Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Blueberry farmers have used an upper house inquiry in Launceston to vent their frustrations about the ...

It says the disease should be eradicated, contradicting the current policy of containment. A Legislative Council inquiry into blueberry rust in Tasmania tabled its 147-page report in Parliament this ...

Last year in a report from the Legislative Council’s Blueberry Rust in Tasmania inquiry, one of the ten recommendations was that Biosecurity Tasmania take action to eradicate blueberry rust from the ...

Biosecurity Tasmania acting general manager Rae Burrows said infected plants were found at a small number of nurseries in the state’s South, North and North-West. “Biosecurity Tasmania has worked with ...

TASMANIAN blueberry growers have been dealt a blow with a new detection of fungal disease blueberry rust. The detection comes after an all-clear for the pest was declared last month when it was ...

Detection of blueberry rust has been found at commercial blueberry producer Costa’s Sulphur Creek farm. I have worked in the Tasmanian digital/print media for 11 years, spanning two newsrooms. I have ...

TASMANIA’s blueberry growers say the state’s $30m industry could be wiped out if the State Government does not move to fully eradicate a serious fungal disease. Blueberry rust was again recently ...