West Australian Premier Alan Carpenter has used the issue of genetically modified crops to highlight what he calls the ”risk” factor posed by a Liberal government. After targeting the Liberals’ support of uranium mining throughout his four-week election campaign, Mr Carpenter promised $5 million in funding to help promote WA as a GM-free state. Mr Carpenter said the Liberals wanted to allow broadscale GM farming, a claim later denied by Opposition Leader Colin Barnett.