Greens survey response and GM policies
12 August 2010The Greens filled in our survey ahead of the 2010 federal election and attached their comprehensive GM policies from November 2009.
>> download fileParties' report card for federal election
12 August 2010We compare the parties' survey responses on GM ahead of the 2010 federal election.
>> download fileALP federal election response
11 August 2010The ALP responded to some of our survey questions in a letter.
>> download fileSocialist Alliance survey response and Agriculture policies
12 August 2010The Socialist Alliance filled in our survey ahead of the 2010 federal election and attached their Agriculture policies.
>> download fileCoalition federal election response
11 August 2010The Coalition did not fill in our survey but responded in a letter.
>> download fileAfrica: Genetic Manipulation is not the answer
08 August 2010Gene Ethics Executive Director Bob Phelps explains how GM will not feed the world. He demonstrates how the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other organisations in Africa are in effect furthering colonisation via food rather than giving developing nations what they crave: self-sufficient, sustainable food production.
>> read moreBeing scared of GM. An enviro scientist responds to a science writer
07 August 2010A response to Graeme O’Neill’s “GM scare hots up”, Science Watch, Sunday Herald Sun, 29.12.2002, p30]
>> read moreGM-FREE ZONE PETITION
18 June 2010Download this generic petition to get your council to go GM-free.
>> read moreA role for Local Government GM-free Zones: Why & How
18 June 2010Locally and regionally, shires, towns and cities can help keep Australia free of
Genetically Manipulated (GM) crops and foods.
GM-free local councils brief
04 June 2010This document can be used as a basis to start the process of declaring your council a GM-free zone. Includes history and case studies.
Once a council or business is GM-free it can register on our Google map.
>> read moreMonsanto vs US Farmers
31 May 2010The US Government is investigating Monsanto for anti-trust behaviour.
Attached is a short report into the issues by the Center for Food Safety.
>> download fileOut of Hand - Farmers Face the Consequences of a Consolidated Seed Industry
31 May 2010US report, December 2009, by FARMER to FARMER Campaign on Genetic Engineering, author Kristina Hubbard.
>> read moreFood labelling review Gene Ethics submission - late 2009
29 May 2010This submission was made during the first public consultation round in November 2009.
It notes GM foods are among those new ‘Foods Requiring Pre-Market Clearance’ in Standard 1.5. Novel, GM and irradiated foods must undergo FSANZ pre-market health and safety assessments (not testing) as they contain materials and/or manufacturing processes that have no history of safe use in the human food supply. Their novelty and the under-developed safety science, means these foods pose unique risks, not associated with foods that have longer histories of safe use. Australia’s food regulator, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), acknowledges lack of certainty about the products of new food technologies, by often amending their scientific data sheets on these foods.
>> read moreEU grain traders letter to WA Govt
22 April 2010Three EU grain traders tell WA Premier Barnett he risks losing EU markets if WA starts growing GM canola.
Consumers Union of Japan warns WA Govt
22 April 2010Premier Barnett must stop commercial GM canola or Japanese food co-operatives will buy GM-free canola from other states. The letter argues GM contamination is inevitable. >> download file