Issues in the News
Australian Legislation:
Cloning and Stem Cell Legislation Review 2005-06
1-31 October 2006
Australia's Senate Inquiry into cloning legislation releases majority report in support of Bill
October 2006 - Senate Inquiry Report
http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/clac_ctte/
leg_response_lockhart_review/report/index.htm
31 October 2006 - Split on cloning [pdf 12kb]
30 October 2006
NHMRC Discussion Paper to assist in Australia's cloning legislation inquiry
Politics gets nasty in the stem cell debate, amidst calls for objectivity
Australia's Senate Inquiry into new stem cell legislation: Committee tries to dig below the surface
23 October 2006
21 October 2006
20 October 2006
Australia's Senate Inquiry into legislative responses to recommendations of the Lockhart review: public hearings in Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne:
http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/clac_ctte/
leg_response_lockhart_review/hearings/index.htm
Subtle strategies from opponents in the stem cell debate?
18 October 2006 - Website posting serves to confuse stem cell debate [pdf 15kb]
Is Victoria to be Australia's California?
17 October 2006
The Catholic church and the stem cell debate in Australia
11 October 2006 - Bishops condemn cloning [pdf 13kb]
Controversy surrounding the Lockhart Report's recommendation for the use of animal eggs in cloning research, or the 'chimera' debate
12 October 2006 - Stem cell centre signals stand against 'chimera' [pdf 13kb]
Both sides of stem cell debate try different angles
12 October 2006 - Govt defends stem cell research funding
http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Govt-defends-stem-
cell-research-funding/2006/10/12/1160246253485.html
Cancer risk for stem cell research becomes a major topic in the debate
11 October 2006 - Researchers at odds over stem cell cancer risk
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/researchers-at-odds-over-
stem-cell-cancer-risk/2006/10/10/1160246131995.html
10 October 2006 - Stem cells create tumours, says expert
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/
0,22606,20557912-5005962,00.html
Anti-cloning side brings in overseas campaigner to Australian stem cell debate
9 October 2006 - Scientist accuses colleagues of putting ambition before life
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/
0,20867,20547392-2702,00.html
NHMRC launches new information page on stem cells and the legislative debate
19 September 2006 - http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/embryos/stemcells/index.htm#6
Need for cloning disputed
5 October 2006 - Adult stem cells backed
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/
0,22606,20526440-5006301,00.html
6 October 2006 - It is still too early to cross this boundary
http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/it-is-still-too-early-to
cross-this-boundary/2006/10/05/1159641463058.html?
page=fullpage#contentSwap1
And yet another government report on stem cells
2 October 2006 - Billions lost by cloning ban: Bracks
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/
0,20867,20509013-2702,00.html
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