Shock case of banana freckle in the NT, three years after the last outbreak was defeated

Chris McLennan
Updated July 4 2022 - 11:02pm, first published June 1 2022 - 1:15pm
OH NO: Australian authorities basically had to destroy the banana industry in order to save it, now banana freckle is back.
OH NO: Australian authorities basically had to destroy the banana industry in order to save it, now banana freckle is back.

The devastating plant disease banana freckle has been found again in the Northern Territory.

Chris McLennan

Chris McLennan

National Rural Property Writer

ACM national rural property writer based in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. Career journalist. Multi award winner.

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