Fruit Fly Infringement Notices

In reply to the Hon. F. PANGALLO ().2 May 2024).

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries): I am advised: In the week of the Gather Round (1 to 7 April 2024) 1,976 kilograms of fruit fly host material was taken from travellers across the four quarantine stations (Pinnaroo, Oodla Wirra, Yamba and Ceduna) and at a random roadblock conducted at Bordertown.

I am further advised that in the week prior to Gather Round (25–31 March) the figures were 1578 kilograms of fruit fly host taken and 167 people reported. No random roadblock was conducted this week.

In the week following Gather Round (8–14 April) the figures were 1584 kilograms of fruit fly host material taken and 183 people reported. No random roadblock was conducted this week.

South Australia's fruit fly program is an important biosecurity measure to protect South Australia's $1.3 billion horticultural industries vulnerable to fruit fly.