GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED — Board/Management Information 2004

Nov 24, 2004

ASX ANNOUNCEMENT November 25^th, 2004

John Dawkins Joins GTG Board of Director

Genetic Technologies Limited (ASX:GTG,US OTC:GNTLY) is delighted to report that the Hon John S Dawkins AO, has been appointed to the Board of GTG.

This follows the decision of the CYO'Connor ERADE Village Foundation to take up the invitation of GTG to nominate a director.

Mr Dawkins was the Federal Treasurer in 1992/3 and was earlier the Minister for Trade – an experience which will be valuable to the company in guiding its overseas activities.

Since leaving public life in 1994 Mr Dawkins has chaired the boards of 4 companies; Elders Rural Bank, The Retail Energy Market Company, the Medical Corporation of Australia – from 1997 – 2001, and Law Central. Since 1994 he has been a director of Sealcorp Holdings – now a subsidiary of St George Bank, an appointment he will relinguish later this year. Since 2000 he has been a director of Government Relations of Australia a subsidiary of Clemenger Communications.

During his nearly 10 years on the Board of the Fred Hollows Foundation he was involved in the commercialisation of the products of the foundation's R&D activities.

His extensive corporate experience - which has included chairing board audit committees – has exposed Mr Dawkins to the recent developments designed to improve the corporate governance of listed and unlisted companies.

Mr Dawkins holds a B.Ec from UWA and a Diploma in Agriculture from Roseworthy College. He grows grapes and breeds Connemara ponies at Eden Valley in SA

The appointment to the Board of GTG fills a casual vacancy created by the resignation of Mr Ian Dennis from the Board. The total number of Directors remains five. Mr Dennis will continue to hold the position of Corporate Secretary of GTG.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Dr. Mervyn Jacobson Executive Chairman Genetic Technologies Limited (ABN 17 009 212 328) Phone: +61 3 9415-1135.