No definite link determined on prawn disease outbreak

Colin Bettles
Updated January 13 2017 - 4:38pm, first published 4:26pm
No definite link determined on prawn disease outbreak
No definite link determined on prawn disease outbreak

BIOSECURITY officials remain active in trying to detect the origins of an outbreak of white spot disease, which sparked a suspension on raw green prawn imports last week by Federal Agriculture and Water Resources Minister Barnaby Joyce.

Colin Bettles

Colin Bettles

Canberra Bureau Chief

Has been the Canberra Bureau Chief for Fairfax Agricultural Media since 2010 - survived the hung parliament - former media manager at Western Australian Cricket Association now covering national agricultural and rural issues in federal politics.

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