date:Aug 02, 2012
tecting the nations banana industry from the spread of Panama Tropical Race 4. This opens up a totally unacceptable threat to the $450 million national banana industry and banana farming in Queensland, Western Australia and New South Wales. This disease can easily be spread through the movement of soil carried on clothing and boots and on equipment, machinery and trucks, he said.
The Queensland Agriculture Minister, Liberal MP John McVeigh, said the move risked exposing Queenslands $400 million