Radio National

Inaugural winner of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science Dr Jim Peacock has just (last week) become President of the Australian Academy of Science. Will he, a champion of GM technology find it difficult to deal with public concerns about uses of genetically modified crops? How will he confront the ever diminishing supply of funds for research.

I didn't even know I was eligible. So where's my plane ticket? And how did they know that I like GM cars? And what does that have to do with genetically modified crops? Wacky Aussies.