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Bayer is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Martin Ball, General Manager, Environmental Science.  Martin replaces Dave Ross, who will now be working for Bayer ES in Lyon, France.

Martin is an experienced Manager with a strong sales and marketing background. Martin comes to us from Bayer’s Consumer Care Division, having held numerous positions including the most recent position of National Channel Manager, Grocery, partnering with the likes of Coles and Woolworths to market and sell key brands such as Berocca.

Other positions previously held within Bayer’s Consumer Care Division include National Account Manager, Grocery; Regional Sales Manager, Pharmacy; National Key Account Manager, Pharmacy; and Territory Sales Manager, Pharmacy.

Martin comes to ES with a wealth of experience and enthusiasm.  He said “Bayer is a fantastic company and it is a pleasure to continue my tenure with the ES business. ES plays a crucial part in our day to day lives and it is exciting to be part of the team.  He is also excited by the challenges and opportunities that ES presents and is looking forward to working closely with our distribution network, our customers and having long term sustained growth and success

The recent wet and humid weather has experts warning we're in for the worst season of cockroaches seen for years.

The epidemic will peak in four to five weeks and if numbers are as bad as expected, they could be creeping and crawling around for months.  Cockroaches are breeding in plague proportions, thriving in the heat and humidity.
  
"This season is shaping up to be a bigger roach season than we have seen in the past," Entomologist Bryce Peters said.  "Numbers will peak in the next month or two, particularly towards end of February, March."   (Read more) 

Newly registered, Sentricon AlwaysActive from Dow AgroSciences, delivers all the benefits of both a baiting system and a chemical barrier, with none of the drawbacks.  Sentricon AlwaysActive controls termites from the day it’s installed and has actually been shown to eliminate multiple termite colonies before the Pest Manager has even detected then.

Approved for use around new and existing structures, the Sentricon AlwaysActive system consists of Sentricon IG Termiticide Rods and Sentricon in-ground stations. The Sentricon IG Termiticide Rods are a patented high density cellulose impregnated with 150 grams of hexaflumuron.  This highly desirable termiticide rod has been shown to be effective for up to five years in Australian conditions.  In numerous studies, termites preferentially consumed Sentricon IG Termiticide Rods compared to anything else, including wood.   (Read more)

Federal election 

We are due a federal election where the government will be seeking a mandate to change the Fair Work Act 2009. 

It is our expectation the federal government is unlikely to make any fundamental changes after the election to the current workplace relations system, despite the recommendations made by the Productivity Commission as part of its inquiry this year. Our view is largely predicated on two facts: one, the LNP coalition is still extremely sensitive to a “Work Choices” scare campaign if it tries to change even a comma in the Act and two, in any event, the Senate is incapable of dealing with change in this area as evidenced by its refusal to even pass legislation aimed at improving trade union governance. This is despite the criminal and amoral behaviour uncovered by the Royal Commission this year in its investigation into trade union corruption.   (Read more)

Nominations for Pest Manager of the Year 2016 are now open.  Thank you to BASF who have again generously agreed to sponsor the national award.  Awards like this would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsor and without your participation.  The winners will be announced at the Gala Dinner at the FAOPMA Conference in September 2016.  More information is available on the AEPMA website.

Syngenta, together with our distribution partners (Agserv, Garrards and Globe), is running a promotion to reward you for purchasing and using ALTRISET. This exciting promotion offers an unprecedented prize value - there is the draw component where you can win one of 5 return trips to Seattle and a limited offer component where the first 10 qualifying customers will be guaranteed a trip to Seattle. The prize includes return economy airfares, five nights’ accommodation in Seattle, USA, breakfast and dinner each day and admission into the PestWorld conference which takes place 18-21 October 2016. Each package is valued at $6,000 making the total prize pool $90,000!   (Read more)

Property owners and other affected parties are being invited to provide feedback on the future management of West Indian drywood termite, particularly who pays for treatment.

Queensland Chief Plant Health Manager Mike Ashton said the termite is a serious pest of timber used in construction, and it is important that we continue to contain it.  (Read more)

 

WARM weather and a busy tourist season have given rise to record numbers of bed bugs in Cairns – and it’s not just backpacker hostels counting the cost.

High-end resorts have also been forced to call in pest control companies to carry out expensive treatments as clueless travellers transfer the bloodsucking parasite from their clothes and luggage into hotel rooms.

AEPMA member, Amalgamated Pest Control Cairns is responding to about 20 outbreaks a week and plans to hire more specialised staff to tackle the growing problem.
“Jobs have doubled since the end of November,” said Amalgamated's Robert Boneham.   (Read more)

AEPMA would like to inform members of the death of Jack Albert Flick.

Jack passed away in Toowoomba on the 10th January 2016, aged 94.

A celebration of his life was held at a private ceremony on the 18th January 2016.

Jack is survived by his two daughters, Jennifer and Elizabeth.

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