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Hi everyone, our October newsletter is out now. This month's newsletter is HUGE as we look at the documented evidence of the unintended changes that occur from Gene Editing techniques.  We also take a deep dive into the proposed labelling law amendments in...

Labelling of GMOs in Australia: Navigating Consumer Choices and Regulatory Challenges Labelling can be used to emphasize the different characteristics of the products and is of importance to a consumer who bases his or her purchase decision on those specific...

Hi everyone, our Emergency Broadcast: Protecting Free Speech in Australia 27 September 2024 is out now. The Misinformation and Disinformation (MAD) Bill, which is currently being rushed through parliament, threatens to reshape the very foundations of our democracy by...

Hi everyone, our July newsletter is out now. This month we have Part 5 of the GM corn situation in Mexico, offering U.S. farmers premium opportunities to grow non-GMO corn. Then in other international news, we learn how Greenpace is being blamed for blocking GM...

GM-Free Australia Alliance advocates for food and farming free from Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Thank you for your interest in clean GM-Free food for Australia.  Welcome to our EOFY Appeal June 2024 newsletter! This month we explore GM wheat...

HI everyone, our May newsletter is out now. This month we have Part 3 of the GM corn situation in Mexico and find out what is happening with statements provided to the official U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade dispute process defending Mexico’s...

Hi, everyone, our April newsletter is out now. This month goes deeper into what are GMOs and currently in Australia what it means for our food. Then internationally, we have Part 2 of the farmed salmon article and find out what GM crops are doing to butterflies as...

Hi everyone, our March newsletter is out now. This month we find out that genetically modified bananas have been approved for commercial release, altered to resist a fungal disease. Then internationally, this month we also examine what salmon are being fed and if it...

GM-Free Australia Alliance advocates for food and farming free from Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Thank you for opening this email and supporting GM-Free in Australia. Welcome to 2024, and to another year of remaining GM-Free. This month looks at...

EOFY Appeal 2023 As we power ahead with the work of collating and verifying over 200 GM-Free products for the coming GM-Free True Food Guide, we ask you to generously consider donating to help publish our guide. DO you WANT a Shopping List of GM-Free products,...

  June 2023 Newsletter We are back! After a hiatus over the last 3 years and with all the challenges and changes that we faced as a collective, we are still here and now we are finally closer than ever to publishing our GM-Free True Food Guide! See the...

Second US Jury Trial links Roundup use to cancer The unanimous verdict was announced on 19th March 2019 in San Francisco in the first federal case to be brought against Monsanto, now owned by Bayer, alleging that repeated use of the company's glyphosate-based...

Farmer Protection GM Inquiry fails GM-free farmers and consumers The report delivered by the parliamentary committee’s inquiry into mechanisms for compensation for non-GM farmers has disappointed consumers and GM-free farmers alike.  “While we...

GM-Free Australia Alliance - late 2018 Appeal The GM-Free Australia Alliance Inc, Australia’s peak body for GM-free food and farming, needs you now! Your donations will help us raise critical funds to maintain our work in 2019. Please give generously - every...

GM Potato Concerns Caius Rommens, the inventor of the GM "Inate" potato, who worked on the project for 13 years, now has serious concerns about its safety....

Map-where glyphosate is banned This map gives you an up-to-date world view of countries which ban or restrict the use of glyphosate/roundup. https://www.baumhedlundlaw.com/toxic-tort-law/monsanto-roundup-lawsuit/where-is-glyphosate-banned/

Monsanto ordered to pay $289 million compensation in Roundup safety trial Bayer, which now owns Monsanto, experienced a share dive after this news became public. Now we need this weedkiller off our street and farms, and out of our food !...

2018 Fundraising Appeal for the GM-Free Australia Alliance The GM-Free Australia Alliance needs to raise $10,000 in tax-deductible donations by June 30th, 2018. Please give generously - every donation, big or small, contributes to our work. Your donation will enable...

Open Letter on GM golden rice in Australia This letter asks for the Australian Food Regulator FSANZ to review its approval of GM golden rice, which allowed GM golden rice into our food system. " FSANZ is failing in its legislated objective of the protection of...

GM labelling in South Australia ? As South Aiustralia recently extended its ban on growing GM crops until 2025,  the next step could be to change labeling laws to allow shoppers to identify products with GM-produced ingredients. At the GM-Free Australia Alliance...

Between Farmers This article from October 2016 is an excellent retrospective look at the ground-breaking GM contamination case of Steve Marsh vs Michael Baxter in 2015. https://www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/between-farmers/ Now the West Australian government is...

GM Golden Rice Bubble Bursts and Cyberaction ! You can contact Ministers here and lodge your objection to GM golden rice here : https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-the-sale-of-gm-golden-rice-in-australia 23rd January - Media release : MADGE and GMFAA One carrot has...

South Australia is GM-free until 2025! The Bill to extend the South Australian Ban on commercial growing of GM crops has now paased both Houses. The present moratorium expires on September 1, 2019. Greens MLC Mark Parnell said he was delighted with the Labor...

Food Regulator Ignores the Risks of GE Potatoes New Zealanders could soon be eating crisps and hot chips made from GE potatoes, with little idea of the added health risks from genetic engineering. Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), which has just approved...

GM-Free Australia Alliance Inc AGM 2017 Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 5th October at 8.30pm AEST, by teleconference. If you would like more information, please contact us on info@gmfreeaustralia.org.au