House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
2021-03-04 Daily Xml

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Fruit Fly

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (14:27): My question again is to the Minister—

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: Really?

The SPEAKER: The member for West Torrens!

The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: —for Primary Industries. How many detections of fruit fly has his department found in Adelaide supermarkets over the last 18 months?

The Hon. D.K.B. BASHAM (Finniss—Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development) (14:28): I thank the member for the question. I can certainly give you a breakdown, whether it's accurate right out to the 18 months. Certainly, in the last fortnight or so, there have been, I believe, seven detections of fruit that have come from Victoria, which led me to write to my counterpart in Victoria. Prior to that, there were several detections in supermarkets in late January and one prior to Christmas. I believe there were also a couple late in the second half. Traditionally, we have three or four per year. The significant change has been the last two weeks where we have had that extra seven from Victoria.