Media Release
Biotechnology
South Australian farmers to be shackled by mindless politics if common sense doesn’t prevail
16 NOVEMBER 2017 (Canberra) – South Australian farmers will continue to be shackled by narrow, misguided, anti-science party politics for a further six years following last night’s parliamentary vote that is set to extend the state’s moratorium on the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops. Mr Matthew Cossey, Chief Executive Officer of Australia’s plant science industry peak organisation, CropLife Australia, today said “playing these types of anti-farmer politics is irresponsible given any opposition to the…