Angus Abbott

The National Fruit Fly Council hosted an online webinar on interspecies competition in fruit flies on 4 April with 107 participants in... Read More

The National Fruit Fly Council (NFFC) has secured funding from Hort Innovation for phase 4 of the project that will strategically coordinate... Read More

The National Fruit Fly Council (NFFC) has recently been contracted for a further five years (Phase 4) providing a strong base to... Read More

Tasmania’s Securing our Borders (SOB) initiative that was announced in May 2019, has significantly strengthened the state’s biosecurity system to keep pests out and... Read More

Agriculture Victoria is collecting data on the experiences table grape growers have with Queensland fruit fly (Qfly), as part of a Hort... Read More

While many horticultural growers are adept at managing fruit fly on-farm, pest pressure is often experienced off-farm such as in home gardens,... Read More

The International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance will be held from 13 – 14 November 2022 in Sydney. It will... Read More

Vinehealth Australia has released a new and comprehensive resource for the South Australian wine industry – a Biosecurity Bulletin titled ‘Vintage requirements... Read More

Congratulations to the Goulburn Murray Valley (GMV) Fruit Fly Area Wide Management Program that won the Community category in the 2021 Australian... Read More

The management of fruit fly in Australian horticulture is challenging, not least as a consequence of recent domestic and international regulatory actions, impacting the... Read More

The National Fruit Fly Council’s Phase 3 (2018 – 2021) project concludes in December 2021 and we are currently working with our... Read More

Plant Health Australia (PHA) and Hort Innovation welcome Stuart Burgess as the new manager of the National Fruit Fly Council (NFFC). Stuart... Read More

Fruit fly is a constant threat to Australian growers, and more importantly, Australia’s $2.7 billion horticulture export industries. An integrated pest management... Read More

6 September 2021 (2pm AEST) Please join the National Fruit Fly Council for a webinar on Predictive Modelling and Forecasting of Fruit Flies in... Read More

Implementing the National Fruit Fly Strategy 2020-25 via a sustainable funding model was the resounding call from the National Fruit Fly Symposium... Read More

In June, members of the National Fruit Fly Council met in Loxton, in the South Australian Riverland. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the... Read More

Preventing the spread of fruit fly and other exotic pests is critical to continue growing Australia’s $2.7 billion horticulture export industries. At... Read More

A key role of the National Fruit Fly Council is to oversee the implementation of the 2020-25 National Fruit Fly Strategy. To do... Read More

Tom Eastlake is a cherry grower, President of Cherry Growers Australia, and a long-term member of the National Fruit Fly Council. Tom... Read More

Implementing the National Fruit Fly Strategy 2020-25 via a sustainable funding model was the resounding conclusion from those who devoted their time... Read More