Anxious wait on GM contamination in WA

WA canola contamination stoush get political and personal as they wait for final tests

Farm Weekly: 23 December 2010

And as an interesting contrast in framing by the media

The Australian 23 December 2010

Compare the following lead para of the Australian with the political/rural angle of Farm Weekly. Not sure if the fact the Aust story was written by the Consumer Editor has anything to do with it.  I wonder if she is aware that a conventionally-bred herbicide-tolerant canola was generated via mutation breeding techniques?

The Aust: MUTANT canola crops genetically engineered to survive repeated sprayings of herbicide have been approved for planting.

Versus

Farm Weekly: SHADOW Minister for Agriculture Mick Murray has called for current Agriculture and Food Minister Terry Redman to allow WA shires to declare themselves Genetically Modified (GM) crop-free after Kojonup organic farmer Stephen Marsh lost his organic certification due to contamination.