Category: Spray Drift

8/11/23: An Impossible Dream. Sustainable Pesticide Management in Great Barrier Reef Catchments
16/10/23: Tasmanian Government Downplays Pesticide Monitoring
2019 January: Leeton (NSW) Suspected Spray Drift
Jan 2019: Edgeroi (NSW). Suspected spray drift event
2021: Central West NSW (Narromine region) Vegetation testing. Pesticides: Multiple
2022/23: One of worst years for spray drift (New South Wales).
11/12/23: Spray Drift Investigations New South Wales
2023 December: Spray drift Griffith & Carrathool
8/12/23: Over 1000ha of Cotton Crops in NSW hit by Spray Drift
21/11/23: Yorke Peninsula (South Australia) 26 reports of spray drift. Pesticide: Overwatch (Bixlozone)
12 March 2023: Spray Drift Cowboys: Fighting Spray Drift in the Cotton Industry
Feb 28 2028: Farm chemical spray drift causing widespread tree deaths, claims community group
Jan 23 2023: Mudgee/Macquarie Valley. Spray Drift. Pesticide: 2,4-D?
2023 January: Lower Namoi (NSW) Spray Drift. 2,4-D?
Jan 23 2023: Gwydir (NSW). Spray Drift. Pesticide: 2,4-D?
Jan 23 2023: Mungindi (Qld). Spray Drift. Pesticide: 2,4-D?
Jan 23 2023: Dirranbandi (NSW) Spray Drift
Jan 23 2023: Spray Drift St George District. Pesticide: 2,4-D
Jan 6 2023: Spray Drift impacts on 30,000ha Eastern Darling Downs. Pesticides: 2,4-D
4 Dec 2022: Court Verdict Spray Drift Holey Plains State Forest. Pesticides: Glyphosate, AMPA, Metsulfuron Methyl, Hexazinone
15/12/22: Suspected spray drift incident. Kuitpo (South Australia)
28/9/22: Blueberry Blues – Coffs Harbour
4/7/2022: NSW Central West Spray Drift
February 22 2022: Spray Drift Clare (South Australia)
January 2022: Chemical concerns over mass bee kill (Sunraysia region, Victoria)
