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Regional fruit fly grants

The Victorian Government is empowering regional industries and communities to take the lead on fruit fly management in their local area, through the Managing Fruit Fly in Victoria – Regional Grants program.

Community grants

Community Grants of up to $5,000 (excluding GST) were available to eligible applicants in rural and regional Victoria to support:

the regional co-ordination of fruit fly management activities
the delivery of localised on-ground community control programs
local communication and engagement activities to raise awareness of, and increase participation in, fruit fly management by stakeholders in regional Victoria.

2019 Successful Community Grant recipients

Nineteen community grant applications were approved in regional Victoria. The successful grant applicants demonstrated how they would raise awareness of fruit fly in their communities and support community-wide action to manage fruit fly.

Who	How much	To fund
Benalla Rural City Council	$4925	Removal of rogue fruit trees from council managed nature strips and road reserves in the Benalla Rural City Council area. This project will also assist the aged and disabled to manage fruit trees at home.
Birchip Landcare Group	$5000	A public information day at the Birchip Cropping Group. The group will also distribute fruit fly traps and bait for monitoring and control.
Campaspe Shire Council	$5000	Removal of unwanted and unmanaged fruit trees from the roadside in Campaspe Shire.
Edi Black Range Catchment Group Inc	$5000	One of five Landcare groups collaborating within the Ovens Landcare Network to provide workshops, information sessions, training and control products.
Fruit Growers Association	$4924	Supply of QFF traps for orchardists to provide trapping data and awareness amongst neighbouring residential and urban properties.
Greta Valley Landcare Group	$5000	One of the five Landcare groups collaborating within the Ovens Landcare Network to provide workshops, information sessions, training and control products.
Harcourt Valley Fruit Fly Action Group Inc.	$5000	Develop an Emergency Outbreak Plan for the Harcourt Valley and fund four Emergency Outbreak Kits.
Kooloonong Natya Landcare Group	$4000	Control of Prickly Pear which is a host of fruit fly on horticultural properties in the Kooloonong Natya region in Greater Sunraysia.
Lions Club of Beechworth Inc	$2500	Educate home gardeners, commercial growers and the general community about the simple steps that can be taken to protect the vegetables, berries and fruit trees against fruit fly. The group plans to disseminate information and will hold an expo and workshop day.
Mount Alexander Shire Council	$5000	Facilitate a community awareness campaign to support the delivery of the Emergency Fruit Fly Outbreak Plan for Harcourt and Mount Alexander Shire. A series of workshops will be delivered to the public on the outbreak plan.
Organic and Regenerative Investment Cooperative	$5000	The project will survey the industry, create a specialised workshop, documentation for the industry on prevention and treatment and create an online resource that can be shared across the organic industry.
Ovens Landcare Network Inc	$5000	One of the five Landcare groups collaborating within the Ovens Landcare Network to provide workshops, information sessions, training and control products.
Rotary Club of Benalla	$4977	Continuing on from their community-based control program in 2018 the Rotary Club will expand this to involve other non-profit organisations such as the Lions Club, The Mens' Shed, Benalla Sustainable Futures Group and Probus Clubs.
Swan Hill Rural City Council	$4500	Identify abandoned or rogue trees and provide an early and immediate intervention of collecting fruit and then placing traps (or renewing baits) to prevent further outbreaks.
VFF Peninsula Branch	$5000	Raise awareness and educate community and growers of the importance of managing fruit fly the Peninsula peri urban horticultural region.
Watchem Progress Association	$2540	Raise awareness and provide traps to the local Watchem community.
Whorouly Landcare Group Inc	$5000	One of the five Landcare groups collaborating within the Ovens Landcare Network to provide workshops, information sessions, training and control products.
Wodonga City Council	$4300	A combined effort by the council and community to run awareness raising and DIY baiting stations workshops.
Wooragee Landcare Group Inc	$5000	One of the five Landcare groups collaborating within the Ovens Landcare Network to provide workshops, information sessions, training and control products.

2018 Community grant stories

These videos share the stories of the 2018 Community Grant recipients, who used their Community Grants to lead Queensland fruit fly control and awareness programs in their local areas to support community led action.

Greta Valley Landcare Group’s story: 2018 Fruit Fly Community Grants

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A short video featuring Sally Day from the Greta Valley Landcare Group, which received a Managing Fruit Fly in Victoria – Community Grant in 2018.

Sally shares her story about leading Queensland fruit fly control and awareness programs in her local area to support community led action.

Bendigo Community Fruit Group’s story: 2018 Fruit Fly Community Grants

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A short video featuring Nicole Porter from Bendigo Community Fruit, which received a Managing Fruit Fly in Victoria – Community Grant in 2018.

Nicole shares her story about leading Queensland fruit fly control and awareness programs in her local area to support community led action.

Upper Goulburn Landcare Network’s story: 2018 Fruit Fly Community Grants

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A short video featuring Judy Watts from the Upper Goulburn Landcare Network, which received a Managing Fruit Fly in Victoria – Community Grant in 2018.

Judy shares her story about Queensland fruit fly monitoring and awareness programs in her local area to support community led action.

Harcourt Valley Landcare Group’s story: 2018 Fruit Fly Community Grants

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A short video featuring Terry Willis from the Harcourt Valley Landcare Group, which received a Managing Fruit Fly in Victoria – Community Grant in 2018.

Terry shares his story about leading the development of a Harcourt Valley Fruit Fly Regional Action Plan and monitoring and awareness programs in his local area to support community led action.

Regional action plan grants

Regional action plan grants of up to $600,000 (excluding GST) were available to eligible applicants to undertake fruit fly management activities that support the implementation of regional plans developed by Regional Governance Groups in Greater Sunraysia, Yarra Valley and the Goulburn Murray Valley.

Successful Regional Action Plan grant recipients 2019–2020

Four regional action plan grants were approved in the Goulburn Murray Valley, Greater Sunraysia and Yarra Valley regions.

Endorsed by their respective regional governance groups, the successful grant applicants demonstrated how they would support the implementation of Regional Action Plans by raising awareness of fruit fly in their communities and delivering management programs at a local level.

Who	How much	To fund
Agribusiness Yarra Valley	$204,664	This project provides resources to support the Yarra Valley Queensland fruit fly co-ordinator to deliver the key activities in the Yarra Valley Queensland fruit fly Plan 2019/20. The project will support centrally co-ordinated Queensland fruit fly surveillance and early detection, risk identification and mitigation, early response, development of market access programs, communication and engagement activities and the adoption of new technologies for managing fruit fly.
Greater Shepparton City Council	$87,552	This project will significantly reduce un-maintained fruit trees on Council owned road reserves to assist in the mitigation of Queensland fruit fly in our region.
Mildura Rural City Council	$585,135	This project will continue the efforts in managing Queensland fruit fly in the Greater Sunraysia region. It provides continuity in delivery of works keeping the momentum in community awareness since on-ground operations commenced in 2014. Key activities include: Targeted field investigations; host tree removal; and landholder education and community awareness.
Moira Shire Council	$597,280	This project provides resources to implement the 2019-2020 Regional Action Plan. Activities include a regional trapping and mapping grid to identify and manage high pressure areas, a comprehensive marketing/awareness campaign, community/grower engagement strategies, field officer deployment to manage 'Hot Spots' and other initiatives to assist in the reduction of Queensland fruit fly across the GMV region.