Labor wants to take an honest-broker approach to genetically modified (GM) crops, prompting government accusations of cowardice. Queensland is the only state in Australia where GM crops are permitted although other states are likely to revisit the issue when moratoriums currently in place expire next year. Labor’s agriculture spokesman Kerry O’Brien said any decision should be based purely on science. ”I don’t believe that this issue needs the federal government to act as an activist on the issue,” Senator O’Brien told ABC TV.