28.06.2011 | permalink
A petition with 5,000 signatures has been tabled in State Parliament calling on the Legislative Council to hold an inquiry into the lifting of the moratorium on genetically modified canola. The State Government lifted the ban early last year, allowing Western Australian farmers to grow GM canola. But the State Opposition claims the decision is flawed, demonstrated by an issue between an organic farmer and his neighbour who grew a GM canola crop in the Great Southern.