Recent publications
Take Away Take-Away: The Self-Induced Destruction of the Australian Food Manufacturing Industry
IPA Work Reform Unit Special Report. Australia is a perfect location from which to exploit the booming processed-food markets in the Asia-Pacific region. Yet, some of the major players are quietly disinvesting and moving elsewhere. Why?
Regulating Biotechnology: Some Questions and Answers
Forty years ago James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the molecular structure of DNA and, from the early seventies, biotechnologists progressively learned more precise ways of introducing genes into plants and animals. Although by...
Biotechnology and Food: 10,000 Years of Sowing Seeds, 100 Years of Harvesting Genes
There are two great success stories of biological technologies in the twentieth century: the taming of infectious disease by antibiotics and vaccines, and the harnessing of genetic improvement in crops, epitomized by the Green Revolution.