22 December 2021: Macadamia farmer convicted and fined. Spray Drift
2021 August: Overwatch problems in South Australia. Pesticide: Bixlozone
2021 August/September: Overwatch moves outside boundary: Pesticide: Bixlozone
9/7/21: Moisture blamed on Overwatch volatility. Pesticide: Bixlozone
28/4/21: Two Wells (South Australia). Spray Drift
2021 August: Spray Drift Investigations. Julia Creek (Queensland)
2020/22: Court penalty over Torquay pesticide incident. Chemical: Metham Sodium
2012 March: Porongurup Vineyards Spraydrift. Pesticide: 2,4-D
2019 July: Rosebank (NSW). Spray Drift Fine
2019 February: Jerilderie (NSW). Spray Drift
2020 June: Canola Crop Damage. Glenorchy (Victoria). Pesticide: Triasulfuron?
2020: Gwydir Wetlands (New South Wales). Spray Drift
2020: Deepwater (New South Wales). Spraydrift
2020 July: Darlington Point (NSW) Spray Drift
2020 July: Bourke (NSW). Spray Drift
2020 July: Narrowmine (NSW). Spray Drift Impacting Peppercorns
2020 July: Warren (NSW). Spray Drift Impacting Peppercorns
2020 July: Trangie (NSW). Spray Drift Impacting Peppercorns
2020 June: Holey Plains State Park Spray Drift from Pine Plantation. Pesticides: Glyphosate?, Metsulfuron Methyl?
2019 December: Spray Drift Fine (Bellata, NSW)
2017/19: Coffs Harbour Local Government Area (New South Wales). Pesticides: Diuron, Carbendazim, Boscalid, Propiconazole, Terbutryn, Metolachlor
2019 June: 10 million bees killed – Griffith (NSW). Pesticide: Fipronil
2017 March: Coffs Harbour Blueberry Spraying (NSW). Bees and Methomyl
2019 April: St George community forum addresses issue of spray drift (Queensland)
2019 March. Coffs Harbour NSW. Blueberry Spray Drift Protest
2018 Jan: Coonamble (NSW). Spray Drift. Paraquat mentioned
2019 February: Growers lose $1 million from suspected toxic spray. Pesticide: 2,4-D suspected
2018 December: Spray Drift Costs Lucerne Grower $1.3m (Victoria)
2018 November: Griffith Spraydrift (New South Wales). Pesticide: 2,4-D
2018 November: St. George Grapevine Damage (NSW). Pesticide: 2,4-D
2018 November: Spraydrift (Central Queensland). Pesticide: 2,4-D
2018 October – 4 Spray Drift Incidents (Central Highlands Queensland ). Pesticide:2,4-D
2018 June: Tamworth (NSW) – Fines for Spray Drift
2018 June: Moree (NSW) – Fines for Spraydrift
2017 May: Murrabit (Victoria) – Biker Spray and Wiped
2016 March – Spray Drift Pilot Found Guilty (Piangil Victoria)
2018 February: Riverland (South Australia) – Spray Drift. Pesticide: 2,4-D
2018 February: Spray Drift Clare Valley (South Australia) – Pesticide: 2,4-D
2017 April: Naaracoorte (South Australia) – Spray Drift
February 2018: Riverlands (South Australia) – Spray Drift. Pesticide: 2,4-D
2018 January: Spray Drift Kills Cotton. Pesticide: 2,4-D
2017 December: Spray Drift Damages 6000 hectares of NSW cotton on Christmas Day. Pesticide: 2,4-D
2017 September: Pesticide Contaminates Drinking Water Dam near Ballina. Pesticide: Diazinon
2017 July: Grape Grower Awarded $7million (Spray Drift Case). Pesticides: 2,4-D, Glyphosate, Metsulfuron Methyl
2016 December: Spray Drift causes Widespread Damage to CSIRO cotton plots. Pesticide: Glyphosate
2017 February: Darlington Point NSW – Beehive Loss due to Insecticide Drift from Cotton Farms
2017 February: Benerembah NSW. Spray drift. Pesticide: 2,4-D
2017 February: Half of NSW’s cotton crop impacted by spray drift. Pesticide: 2,4-D
December 12 2016: Murrumbateman Region Spray Drift Impact on Vineyards: Pesticides: 2,4-D, MCPA
2008: Western Creek
2009 January: Weegena Tasmania Spray Drift
2008: Noosa Heads Spray Drift.
