PGA spokesman on GM Leon Bradley said the vision of Mr Carpenter sitting in a non- GM field of radishes telling the WA media how he was going to give his Agriculture Department more taxpayer money to use against GM technology, represented the Premier’s most ridiculous stunt yet.

“Alan Carpenter and his retiring Agriculture Minister continue to swim against the mounting flood of common-sense evidence in support of GM technology.

“Now he is threatening to throw away a few more taxpayer millions opposing GM in WA, when the cost to WA graingrowers alone of not being able to grow broadacre GM grain crops will be at least $150 million per year.

“The Premier knows that overseas buyers do not discriminate against GM grains from our overseas competitors and that they are certainly not paying any form of premium for non-GM produce.

“He needs to start listening to his own scientists within the Agriculture Department who strongly support the use of GM technology, instead of his anti-GM spin doctors.”