❓ Hon Dee Margetts asks about a Department of Agriculture survey on public support for GMOs. Hon Kim Chance confirms the survey is in planning and acknowledges other related surveys.
AnsweredQoN 809Legislative Council
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(1) Can the minister confirm that the Department of Agriculture is either considering or in the process of undertaking a survey to ascertain public support for the use of genetically modified organisms in the agricultural industry? (2) Can the minister confirm whether the questions in this survey are based on or derived from any other surveys that have recently been undertaken in Western Australia? (3) If yes to (2), for what purpose is the Department of Agriculture undertaking this survey? (4) When will the results of the survey be available to the public? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(4) I have been considering the need to further research Western Australian farmers’ attitudes to genetically modified crops. Indeed, the Department of Agriculture is currently in the process of obtaining quotations to undertake a telephone survey. However, I am aware of recent farmer surveys by the South Australian Farmers Federation, the Kondinin Group and, indeed, Hon Dee Margetts’ survey of last year on the attitudes to GM crops in the wider rural community. I understand that Biotechnology Australia is proposing a national survey of farmers’ attitudes to GM crops.
(2) Can the minister confirm whether the questions in this survey are based on or derived from any other surveys that have recently been undertaken in Western Australia? (3) If yes to (2), for what purpose is the Department of Agriculture undertaking this survey? (4) When will the results of the survey be available to the public? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(4) I have been considering the need to further research Western Australian farmers’ attitudes to genetically modified crops. Indeed, the Department of Agriculture is currently in the process of obtaining quotations to undertake a telephone survey. However, I am aware of recent farmer surveys by the South Australian Farmers Federation, the Kondinin Group and, indeed, Hon Dee Margetts’ survey of last year on the attitudes to GM crops in the wider rural community. I understand that Biotechnology Australia is proposing a national survey of farmers’ attitudes to GM crops.
(3) If yes to (2), for what purpose is the Department of Agriculture undertaking this survey? (4) When will the results of the survey be available to the public? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(4) I have been considering the need to further research Western Australian farmers’ attitudes to genetically modified crops. Indeed, the Department of Agriculture is currently in the process of obtaining quotations to undertake a telephone survey. However, I am aware of recent farmer surveys by the South Australian Farmers Federation, the Kondinin Group and, indeed, Hon Dee Margetts’ survey of last year on the attitudes to GM crops in the wider rural community. I understand that Biotechnology Australia is proposing a national survey of farmers’ attitudes to GM crops.
(4) When will the results of the survey be available to the public? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(4) I have been considering the need to further research Western Australian farmers’ attitudes to genetically modified crops. Indeed, the Department of Agriculture is currently in the process of obtaining quotations to undertake a telephone survey. However, I am aware of recent farmer surveys by the South Australian Farmers Federation, the Kondinin Group and, indeed, Hon Dee Margetts’ survey of last year on the attitudes to GM crops in the wider rural community. I understand that Biotechnology Australia is proposing a national survey of farmers’ attitudes to GM crops.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(4) I have been considering the need to further research Western Australian farmers’ attitudes to genetically modified crops. Indeed, the Department of Agriculture is currently in the process of obtaining quotations to undertake a telephone survey. However, I am aware of recent farmer surveys by the South Australian Farmers Federation, the Kondinin Group and, indeed, Hon Dee Margetts’ survey of last year on the attitudes to GM crops in the wider rural community. I understand that Biotechnology Australia is proposing a national survey of farmers’ attitudes to GM crops.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(4) I have been considering the need to further research Western Australian farmers’ attitudes to genetically modified crops. Indeed, the Department of Agriculture is currently in the process of obtaining quotations to undertake a telephone survey. However, I am aware of recent farmer surveys by the South Australian Farmers Federation, the Kondinin Group and, indeed, Hon Dee Margetts’ survey of last year on the attitudes to GM crops in the wider rural community. I understand that Biotechnology Australia is proposing a national survey of farmers’ attitudes to GM crops.
