Work in progress: Proceed with Caution
Inquiry into primary producer access to gene technology
Report
The committee tabled its report Inquiry into primary producer access
to gene technology - Work in Progress: Proceed with Caution in June
2000. A copy of the full report (PDF 542KB) or individual chapters and other sections
of the report are available in pdf or from
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(Cat. no. 0003618).
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Recommendations (PDF 21KB)
List of submissions
Transcripts
of public hearings
Media releases
Government Response: Tabled 27 March 2001
(PDF 1,762KB)
Table of contents of report: Work in Progress:
Proceed with Caution
Membership of the committee (PDF 45KB)
Terms of reference (PDF 45KB)
List of Abbreviations (PDF 45KB)
List of Recommendations (PDF 45KB)
Chapter 1: Introduction (PDF 22KB)
Chapter 2: Benefits and risks of gene technology
in agriculture (PDF 75KB)
Introduction Benefits
Risks and disadvantages
Ethical concerns
Conclusions
Chapter 3: Understanding genetically modified
organisms (PDF 56KB)
Introduction
The role of education
Provision of information
Education strategies
Chapter 4: The competitiveness of traditional
crop (PDF 33KB)
Introduction
Negative views
Positive views
GM free farming
Conclusions
Chapter 5: Research, development and commercialisation (PDF 100KB)
Introduction
Research and development in agricultural gene technology
Commercialisation
Marketing
Skills
Cost of GM varieties
Issues for small producers
Chapter 6: Intellectual property (PDF
116KB)
Introduction
Patents
Plant breeders' rights
International arrangements Alternative means of protecting intellectual
property
Managing intellectual property
Chapter 7: Regulation (PDF 107KB)
Introduction
Regulating GMOs
Regulating agricultural GMOs
Regulating GM food safety
Regulating the international movement of GMOs
Risk assessment and management
Liability and insurance
Dissenting Report (PDF 35KB)
Peter Andren MP (Independent)
Appendix A (PDF 21KB) - List
of submissions and exhibits
Appendix B (PDF 18KB) - List
of public hearings, inspections and discussions
Appendix C (PDF 13KB) - Plant
breeders' rights
Appendix D (PDF 15KB) - Risk
categories of genetically modified organisms
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