Senator Ron Boswell and LNP candidate for Keppel Bruce Young visited Tropical Pines in Yeppoon on 6 March 2012.

They met with local pineapple growers to discuss an application before Biosecurity Australia to import de-crowned pineapples from Malaysia. Senator Boswell said he would address the risks of importing pineapples, which include a disease called fruit collapse found in 40% of Malaysian pineapples, in Parliament.