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Community attitudes 2024 report
In 2024, support for GM technologies largely reflects results shown in 2019. After the global COVID-19 pandemic and spikes in support in 2021, attitudes appear to have returned to a new ‘baseline’. 38% of the Australian community in support of its use in general.
The general trend across the 2024 survey has been a slight diminishing in support for GM technologies, returning to a baseline of 2019 and earlier. When it comes to specific uses, 2024 revealed some decreases in support in the community from 2021, for medical uses (down 5%), and for use in food and crops (down 8%).