It has been reported that Monsanto spent $ 1.3 million in the first quarter of 2008 on lobbying in the U.S.
Monsanto also appears to have embedded at least one employee of a lobbyist firm it uses, Ogilvy Government Relations, in the Obama for America campaign team.
Given the flurry of lobbying activity which usually surrounds any new regime such as the Rudd Government, one has to wonder exactly who is lobbying for Monsanto in Australia besides those farmer groups that the GM seed monolith is currently fostering.
While that question remains unanswered everyone on the newly updated Australian Government Lobbyists Register remains suspect.
Monsanto also appears to have embedded at least one employee of a lobbyist firm it uses, Ogilvy Government Relations, in the Obama for America campaign team.
Given the flurry of lobbying activity which usually surrounds any new regime such as the Rudd Government, one has to wonder exactly who is lobbying for Monsanto in Australia besides those farmer groups that the GM seed monolith is currently fostering.
While that question remains unanswered everyone on the newly updated Australian Government Lobbyists Register remains suspect.
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