Fines absent in Victorian fruit fly fight

NO one was fined for bringing fruit into a restricted area in Victoria in 2018. However, Victoria’s agriculture depart­ment said its approach to managing fruit fly was different to South Aust­ralia’s “zero-tolerance” tactics because the pest was already well established within Victorian borders. South Australia began enforcing a hard-line approach to motorists enter­ing its borders with prohibited […]

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    Dry slows Mallee land values

    FARMLAND values in the Mallee have recorded modest growth in the first half of this year, but have fallen more than 30 per cent in…