A New President for AEPMA National Board

At the AEPMA National Board Meeting, David Gay decided to stand down as National President.  David will remain on the National Board for another year as Immediate Past President.

David has been President of AEPMA for 7 years and on the National Board for ten. David has made an enormous contribution to the Association and will continue to do so. David decided it was time for “new blood” in the role of President.  Existing Board member and Vice President Vasili Tsoutouras was elected unopposed as David’s successor.  (Read more)

AEPMA President's Annual Report 2015

AEPMA has again had another successful year of growth and engagement with various shareholders and government regulators.
 
Significant progress has also been made on our core projects, specifically Codes of Practice in respect of consumer awareness and Pest Manager compliance with the documents.

In this past year we have also progressed our two new CoP’s that address termite management, to almost complete first drafts, that hopefully will be then ready for expert technical working party review and completion prior to our conference next year.  (Read more)

“In 35 years of pest management I’ve never seen a dust do what this does,” said Mr Neil Raw, owner of Innovative Pest Control SA, Adelaide.  “I was gobsmacked!”

“The team at Sundew Solutions asked me to take Starrdust®PRO to the worst, most difficult commercial situation I had on my books and put the product through its paces. Don’t take this to a ‘soft’ test site I was told.”

“The moment I applied Starrdust®PRO there was an immediate response.  German roaches came flooding from within the commercial appliances I had applied the product.”

“The shear flushing action of the product was astounding.  My client told me that the following day roaches were still coming out and dying.  The client named it ‘magic dust’.”

Starrdust®PRO Insecticidal Dusting Powder Industrial Strength is the latest product from Sundew Solutions, a family enterprise, 100% Australia owned and operated.  It is the world’s only dual active dust incorporating an Insect Growth Regulator (IGR) triflumuron with a double strength permethrin 40:60 cis to provide up to 12 months control of pest insects.  Starrdust®PRO is revolutionary because it combines a powerful knockdown adulticide was well as a long lasting IGR larvicide.  (Read more)

The 2015 Rapid Solutions Risk Management Conference will be held on 14th and 15th of August at Jupiter’s Hotel and Casino on the Gold Coast.

By attending you’ll expand your knowledge and keep up-to-date with the latest developments in the industry. It’s also a great opportunity to make connections and share ideas with others in your field.

The conference will feature a large number of presentations across a range of pest control topics. 

The exhibition hall will showcase the most exciting products available on the market and a range of social events will be available to unwind.  Ensystex will once again be the Gold Sponsor for the event.

A special earlybird price is available to those who register before 31st May 2015.

Visit the website for more details rapidsolutions.com.au/conference

The Queensland branch held its first breakfast meeting of the year at AEPMA’s offices in Hendra.  The meeting was addressed by Mary Morrison of the Queensland Health Department on the outcome of an audit conducted on registered pest technicians.  The final report will be released shortly and a link will be provided by AEPMA.  Mary also gave a succinct summary of the report’s outcomes and proposed departmental action for the future.

The breakfast was well attended by industry and the combination of a good and interesting speaker, together with hot coffee and bacon and eggs provided the backdrop for an enjoyable branch function.

FMC have launched Fury 120 SC General Household Insecticide into the GHP market which is set to provide a new standard in the industry.
  
Fury is an optimised patent protected combination of alpha-cypermethrin 40 g/L and bifenthrin 80 g/L formulated as a suspension concentrate (SC). Fury combines the knockdown power of alpha-cypermethrin with the sustained residual qualities of bifenthrin.  This combination provides a powerful effect that is not achieved when using the individual active ingredients alone.

FMC are leaders in the research and development of synthetic pyrethroids and were the original developers of bifenthrin and alpha-cypermethrin for pest management.  (Read more)

Thinking about introducing compulsory health assessments to mitigate safety risks in the workplace? Well think again. In light of a recent Fair Work Commission (FWC) decision, employers face more red tape when it comes to implementing preventive strategies for addressing workplace health and safety.  

After previous unsuccessful efforts to reduce high injury rates amongst heavy vehicle drivers, a transport company sought to introduce compulsory health assessments. The results of the assessment would go on each employee’s health file and be used to evaluate the level of risk in performing their duties.  (Read more)

Sherwood Chemicals have introduced an Australian first for the eradication of termites with the launch of a ready to use Fipronil aerosol foam formulation. According to Sherwood Chemicals Australian General Manager John Ralph, 

“Foam application to both termite workings and cavity voids with specialised foaming equipment has been a successful technique in the treatment of termite infestations for many years now. However for spot treatments and inaccessible areas the process is time consuming and labour intensive. Ultraforce Termite Foam is a premixed, ready to use termite eradication tool designed for convenience and to increase the productivity of technicians with improved efficacy and safety.”

Sherwood Chemicals are well known to the Australian pest management industry for their formulation chemistry and also for producing high quality liquid termiticides and cost effective convenient to use aerosols.  Ultraforce Termite foam is the combination of two of Sherwood’s most successful formulations, Fipforce Aqua Termiticide containing Fipronil & Chaindrite Extra crawling insect aerosol designed as a cost effective odourless spray targeting convenience. (Read more)

An AEPMA NSW ACT State Council meeting was held on 14 April 2015, at the office of Agserv in Sydney. Many items were discussed during the meeting such as transfer of licencing from Workcover to EPA, training packages and many more listed in the Chairman’s Report below.

Our next Meeting will be on 20 July 2015.

AEPMA NSW/ ACT State Council Chairman’s Report for 2014-2015   (Read more)

Summary of the Australian Federal Government Budget 2015

Following is a brief summary of the government’s recent budget announcement. 

SMALL BUSINESS
The Government announced a Growing Jobs and Small Business package to assist small businesses.

Broadly, small businesses with an aggregated annual turnover of less than $2 million will be eligible for the following concessions:

Tax cuts for small business companies and unincorporated entities
The Government will deliver a tax cut to all small businesses through:
1.    a 1.5%  tax cut for small companies, and
2.    a 5% discount on tax payable on income from unincorporated small business activity.

These tax cuts will be available from the 2015 16 income year.  (Read more)

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