Riverland fruit fly outbreak, Sterile insects released to eradicate pest costing millions

More than 2.5 million sterile fruit flies have been released in the Riverland, as the region battles five outbreaks of  Queensland fruit fly, which could cost local farmers and communities millions of dollars.

Member for Chaffey Tim Whetstone has called on backyard fruit tree owners to strip their trees of fruit to do their part to help get the region’s 1.3 billion horticulture industry back to their fruit fly-free status.