1997-1999: Emerald (Qld) 21 Spray Drift Incidents. Pesticide: 2,4-D
2014 July – 2015 Apr + 2018: North Pine River at Dayboro. Pesticides: Multiple
2016 June: Norton Estate (Vic). Spray drift on Vineyard
2016 June: Aerial Spraying Complaint WA. Pesticide: Glyphosate, Metsulfuron Methyl
2015 September: Thomson Aviation Fined for Overspray: Pesticide: Carfentrazone-ethyl,
2012 May: Pesticide Blown Across Tasman. Pesticide: Endosulfan
2015 October: Newtons Ridge Winery Hit By Spray Drift
2011 March: Berrima NSW Spraydrift. Pesticides: Triclopyr, Picloram, Aminopyralid
2016 January: Spray Drift Closeburn Qld. Pesticide: Aminopyralid, Fluroxypur
2016 Feb: Warren NSW Spray Drift. Pesticide: 2,4-D
2016 Feb: Garah (NSW) Spray Drift Cotton. Pesticide: 2,4-D
2016 Feb: Spray Drift reported Mungindi (NSW). Pesticide: 2,4-D
2008 February. St George area Qld Spray Drift. Pesticides: 2,4-D, Glyphosate
2016 January: Lower Namoi Region. 20,000ha affected by spraydrift. Pesticide: 2,4-D
2016 January: Gunnedah Region 3000ha affected by spraydrift. Pesticide: 2,4-D
2016 January: Darling Downs (Qld) Spray Drift. Pesticide: 2,4-D
2015 December: Wee Waa region (NSW) Spray Drift Cotton. Pesticide: 2,4-D?
2015 December: Cotton Crop Damage Coleambally NSW. Pesticide: 2,4-D, MCPA?
2015 December: Childers Road Bundaberg. Pesticide: 2,4-D?
2015 September: Gympie Spray Drift from Queensland Rail
2015 December: Clarence Town (NSW) Spray Drift. Pesticide: 2,4-D
2015 December: Denman NSW vineyards spraydrift. Pesticide: 2,4-D
2015 July: Coonawarra South Australia. Vineyard Spraydrift
2012 April: Southern Farming Belt (WA) Spray Drift – 18 Cases in One Season.
2010? Southern Riverland (SA). Vineyards at Risk. Pesticide: 2,4-D
2008-2009: Clare Valley Grapevine Damage. Pesticide: 2,4-D
1981 June: Cheshunt (Vic). Tobacco crop damage due to SEC spraying. Pesticide: Picloram
1982 December: Mungindi (Qld) Large Fish Kill. Pesticide: Endosulfan
1962 April: Merbein (Vic). Proposal to aerial spray to control Fruit Fly. Pesticides: DDT or Malathion
1964 December – 1969 December: Seaspray Foreshore. Pesticides: Malathion, Fenthion, DDT, Dieldrin
1990’s: Gunnedah (NSW) 500 people report symptoms of spray drift.
1998: Gunnedah (NSW) enveloped by cloud of Curacron. (Profenofos)
1996: The Pocket (NSW). Child’s birthday party sprayed: Pesticide: 2,4-D
1990’s: Bilambil (NSW). Banana Spray Drift.
1990’s: Middle Pocket/Billinudgel/Yelgun area. Multiple Spray Drift Events
2011: Langthorne Creek (SA). Spray Drift
1960’s: Mullewa – Geraldton Trainline. Flower death through spray drift.
1960’s: Yandanooka – Three Springs Rail Line (WA). Spraydrift killed off Flowers
1970: Utakarra (WA). Leaking Drum Kills Tomato Crops. Pesticide: 2,4-D Ester
1970: Waggrakine (WA). Peacrop destroyed by Spray Drift. Pesticide: 2,4-D
1970: Dongara Area. Spray Drift. Pesticide: 2,4-D Ester
1978 October: Geraldton (WA) Minister Hunt calls for a ban on 2,4-D Ester due to damage to Tomato Industry.
1978 October; Glenfield (WA). Tomato crop damage due to 2,4-D Ester Spray Drift.
1978 October: Narngula (WA). Tomato Crop damage: Spray drift 2,4-D Ester.
1978 October. Abrolhos Islands (WA) Spray Drift. Pesticide: 2,4-D
1968: Pinkenba (Qld) Spray drift from industrial plants
1964: Geraldton (WA). Spray drift losses to tomatoes. Pesticide: 2,4-D
1958: Burdekin Region (Qld) Spray Drift
1960’s: Burke Street Ayr (Qld). Spray drift from cane fields.
