Dealings involving an Intentional Release (DIR) of GMOs into the environment are dealings with GMOs which can take place outside of containment facilities.
| Licence number | Project title | Organisation | Category | Release | Issue date | Licence status | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Limited and controlled release of GM herbicide tolerant hybrid Brassica napus and hybrid Brassica juncea  | 
                                                                                        Bayer CropScience Pty Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Limited and Controlled Release of Genetically Modified (GM) Torenia with altered flower colour  | 
                                                                                        Florigene Pty Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Limited and controlled release of waterlogging tolerant (GM) cotton  | 
                                                                                        CSIRO  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Commercial release of GM herbicide tolerant and/or insect resistant cotton lines north of latitude 22° South  | 
                                                                                        Monsanto Australia Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Commercial | Current | ||
Limited and controlled release of insect resistant genetically modified cotton  | 
                                                                                        Monsanto Australia Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Limited and controlled release of water-efficient genetically modified cotton  | 
                                                                                        Monsanto Australia Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Field trial of GM cotton expressing natural plant genes for fungal control  | 
                                                                                        Hexima Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Commercial release of herbicide tolerant Liberty Link® Cotton  | 
                                                                                        BASF Australia Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Commercial | Current | ||
Field trial of genetically modified salt tolerant wheat on saline land  | 
                                                                                        Grain Biotech Autralia Pty Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Withdrawn | ||
Limited and controlled release of GM rose lines  | 
                                                                                        Florigene Pty Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Commercial release of herbicide tolerant (Roundup Ready Flex® MON 88913) and herbicide tolerant/insect resistant (Roundup Ready Flex® MON 88913/Bollgard II®) cotton south of latitude 22° South in Australia  | 
                                                                                        Monsanto Australia Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Commercial | Surrendered | ||
Limited and controlled release of insect resistant (VIP) GM cotton  | 
                                                                                        Deltapine Australia Pty Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Field trials of genetically modified herbicide tolerant, hybrid Brassica juncea  | 
                                                                                        Bayer CropScience Pty Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Field trial of herbicide tolerant (LLCotton25)and herbicide tolerant/insect resistant (LLCotton25/Bollgard II®) cottons  | 
                                                                                        Bayer CropScience Pty Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Field trial of herbicide tolerant (Roundup Ready® Flex MON 88913) and herbicide tolerant/insect resistant (Roundup Ready® Flex MON 88913/Bollgard II®) cottons  | 
                                                                                        Monsanto Australia Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Field trial of genetically modified wheat with altered grain starch  | 
                                                                                        CSIRO  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Field trial of genetically modified salt tolerant wheat on saline land  | 
                                                                                        Grain Biotech Australia Pty Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Field trial of genetically modified rice (Oryza sativa L.) functional characterisation of the rice genome  | 
                                                                                        CSIRO  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Field trial of genetically modified (GM) sugarcane expressing sucrose isomerase  | 
                                                                                        The University of Queensland  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Vaccination of cattle with recombinant bovine herpesvirus vaccines  | 
                                                                                        Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries  | 
                                                                                        Veterinary | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
GM cotton Field Trial - Evaluation under field conditions of the cotton rubisco small subunit promoter driving a reporter gene  | 
                                                                                        CSIRO  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Field trial to assess transgenic cotton expressing natural plant genes for insect control  | 
                                                                                        Hexima Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Field Evaluation of Genetically Modified White Clover Resistant to Infection by Alfalfa Mosaic Virus  | 
                                                                                        Victorian Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources (DEDJTR)  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Limited and controlled release of GM fowl adenovirus (FAV)  | 
                                                                                        Imugene Limited  | 
                                                                                        Veterinary | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Withdrawn prior to assessment  | 
                                                                                        Limited and controlled | Withdrawn | ||||
Agronomic assessment and seed increase of transgenic cottons expressing insecticidal genes (cry1Ac and cry1Fa) from Bacillus thuringiensis  | 
                                                                                        Dow AgroSciences Australia Pty Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Withdrawn prior to assessment  | 
                                                                                        Limited and controlled | Withdrawn | ||||
Withdrawn prior to assessment  | 
                                                                                        Limited and controlled | Withdrawn | ||||
Withdrawn prior to assessment  | 
                                                                                        Limited and controlled | Withdrawn | ||||
Agronomic assessment and seed increase of transgenic cotton expressing insect tolerance genes from Bacillus thuringiensis  | 
                                                                                        Dow AgroSciences Australia Pty Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Field Evaluation of Genetically Modified High Oleic (HO) Cotton  | 
                                                                                        CSIRO  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Field trial for breeding and pre-commercial evaluation of GM cotton expressing tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate ammonium  | 
                                                                                        CSIRO  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Withdrawn prior to assessment  | 
                                                                                        Limited and controlled | Withdrawn | ||||
Breeding and pre-commercial evaluation of transgenic cotton expressing a vegetative insecticidal protein (VIP) gene and a herbicide tolerance gene  | 
                                                                                        CSIRO  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Field trials of herbicide tolerant (Roundup Ready® MON 88913) and herbicide tolerant/insect resistant (Roundup Ready® MON 88913/Bollgard II®) cotton  | 
                                                                                        Monsanto Australia Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
The evaluation of transgenic cotton plants expressing the VIP gene  | 
                                                                                        Syngenta Seeds Pty Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Commercial release of recombinant live oral cholera vaccine (Orochol® vaccine)  | 
                                                                                        CSL Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Medical | Commercial | Surrendered | ||
Field Trial - Seed increase and field evaluation of herbicide tolerant hybrid canola  | 
                                                                                        Bayer CropScience Pty Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Field trial of GM grapevines - Evaluation of berry colour, sugar composition, flower and fruit development and gene flow study  | 
                                                                                        CSIRO  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Ongoing commercial release of colour modified carnations  | 
                                                                                        Florigene Pty Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Commercial | Ceased | ||
Withdrawn prior to assessment  | 
                                                                                        Limited and controlled | Withdrawn | ||||
Field trial of pineapple plants modified for blackheart reduction and to delay flowering  | 
                                                                                        Queensland Department of Primary Industries  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Field trial of pineapple plants modified to control flowering  | 
                                                                                        The University of Queensland  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Field trial for evaluation of GM papaya to delay fruit ripening and to test the expression of the introduced genes  | 
                                                                                        The University of Queensland  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Seed increase and efficacy studies in Northern Australia of transgenic cotton expressing a new insecticidal protein gene (VIP3A)  | 
                                                                                        CSIRO  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Limited and controlled | Surrendered | ||
Withdrawn prior to assessment  | 
                                                                                        Limited and controlled | Withdrawn | ||||
Commercial release of herbicide tolerant (Roundup Ready®) and herbicide tolerant/insect resistant (Roundup Ready®/INGARD®cotton  | 
                                                                                        Monsanto Australia Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Commercial | Surrendered | ||
Commercial release of insecticidal (INGARD®) cotton  | 
                                                                                        Monsanto Australia Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Commercial | Surrendered | ||
Commercial release of canola genetically modified for herbicide tolerance and a hybrid breeding system for use in the Australian cropping system  | 
                                                                                        BASF Australia Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Commercial | Current | ||
General release of Roundup Ready® canola (Brassica napus) in Australia  | 
                                                                                        Monsanto Australia Ltd  | 
                                                                                        Agricultural | Commercial | Current |