(1)-(4) I have been considering the need to further research Western Australian farmers’ attitudes to genetically modified crops. Indeed, the Department of Agriculture is currently in the process of obtaining quotations to undertake a telephone survey. However, I am aware of recent farmer surveys by the South Australian Farmers Federation, the Kondinin Group and, indeed, Hon Dee Margetts’ survey of last year on the attitudes to GM crops in the wider rural community. I understand that Biotechnology Australia is proposing a national survey of farmers’ attitudes to GM crops.
(2) Can the minister confirm whether the questions in this survey are based on or derived from any other surveys that have recently been undertaken in Western Australia? (3) If yes to (2), for what purpose is the Department of Agriculture undertaking this survey? (4) When will the results of the survey be available to the public? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(4) I have been considering the need to further research Western Australian farmers’ attitudes to genetically modified crops. Indeed, the Department of Agriculture is currently in the process of obtaining quotations to undertake a telephone survey. However, I am aware of recent farmer surveys by the South Australian Farmers Federation, the Kondinin Group and, indeed, Hon Dee Margetts’ survey of last year on the attitudes to GM crops in the wider rural community. I understand that Biotechnology Australia is proposing a national survey of farmers’ attitudes to GM crops.
(3) If yes to (2), for what purpose is the Department of Agriculture undertaking this survey? (4) When will the results of the survey be available to the public? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(4) I have been considering the need to further research Western Australian farmers’ attitudes to genetically modified crops. Indeed, the Department of Agriculture is currently in the process of obtaining quotations to undertake a telephone survey. However, I am aware of recent farmer surveys by the South Australian Farmers Federation, the Kondinin Group and, indeed, Hon Dee Margetts’ survey of last year on the attitudes to GM crops in the wider rural community. I understand that Biotechnology Australia is proposing a national survey of farmers’ attitudes to GM crops.
(4) When will the results of the survey be available to the public? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(4) I have been considering the need to further research Western Australian farmers’ attitudes to genetically modified crops. Indeed, the Department of Agriculture is currently in the process of obtaining quotations to undertake a telephone survey. However, I am aware of recent farmer surveys by the South Australian Farmers Federation, the Kondinin Group and, indeed, Hon Dee Margetts’ survey of last year on the attitudes to GM crops in the wider rural community. I understand that Biotechnology Australia is proposing a national survey of farmers’ attitudes to GM crops.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(4) I have been considering the need to further research Western Australian farmers’ attitudes to genetically modified crops. Indeed, the Department of Agriculture is currently in the process of obtaining quotations to undertake a telephone survey. However, I am aware of recent farmer surveys by the South Australian Farmers Federation, the Kondinin Group and, indeed, Hon Dee Margetts’ survey of last year on the attitudes to GM crops in the wider rural community. I understand that Biotechnology Australia is proposing a national survey of farmers’ attitudes to GM crops.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(4) I have been considering the need to further research Western Australian farmers’ attitudes to genetically modified crops. Indeed, the Department of Agriculture is currently in the process of obtaining quotations to undertake a telephone survey. However, I am aware of recent farmer surveys by the South Australian Farmers Federation, the Kondinin Group and, indeed, Hon Dee Margetts’ survey of last year on the attitudes to GM crops in the wider rural community. I understand that Biotechnology Australia is proposing a national survey of farmers’ attitudes to GM crops.
(1)-(4) I have been considering the need to further research Western Australian farmers’ attitudes to genetically modified crops. Indeed, the Department of Agriculture is currently in the process of obtaining quotations to undertake a telephone survey. However, I am aware of recent farmer surveys by the South Australian Farmers Federation, the Kondinin Group and, indeed, Hon Dee Margetts’ survey of last year on the attitudes to GM crops in the wider rural community. I understand that Biotechnology Australia is proposing a national survey of farmers’ attitudes to GM crops.
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