The NSW Farmers Association Young Farmers Chair welcomed the official launch of the Agricultural Biotechnology Council of Australia (ABCA) at Parliament House in Canberra recently. The launch was timed to coincide with the Science Meets Parliament event in Canberra. More than 200 scientists held a range of meetings with Federal MPs and Senators urging all sides of politics to pay as much attention to science, as they do to economics and short-term political considerations, while maintaining funding support. The ABCA is a joint initiative of AusBiotech, CropLife Australia, the Grains Research and Development Corporation and the National Farmers' Federation.