Australia, PNG in Remote Mission to Tackle Oriental Fruit Fly

A joint expedition to a remote village aims to help Papua New Guineans and help prevent the insect coming to Australia.

The Buzi village group. Darrol Williams/Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Australia has taken part in a joint expedition with Papua New Guinea (PNG), to visit a remote community in the battle against oriental fruit fly.

Since the mid-1990s, Australia has managed to avoid the oriental fruit fly, which poses a threat to crops in PNG and other parts of the world, including the United States and Southern Asia.