be banned in October 2015
23 October 2014 Farm Weekly
Fenthion extension gives harvest relief
21 October 2014 Apple & Pear Australia Ltd
Help needed to control fruit fly following fenthion ban
17 October 2014 Fresh Plaza
Some stonefruit growers to leave industry due to fenthion ban
16 October 2014 ABC
Fruit growers given 12 months to phase out fenthion use
16 October 2014 The Weekly Times
Review of fruit fly pesticide fenthion to be released Thursday
11 August 2014 AgriHort Communications
22 July 2014 Community News
Fenthion review extended to July 31
20 July 2014 Australian Mangoes
Fruit fly research to improve market access
10 July 2014 Grower News
Aussie fruit growers await Senate findings on fenthion restrictions
07 July 2014 Science Learning
Whangarei fruit fly find a worry
16 June 2014 The Weekly Times
Mediterranean fruit fly eradication works to begin in Western Australia
12 May 2014 NSW Farmers
Strategy for fruit fly control welcomed
11 May 2014 Sunlive
Sterile males part of Australia fruit fly strategy
02 May 2014 Good Fruit & Vegetables
WA orchardists vent Fenthion frustration
03 April 2014 NZ Herald
Second Queensland fruit fly found in Whangarei
12 March 2014 Echo Net Daily
Restricted pesticide named as bird killer
08 February 2014 Radio New Zealand
Queensland fruit fly alert over
30 January 2014 Liberal Party of South Australia
Another Fruit Fly Outbreak in South Australia
22 January 2014 Australian Resources
Good news for Queensland growers following fruit fly infestation
20 January 2014 The Australian
Drought, fires, imports ... now fruit fly
2013
28 July 2013 AgHort Communications
Citrus growers fear fallout from Victoria fruit fly decision
09 May 2013 City of Charles Sturt
17 April 2013 News.com.au
Tomatoes to be zapped with radiation to destroy insects after new food standards declared
09 April 2013 Great Taste Magazine
China ignores Southern Australia’s fruit fly protocols
2012
30 November 2012 The Australian
Farmers fleeing fruit fly blame red tape, spray ban
29 November 2012 Ricegrowers’ Association of Australia
Queensland fruit fly - its everyone’s problem
26 November 2012 KondinGroup
Queensland fruit fly escapes endemic status
21 November 2012 Queensland Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Queensland produce gains easier access to Victoria
15 November 2012 Food Safety Australia
Should fenthion be banned?
05 November 2012 ECOS
Pesticides regulator restricts use of fruit-fly control agent
17 October 2012 Dr Chris Black, Liberal Senator for Western Australia
Concern over the possible ban of fruit fly spray
13 September 2012 Rural Weekly
New strategy to manage fruit fly
12 September 2012 Bendigo Advertiser
Fruit fly warning in Harcourt region
06 September 2012 Farm Online
23 August 2012 Liberal South Australia
Riverland on its own with fruit fly?
25 May 2012 Food & Beverage Industry News
Worst fruit fly outbreak period in VIC: motorists warned to dump fruit
23 May 2012 Victoria Tourism Industry Council
Tourism operators urged to help raise awareness of fruit fly
01 March 2012 Mango World Magazine
Broome becoming a hub for fruit flies
01 February 2012 Farm Online
Fruit fly outbreak declared at Ottoway
2011
20 December 2011 Farm Biosecurity
Fruit fly exclusion zone: ‘No fruit, no veg, no fine’
17 August 2011 The Advisor
De Pieri joins campaign against fruit fly
02 August 2011 Top News Arab Emirates
A Single Fruit Fly Jeopardizes $120 Million Export Industry
03 March 2011 Radio New Zealand
Nervous watch on Australia fruit fly outbreak
2010
18 January 2010 Australian Food Network
Prominent Victorian growing region confirmed as fruit fly-free
12 January 2010 Stock & Land
2007
15 May 2007 The Examiner
Woolworths fined $2000 over fruit fly
08 May 2007 Brisbane Times
Fruit fly larvae came to Tas from Qld
Fruit Flies in the Media
