Review into Tasmanian GMO moratorium

[waterboy 2.0]

Review into GMO moratorium in Tasmania

Tas Country Hour

By Rosemary Grant and Tony Briscoe

Updated June 25, 2013 14:21:16

https://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/applications/core/interface/imageproxy/imageproxy.php?img=http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/4778822-3x2-340x227.jpg&key=663f2005f8cde1f0041b227158318ffa609a3ebeafe3d6d970983e8fb620031c Photo: A GM-free lupin crop in north-west Tasmania (Tony Briscoe)

Audio: Terms of reference for review into moratorium on GMO crops in Tasmania (ABC Rural)

Map: Hobart 7000

The moratorium on GMOs ends in Tasmania in November next year and a review of the GMO status will now begin.

Today in State Parliament, the Primary Industries Minister Bryan Green announced the terms of reference for the review.

Mr Green says the review will give everyone a chance to express their thoughts on Tasmania remaining GMO-free.

"The Government believes the GMO-free status of Tasmania should continue," he says.

"Being GMO-free fits in well with the Tasmanian brand, and the policy is to position the state in the global market as a producer of food that is genuinely free from GMOs."

The terms of reference for the review can be found on the DPIPWE website.

They try to keep everything else out, and looks like the State is going to take a responsible stance for a change.

EDIT- I will be watching this to see which of the bastards attempt influence on this process, as it looks like we are the last to hold out.

Edited June 27, 2013 by waterboy

[whitewind]

You can bet that the big corps have got their paperwork sorted already. Opposition will have to move quickly and decisively.

[waterboy 2.0]

They'll swoon the farmers and get them to do the dirty work I reckon. They will have the greatest sway with the government.

[Mycot]

Something similar happened a number of years ago.

The Aust gov allowed a panel to freely express their thoughts and make recomendations where the panel saw fit on GMO's.

After this had occured, ALL the recomendetions and what had occured with the panel were quickly buried and ignored.

Wish the mainland would see the economic sense in keeping itself GMO-free.

We also need to be more activist like the Europeans.

Edited June 27, 2013 by Mycot

[waterboy 2.0]

Well then the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association are all for it......who didn't see that coming.

They have fallen for the hypothetical increase in profits they can make.

Submissions open..... sadly the issues paper to me is skewed by the government and its now open season. I fear I really am truly outnumbered and surrounded by fuckwits in this country. Fuck you fuckwits.

http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/webpages/EGIL-53876E?open#

Edited September 14, 2013 by waterboy

[bogfrog]

Fuck you fuckwits.

Great quote WB

[waterboy 2.0]

Tas beekeepers fight to keep GM ban

Tas Country Hour

By Jane Ryan

Updated September 19, 2013 12:41:22

https://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/applications/core/interface/imageproxy/imageproxy.php?img=http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/4666016-3x2-340x227.jpg&key=f7ba79549887c3343b3df5ec8fdefdced842d2e002c5b8fee41cdfefa12b1cdd Photo: Tasmanian beekeepers are threatening a pollination ban if the island state's GM-free status is rescinded. (AAP)

Audio: Tas beekepers want to keep GM ban (ABC Rural)

Audio: Tas dairy industry calls for end to GMO ban (ABC Rural)

Map: Burnie 7320

Tasmanian beekeepers say they will refuse to pollinate certain vegetables if the moratorium on genetically modified crops is lifted in Tasmania, which would lead to millions of dollars in lost revenue.

Tasmania is currently GM-free, but the state government is conducting a review of the ban.

President of the Tasmanian Beekeepers Association Lindsay Bourke says the Tasmanian honey industry depends on non-GMO status for access to European and Asian markets.

"One of the vegetable crops that we pollinate will be devastated, because we won't go anywhere near it," he said.

"We won't go and pollinate if there is a GMO crop alongside that.

"We will go and produce honey."

Mr Bourke won't specify which vegetable crops may not be pollinated.But the peak body for dairy farmers in Tasmania says that if the moratorium is not lifted, dairy production in the state will be at a commercial disadvantage.

 

One of the vegetable crops that we pollinate will be devastated, because we won't go anywhere near it

President of the Tasmanian Beekeepers Association, Lyndsay Bourke

 

Executive officer of Dairy Tas, Mark Smith, says while Victoria does not have a ban on GMO, pastoralists have access to grasses with higher yields and lower inputs.

He says the debate over whether or not the ban should be lifted, should be based on science.

"The assessment will need to be done by people who can have a good clear objective look at it".

"They need to have a good clear look at the situation, so that we're not driven by fear, misinformation and assumption," he said.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-19/tas-beekeepers-against-gmo/4967908#

far from a transcript of the radio play ...but nonetheless lol....

EDIT - and I will add Victoria farmers DO NOT have access to GMO grasses with higher yields and lower inputs as they DO NOT exist ....yet.....there are trials to attempt to prove modified grasses and legumes but there is no such verified product....

Edited September 19, 2013 by waterboy