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Bunches of bananas hang in packing shed

"But if it gets spread on other river systems in North Queensland, that's going to be a whole new ball game."
Leon Collins stands in front of his banana trees on his farm whilst wearing a blue work shirt

Bunches of wet bananas on packing shed

Banana farm manager Gavin stands in a banana packing shed wearing an orange workshirt

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"You're naive if you think we are all safe, that's for sure, and any flood event increases the threat,"
he said.

Man with beige workshirt on smiles at camera with hands on hips and wearing wide brim hat in front of banana trees.

"Once it gets in the soil, it's there essentially forever so you can't grow susceptible cultivars in that soil anymore,"
Professor Dale said.
Wet banana trees

"Growers have really changed their lifestyle, amazingly, to work with these biosecurity measures, so the farms now have very restricted access,"
he said.

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