2008 media releases

CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY FOR WEST AUSTRALIAN CANOLA FARMERS
CropLife Australia welcomes today’s announcement by the West Australian Agriculture Minister, Terry Redman, that farmers in the west will begin to grow GM canola in 2009. The CEO of CropLife Australia, Paula Matthewson, said this w.....
Consumers shun GM food superstition
Over the past months a series of studies have revealed that across the globe consumers continue to move beyond activist claims against GM food and freely purchase labelled GM food. GM foods have been approved for sale and eaten safely in Au.....
GM crops – science should prevail over superstition and prejudice
Statement by Paula Matthewson, CEO CropLife Australia   Professional GM opponents made another attempt today in Western Australia to persuade decision makers to accept superstition and prejudice instead of science and objectiv.....
Conference adrift in environmental opportunities
ENVIRONMENTAL strategist, Dave West, gave members of the crop protection and crop biotechnology industry a spray of the controversial kind at the CropLife Australia 2008 Perspectives Conference last week. Mr West urged a.....
Evidence grows that consumers are not concerned about GM foods
Most consumers are not concerned about buying GM foods, according to a new European Commission funded study “Do European Consumers Buy GM Foods?” Under EU regulations, food is required to be labelled as GM when more than 0.9% of any .....
Federal Minister calls for science based approach in GM debate
Federal Minister Craig Emerson has called for a rational, science-based approach to assessing the role of genetically modified crops, as farmers in New South Wales and Victoria prepare to harvest the first GM canola crops this season. .....
Greenpeace funded GM survey backfires
A Newspoll funded by professional GM opponents, Greenpeace, has backfired despite their attempts to “spin” the results. While the survey was purported to show that 9 out of 10 Australians wanted “better” labelling of GM foods, that pro.....
CropLife conference to shake up industry perspectives on key challenges
“Turning challenges into opportunities” is the theme but it will be the agricultural chemical industry that will be challenged by the program arranged by CropLife Australia for its 2008 Perspectives Conference, to be held on the Sunsh.....
EU experts agree there is comprehensive evidence GM food is safe
The EU’s scientific and technical research agency – the Joint Research Centre (JRC) reviewed the safety of GM food ingredients in a report released earlier this month. The report was commissioned by EU ministers who are opposed to GM foods......
Herbicide Resistance Management Changes
When the same herbicide is sprayed on weeds repeatedly, there is a real possibility that weeds may develop resistance to that particular chemical.  These weeds may no longer be controlled by that herbicide, or similar chemicals.  .....
NSW farmers' access to GM canola welcomed
CropLife Australia welcomes today’s announcement by the NSW Minister for Primary Industries, Hon Ian Macdonald, that NSW farmers have been given access to an important new farming tool.   With today’s approval to commerci.....
Minister Burke brings balance to crops debate
CropLife Australia welcomes the ongoing efforts by Hon Tony Burke, the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry to bring balance to the public debate on GM crops.   Today in his opening address to the ABARE Outlook co.....
Victorian farmers' access to GM canola welcomed
CropLife Australia welcomes the fact that Victorian farmers will have access to an important new farming tool this weekend.  With the lifting of the ban on GM canola, the State’s farmers will have the choice to grow new varieties o.....
SA decision on canola
CropLife Australia is extremely disappointed with today’s decision by the South Australian Government to extend the moratorium on growing GM canola beyond 28 April 2008 when the current regulations were due to lapse.   T.....


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