Councils to get say on GM crops after Govt backdown

Local councils will have the chance to opt out of having genetically modified crops in their area after the State Government caved in to Labor in order to secure passage for its legislation to end South Australia’s long-standing ban on GM crops.

GM ban binned again as Government raises stakes

The Marshall Government has thumbed its nose at state parliament and answered the pleas of the state’s grain lobby by introducing new regulations to overturn South Australia’s GM ban.

A canola field: grain producers point to research showing the GM crop ban has cost SA canola growers $33 million. Supplied image

Labor’s new political realignment: to the Greens

With moves to lift South Australia’s ban on genetically-modified crops looking doomed, Caroline Rhodes argues that Labor and the smaller parties are acting against both evidence and the state’s economic interests.

State Govt moves to lift ban on GM crops

The State Government will seek to lift the state’s long-standing ban on genetically-modified crops beginning next year for much of South Australia, but Kangaroo Island will continue with the moratorium.