Eddie Hughes

Saturday, July 11

SA Water told to fund $200m plan to deliver safe water to remote communities

An SA Water proposal to make its customers across the state pay what is estimated to cost up to $200 million to provide safe drinking water to remote communities “cannot be justified”, an independent committee has found, as one outback town remains exposed to potentially fatal bore water.

Labor needs "open mind" on GM ban, says shadow minister

Labor’s primary industries spokesman says the party “needs to have an open mind” on lifting the moratorium it imposed on genetically modified crops, conceding he “accepts the science” behind the push to lift the ban.

Canola is among the crops under SA's genetically modified organisms moratorium that a review says has harmed industry income. Photo: AAP/Lukas Coch

Moratorium on GM crops costs SA farmers millions, review finds

The moratorium on genetically modified crops has likely cost SA’s agriculture industry up to $2.2 million each year – and there is little evidence against lifting the ban, an independent report commissioned by the Marshall Government argues.