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Thursday, 1 April 2004
Page: 22643


Senator ELLISON (Minister for Justice and Customs) (3:34 PM) —by leave—This statement is on behalf of the Hon. Peter McGauran, the Minister for Science. This order arises from a motion moved by Senator John Cherry, as agreed by the Senate on 30 March 2004. It relates to genetically modified organisms produced as part of the 2002-03 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation cross-divisional program entitled Ecological implications of GMOs [gene-tically-modified organisms]. CSIRO has advised the Minister for Science that it has interpreted the criteria as set out in the order to refer to the published documents and that it can produce 21 documents that meet these criteria. The Department of the Environment and Heritage advised the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, the Hon. David Kemp, that five documents held by the department meet the criteria set out in the motion. I table the documents.