27.01.2010 | permalink
Critics of the decision included Shadow Agriculture Minister Mick Murray, who said this will have negative long term economic and social impacts that cannot be reversed. He noted ”overwhelming opposition” to the proposal, and called the decision an irreversible blunder. [...] Mr Murray said almost 90 per cent of submissions made to a review of the Genetically Modified Crops Free Areas Act 2003 opposed the introduction of GM crops.