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Fruit Fly

In reply to Mr WHETSTONE (Chaffey) (20 June 2022). (Estimates Committee A)

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries): I have been advised:

There are a wide range of situations in which fruit trees are grown in the Riverland. Many trees are grown in commercial orchards, which forms the basis of the supply of high-quality produce to markets across Australia and the world.

There are also however many smaller orchards which, while not commercially viable, still form much larger plantings than what is usually found in a residential backyard. It is in those small non-commercial orchards, which are often found in or close to the backyards of rural homes, in which many of the trigger points for the current Riverland outbreaks have been found.

It should be noted that the detection point for the outbreaks cannot always reliably be confirmed to be the source of the outbreak—it is simply the place in which the outbreak trigger is first detected.

In terms of the numbers, I have been advised that of the 12 outbreaks referred to, one originated in a residential backyard, seven originated in those small non-commercial orchards which are often found in or close to the backyards of rural homes, two originated in orchards which contain both commercial and non-commercial plantings, and two originated in what could be considered commercial orchards.

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