THE Victorian Government has rejected moves by several shires to declare themselves GM-free zones. Greater Bendigo, Yarra Ranges, South Gippsland, Moreland, East Gippsland and Bass Coast in Victoria have declared themselves GM free, in the wake of the Government lifting the ban on genetically modified canola earlier this year. [...] But a spokesman said the Government supported giving Victorian farmers choice on the crops they grew. ”This support remains,” he said.