The movement of plant products into and/or out of the following zones is controlled. These controls are designed to keep areas of WA free of certain pests and diseases.
Within Western Australia
Targeted pests | From | Into |
American serpentine leafminer (Liriomyza trifolii) | Shires of Broome, Derby-West Kimberley and Wyndham-East Kimberley | another part of the state |
Potential carriers: nursery stock, leafy vegetables, vegetables with leaves, fresh herbs, foliage or cut flowers with leaves, soil (see conditions of entry) | ||
Melon thrips (Thrips palmi) | Parts of the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley | another part of the state |
Potential carriers: fruit, cut flowers/foliage, vegetables and plants/nursery stock (see conditions of entry) | ||
Banana weevil borer (Cosmopolites sordidus) | Parts of the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley | another part of the state |
Potential carriers: soil and banana plants and parts of banana plants (other than fruit and tissue culture) | ||
Palm leaf beetle (Brontispa longissim) | Shire of Broome | another part of the state |
Potential carriers: palm plants and cut palm foliage | ||
Banana aphid (Pentalonia nigronervosa) | Parts of the Shire of Carnarvon | another part of the state |
Potential carriers: banana plants and parts of banana plants (other than fruit and tissue culture) | ||
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense (Race 1) | Parts of the Shire of Carnarvon | another part of the state |
Potential carriers: soil and banana plants and parts of plants (other than fruit) | ||
Silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) biotype B), | Shire of Carnarvon | into that part of the state which lies above 19o30’S (the Kimberley region) |
Potential carriers: namely plants, nursery stock, cut flowers/foliage and leafy vegetables | ||
Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) | Any part of the State | into parts of the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley (Ord River Irrigation Area) during the period beginning 1 April and ending on 30 November in any year |
Potential carriers: citrus fruit and summer fruit |
Into Western Australia
Targeted pests | From | Into |
Panama disease (Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense Tropical Race 4) | Another State or Territory | the Shires of Carnarvon and Wyndham-East Kimberley |
Potential carriers: soil and banana plants and parts of plants (other than fruit) | ||
Potato cyst nematode (Globodera rostochiensis) | Any other state of Australia except in Tasmania or South Australia | parts of the local government areas of Albany, Augusta-Margaret River, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Bunbury, Busselton, Capel, Collie, Cranbrook, Dardanup, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Gingin, Harvey, Kojonup, Mandurah, Manjimup, Murray, Nannup, Plantaganet or Waroona |
Potential carriers: potato tubers |