Victoria's Draft Biodiversity Strategy
07 August 2010Genetically Manipulated Organisms: real threats to Victorian biodiversity. The international Biosafety Protocol was negotiated because of the threat GM poses to diversity and the Victorian biodiversity strategy must also consider the dangers of GMOs.
>> read moreOGTR Proposed Regulatory Amendments comments
07 August 2010The proposed regulatory amendments are substantial and raise serious safety concerns. The OGTR’s proposed amendments and discussion are insufficiently supported by evidence.
>> read moreComments on the Licence Application DIR 098 for commercial release of a living GM Vaccine
07 August 2010Gene Ethics recommends that the application DIR 098 by SANOFI PASTEUR PTY LTD for the commercial release of a living Genetically Manipulated (GM) Vaccine be rejected.
>> read moreRural R&D Productivity Inquiry comments
12 July 2010This succinct submission provides a good summary into GM R&D that has failed to yield, scientific debate being stifled, the problems of increased control over our seeds in the hands of a few and the threat of food scarcity exacerbated by climate change in an environment where industrial agriculture with rising input prices is increasingly unsustainable.
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