05.12.2007 | permalink
Outspoken state Labor MP Tammy Lobato has questioned the independence of Victoria’s chief scientist, Sir Gustav Nossal, branding as ”seriously compromised” his government-appointed panel that recommended the lifting of a ban on genetically modified crops. The Government last week accepted the panel’s recommendation to remove the four-year ban on growing GM canola, despite facing a backlash from within Labor caucus.