Govt commits to GM Act repeal this year

Rachael Oxborrow
Updated March 10 2016 - 12:09pm, first published March 4 2016 - 4:00am
Premier Colin Barnett (left), Meckering grower John Snooke and Agricultural Region MLC Jim Chown discuss the specifics of genetically modified (GM) crops in a field of GM canola.
Premier Colin Barnett (left), Meckering grower John Snooke and Agricultural Region MLC Jim Chown discuss the specifics of genetically modified (GM) crops in a field of GM canola.

WA growers have been promised the Genetically Modified (GM) Crops Free Areas Act will be repealed this financial year amid concern it was at the bottom of the Barnett Government's priority list.

Rachael Oxborrow

Grains writer for Farm Weekly.

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