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Australian Broadcasting Corporation Govt hopeful of uniform laws banning cloning The Federal Government hopes to have uniform national laws banning human cloning in place by June 2002. The Prime Minister has included the issue on the agenda for the June Council of Australian Governments meeting (COAG). Victoria, Western Australia and South Australia all have laws banning cloning, with New South Wales and Queensland preparing laws. John Howard wants a uniform approach. He will ask the COAG meeting to refer the matter to the Health Ministers to prepare a report by the end of the year. The report would consider what cloning activities should be banned, a regulatory regime and the implications for research. The Australian Academy of Science has indicated it does not support the cloning of embryos, but does not want other forms of cloning banned, such as research using embryonic stem cell lines. The academy says the research could lead to treatments for major degenerative disease, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease and insulin dependent diabetes. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2001/06/item20010601124757_1.htm ************ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn