Sending our warmest Christmas wishes to everyone in the Australian banana industry.

The updated Panama TR4 Code of Practice and investigating options for those managing infested properties.

Queensland Government approved amendment allows for smaller destruction zones on an infested property.

Panama TR4 Project Manager Geoff Wilson brought growers, stakeholders and interested parties up-to-date with the latest on Panama disease tropical race 4 (Panama TR4) at the Tully Roadshow.

Code Consultation has now closed. A feedback report will be available soon.

We need a lot more growers to participate in this Program for effective surveillance to continue.

Hear about TR4 Destruction Zone research studies, the proposed Code of Practice changes and the latest news from the TR4 Control Program.

Destruction Zone workshops - Tully (13 March) and Innisfail (14 March).

23/6/2022: Panama disease tropical race 4 (Panama TR4) has been detected on another commercial banana farm in the Tully Valley in Far North Queensland.

This will be the sixth property confirmed with the disease in the Tully Valley since it was first detected in Queensland in 2015.

The next generation of biosecurity champions are going bananas to protect Far North Queensland’s farms, thanks to a new children’s book about Panama disease tropical race 4 (Panama TR4).