1972 July: Toorbul (Qld). Widespread Spraydrift. Pesticides: 2,4,5-T, 2,4-D
1972 July: Caboolture (Qld) Widespread Spraydrift. Pesticides: 2,4,5-T, 2,4-D
1972 July: Burpengary (Qld) Widespread Spraydrift. Pesticides: 2,4,5-T, 2,4-D
1972 July: Deception Bay (Qld) Widespread Spray Drift. Pesticides: 2,4-D, 2,4,5-T
1972 July: Narangba (Qld) Widespread Spray Drift. Pesticides: 2,4,5-T, 2,4-D
1972 July: Redcliffe (Qld) Widespread Spray Drift. Pesticides: 2,4-D, 2,4,5-T
2009 January: Weegena (Tas) Timber Plantations spraydrift concerns
2007 May: Priory (Tas) Plantation spray drift concerns.
2005 January: Swan Hill (Vic) Spray drift. Pesticide: 2,4-D
2008 November: Lebrina (Tas) hardwood plantation insecticide drift
2009 November: Pampas (Qld). Spray Drift
2004 March: Yamba (South Australia). Spray drift concerns.
2005 March: Liverpool Plains (NSW) Spray Drift. Pesticide: 2,4-D
2012 March: Porongurup Vineyard Spray Drift. Pesticide: 2,4-D
1999 October: Wakool (NSW). Vineyard Exposure.
2013 January: Newhaven (Vic) Spray Drift Complaint. Pesticide: Chlorpyrifos.
1990’s: Sales Rivulet (Tas). Pesticide: Cypermethrin
1989 – 1991: Takone (Tas) approximate. Pesticide: Atrazine
2014 December: Spray damage revegetation Lake Bolac (Vic)
1974 September: Werribee South. Spray drift. Pesticides: Dieldrin, DDT
1982 January: Fish Kill East Goulburn Channel (Vic). Pesticide: Endosulfan.
1981: Wandong (Vic). Spray drift.
1981: Wildwood (Vic). Spraydrift. Pesticide: 2,4-D
1981: Leongatha Water Supply Spray Drift. Pesticides: 2,4-D, 2,4,5-T
1975: Shepparton Tomato Overspray Fish Kill. Pesticides: Zineb, Endosulfan
1960’s: King River (Vic). Fish Kills from aerial spraying.
1998: Dalby (Qld). 50 cases of pesticide poisoning? Cotton crops. Pesticide: Endosulfan
2004 – 05: Swan Hill Spray Drift Impacts on Vineyards. Pesticide: 2,4-D
1960’s: Kununurra (WA) Cattle Contaminated with DDT used in Cotton Crops
1985 December – 1986 January: Condobolin (NSW) 600 sq km Spray Drift. Suspected Pesticides: Glyphosate, 2,4-D,
1992: Coffs Harbour Spray Drift: Pesticides detected: Heptachlor, Chlordane, Dieldrin, Chlorpyrifos, Diazinon, Ethoprophos
2007 September: Coaldale Farmers Fear Chemical Spray Drift
2007 January: Mole Creek (Tas) Spraydrift: Pesticide: Glyphosate
1984: Spraydrift damage Merredin (WA). Pesticides: Paraquat, Diquat, 2,4-D, Glyphosate
