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Agriculture Minister Joe Helper congratulated the Department of Primary Industries for the enormous clean-up effort it undertook in the wake of the importation and distribution of Mexican feather grass in Victoria.
In a move designed to prevent further incursions, Mr Helper also announced that the nursery and garden industry, with support provided by DPI, would develop a Code of Practice to govern the importation and distribution of plant species.
Victorian-based seed importer and distributor, Ball Australia, pleaded guilty on Friday (May 8) in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court to four offences relating to the propagation and distribution of Mexican feather grass (Nassella tenuissima).
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