GM Revelation: A Storm In A Teacup

The latest GM revelation reflects the nonsense of New Zealand's zero tolerance policy, ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader and Research, Science and Technology Spokesman Ken Shirley said today.

"Other jurisdictions, including Europe, set tolerance thresholds which acknowledge that some low level GM modified material will be present in the environment," Mr Shirley said.

"The key point is that after many years of exhaustive testing, and massive scaremongering by the Greens, no one has been able to show conclusively that any individual has been harmed by GM technology.

"New Zealand is at risk of perpetuating a meaningless mantra parallel to our supposed nuclear-free status. The reality is that throughout the country we deploy nuclear technologies in our hospitals, laboratories, mining and engineering equipment," Mr Shirley said.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>