2005 July: Nyngan (NSW) Spray Drift Court Case. Pesticide detected: Glyphosate
2012 March: Poisoners Target Plants in Buderim
2011 April: Girraween (NSW) Du Pont Spray Drift. Pesticide: Metsulfuron Methyl
2009: Spray Drift Cotton – MacIntyre Valley. Pesticide: 2,4-D
2012: Namoi Valley – Spray Drift Cotton. Pesticide: 2,4-D
2010 July: $467,000 awarded in Spray Drift Case (Qld). Pesticides: Metsulfuron Methyl, Triclopyr, Picloram
2013 January: Moree Spray Drift Damage: Pesticide 2,4-D
2015 January: Sandy Flat (NSW) Spray Drift. Pesticide: 2,4-D
2014 May: Pesticides Wipe Out Beehives/Warren Boggabri/Gin Gin
2015 March: Spray Drift. Butchers Creek State School (Malanda). Organophosphate.
1979 – 1982: Geraldton Spray Drift. Pesticide of concern: 2,4-D
1987 October: Family poisoned by spray drift. Pesticides detected: Chlorpyrifos, Dichlorvos
1989: Blackall Range Independent School: Pesticide detected: 2,4-D
1976 November: Cancer Deaths Followed Sprays. Organochlorines
1980 – 1992: Mungindi NSW. Multiple pesticides + Parathion Methyl
1980’s – 1991: Yelgun Spray Drift and Health concerns: Pesticide: 2,4-D
1980’s: Bucca Qld. Health problems spray drift
1990 – 1992: Tully. Banana Plantations. Pesticides of concern: Propiconazole, Chlorpyrifos, Dimethoate, Monocrotophos, Mancozeb
1980 – 1982: Coffs Harbour Banana Plantations
2010 January: Great Alpine Road
2007 August: Vicroads spray drift Echuca Mitiamo Road
2007 June: Wimmera Highway Spray drift
2006 April: Yarra Blvd Melbourne. 15,000 plants killed by Vicroads
1987 July: Kobyboyn Area (Vic). Pesticides detected: Paraquat, Diquat
2011 February: Dunoon (NSW) Spray Drift Fear
2005 July: Gellibrand (Vic) Aerial Spraying
2000 December: Plantation Giant Rejects Risk Claims. Pesticide: Dimethoate.
1993 November: Shephards Flat Plantation Spraying leading to spray drift covering 500 sq km. Pesticide detected: Hexazinone.
1993 November: Creswick Plantations Sprayed – eventually leading to spray drift covering 500 sq km. Pesticide: Hexazinone.
1993 December – 1994 March: Ballarat and 500 sq km of central Victoria impacted by plantation spray drift: Pesticide: Hexazinone
1985 November – 1986 March: Stanley (Vic) Velpar (Hexazinone) Incident.
1966 November: Woorinen (Vic) Spray Drift.
1985: Binginwarri Strzelecki Ranges (Vic). Pesticide: 2,4-D.
1979 January: Leongatha Drive In Sprayed: Pesticide: Metiram
1974 October: Plantation Spraying Strzelecki Ranges: Pesticides: 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D.
1977: Spray Drift Seaview (Vic). Pesticide: 2,4-D.
1968: Loch Valley (Vic). Aerial Spraying of 2,4,5-T begins in Victoria.
1968: Loch Valley and Strathbogie Ranges (Vic). Aerial Spraying of 2,4,5-T begins.
1965: Spray Drift in the Swan Hill District. Pesticide: 2,4-D.
2007: December – Spray Drift Wrattonbully South Australia.
1984: Spray Drift Merridan Western Australia
2005: Australian Wine Exports at Spray Risk
2009 January: Spray Drift Mackenzie River Queensland
2009 January: Spray Drift Warning Dawson Valley Qld
2009 January: Spray Drift Central Highlands Region Queensland
2009 June: Gordonvale Qld Spray Drift
2009 November: $9000 Spray Drift Fine to Emerald Farmer
2010 January: Spray Drift Clouds Kingaroy
2010 February: Wowan Spray Drift Issue Unresolved
2010 April: Gympie Farmer Dudded Spray Drift Compo
2010 October: Esperance Council may reverse summer 2,4-D decision
2012 April: Clare Valley attracts spray drift. Pesticide: Glyphosate.
2010 April: Glyphosate more toxic to Eucalypts after bushfires
2010 July: Western Downs Spray Drift
2013 March: Coonawarra Spray Drift Concerns. Pesticide: 2,4-D.
2013 March: Spray Drift Concerns Riverland Vineyards. Pesticide: 2,4-D.
2013 March: Spray Drift Concerns Barossa Valley. Pesticide: 2,4-D.
2013 March: Spray Drift Affecting South Australian Vineyards. Pesticide: 2,4-D.
2013: Mount Barker Spray Drift Case Settled out of court
2013 August: Moama vine growers concerned about spray drift. Pesticide: 2,4-D.
2010 – 2012: Childers Tomato crop suffers spray drift. SP Exports Collapses.
2013: Cotton Spray Drift Concerns
2012 April: Market Gardener (WA) fined $15,000 for pesticide pollution. Chemical: Metham Sodium.
2013: $1 million Tenterfield Tomatoes damaged by spray drift.