Their statements come as South Australian authorities have launched new investigations into some of the claims. There's a new addition to the line-up of political parties in the Northern Territory. In Darwin today a press conference was held to unveil the Aboriginal Political Party of the Northern Territory to contest the next Federal Election. On most days that would be a straight good news story for the government, but the funding boost announced by the Health Minister, Dr Michael Wooldridge, happened to come on the day when a national newspaper was trumpeting a massive loss of jobs and skills in the medical research area. The Australian bio-tech firm, Amrad, has become embroiled in a row in Europe over the controversial idea of creating 'chimeric' animals.
Chimeras are hybrid animals made with the genes of different species.
The environmental group Greenpeace claims that Amrad's claimed a patent for creating chimeric species from the European Patent Office. More competition looms for Australia Post with the launch in Melbourne today of a new company that's making a grab for the business post market. The initial launch in Sydney and Melbourne is an off-shoot of the long established Document Exchange Network. But the company says it's less a competitor and more a customer of Australia Post. The West Australian Government has moved to disprove allegations of torture in the state's prisons.