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This document describes the Physical Containment (PC) levels used by the Gene Technology Regulator in the certification of facilities. It also explains the categories of organisms and types of dealings intended to be contained in each facility type and PC level.

The report describes the roles and responsibilities of the Gene Technology Regulator (the Regulator) and the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) during 2021-22.

Details of OGTR monitoring and compliance activities during the quarter ended 30 June 2022.

Details of OGTR monitoring and compliance activities during the quarter ended 30 September 2022.

This issue focuses on what we mean by intentional release as well as providing information about the new clinical trial licence application form.

This guidance provides basic information to organisations in Australia wishing to conduct human clinical trials involving an experimental product that is, or contains, a genetically modified organism (GMO).

This Communiqué covers matters considered at the 32nd videoconference of the Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee (12 September 2022).

This Communiqué covers matters considered at the 31st videoconference of the Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee (15 August 2022).

Regulatory approvals for activities with GMOs include two licence types based on whether or not they involve an intentional release of the GMO into the environment. Here is an explanation of what this means.

This Communique covers matters considered at the 16th meeting of the Gene Technology Ethics and Community Consultative Committee (24 June 2022).

Details of OGTR monitoring and compliance activities during the quarter ended 31 March 2022.

Details of OGTR monitoring and compliance activities during the quarter ended 31 December 2021

This Communiqué covers matters considered at the 30th videoconference of the Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee (28 April 2022).

This issue provides an update on the OGTR office.

This Communiqué covers matters considered at the 29th videoconference of the Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee (28 February 2022).

This document provides baseline information about the parent organism in risk assessments of genetically modified H. vulgare that may be released into the Australian environment.

Details of OGTR monitoring and compliance activities during the quarter ended 30 September 2021.

The overall finding of the 2021 survey is that while there have not been massive shifts since 2019, and despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic experience, there is stronger support for genetic modification generally at 39% of high support in 2021, up from 33% in 2019.

Whether you are a member of the public or a community organisation, the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (the OGTR) invites your involvement.

If you have concerns that someone is using GMOs without authorisation, or misusing GMOs of any kind, please contact us. Whether it’s fish, crops, plants, bacteria etc we want to know.

Glowing or fluorescent fish such as GloFish® are genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and it is illegal to import them into Australia for personal or commercial use without an authorisation from the Regulator.

This fact sheet provides information for the control of unwanted herbicide-tolerant GM canola for example along roadsides.

When gene technology is used to create a genetically modified (GM) plant, animal or other living thing (organism), the genetically modified organism (GMO), for example GM canola, is regulated by the Gene Technology Regulator to protect people and the environment.

The probability of unapproved genetically modified organisms gaining entry to Australia is low. But it is possible that unapproved GM crops could be present as trace amounts in conventional imports, leading to the unintended presence of unapproved GMOs in Australia.

The import and use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Australia is regulated through a nationally consistent legal scheme, including the Gene Technology Act 2000 (the Act), the Gene Technology Regulations 2001 and corresponding state laws.