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Green Machine Plan For Roads September 2004A $100 million plan for Australia to build its own "green machine" alternative fuel cars is helping drive Labor's science and innovation vision.A Latham government would give researchers cash incentives to investigate manufacturing Australia's own low-emission motor vehicles. Potential technologies include "hybrids", such as the Toyota Prius and Honda's Civic Hybrid, which couple electric booster engines with petrol engines. The "driving green" program is part of Labor's research and innovation strategy, to be unveiled in Melbourne today. At its heart will be a proposed industry and innovation department to sharpen Australia's bid to build a knowledge-based economy. Labor's industry, innovation, science and research spokesman, Kim Carr, believes the nation's research strengths must be better co-ordinated. The as-yet unnamed proposed department would assume responsibility for information technology from the existing Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. Also coming under the new department would be the National Health and Medical Research Council -- currently attached the the Health Department. It would also include a new research bureau to encourage private businesses to increase the level of industrial research. Senator Carr told the Herald Sun last night that Victoria stood to benefit from today's plan because of the state's industrial and research strengths. The key was co-ordinating industry and research better to help power the economy and create jobs, he said. "We can improve our co-ordination and lift our performance as a nation by building on our strengths and meeting the competition head-on," Senator Carr said. He said the $100 million "driving green" initiative was an obvious winner for Victoria, headquarters of the nation's automotive industry. "This is a way of taking pressure off our fragile environment to invest in automotive technology," the senator said. But Mr Latham spent yesterday more concerned with Matchbox cars than lean, green cars of the future. The Labor leader was in his element as he announced his party's early development plan for child care and pre-schoolers at Perth's Wirrabirra childcare centre. Mr Latham said the time had finally come for preschool to be recognised as part of the education system. Labor will also spend $80 million on one of Mr Latham's pet projects -- parent reading programs and government gifts of three free books for newborns. It's one of his most cherished ambitions since becoming Labor leader in December. And Mr Latham said it went to the heart of what he was about in politics. "The most valuable investment a nation can make is in its children," he said. "Investing in children delivers long-term benefits to the economy, society and families." But one little girl at the centre was far from grateful for the consideration. Jade Hilston, 4, decided the Opposition Leader had been given enough time for the announcement . . . and gagged him. SOURCE: The "driving green" program is part of Labor's research and innovation strategy, to be unveiled in Melbourne today. At its heart will be a proposed industry and innovation department to sharpen Australia's bid to build a knowledge-based economy. Labor's industry, innovation, science and research spokesman, Kim Carr, believes the nation's research strengths must be better co-ordinated. The as-yet unnamed proposed department would assume responsibility for information technology from the existing Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. Also coming under the new department would be the National Health and Medical Research Council -- currently attached the the Health Department. It would also include a new research bureau to encourage private businesses to increase the level of industrial research. Senator Carr told the Herald Sun last night that Victoria stood to benefit from today's plan because of the state's industrial and research strengths. The key was co-ordinating industry and research better to help power the economy and create jobs, he said. "We can improve our co-ordination and lift our performance as a nation by building on our strengths and meeting the competition head-on," Senator Carr said. He said the $100 million "driving green" initiative was an obvious winner for Victoria, headquarters of the nation's automotive industry. "This is a way of taking pressure off our fragile environment to invest in automotive technology," the senator said. But Mr Latham spent yesterday more concerned with Matchbox cars than lean, green cars of the future. The Labor leader was in his element as he announced his party's early development plan for child care and pre-schoolers at Perth's Wirrabirra childcare centre. Mr Latham said the time had finally come for preschool to be recognised as part of the education system. Labor will also spend $80 million on one of Mr Latham's pet projects -- parent reading programs and government gifts of three free books for newborns. It's one of his most cherished ambitions since becoming Labor leader in December. And Mr Latham said it went to the heart of what he was about in politics. "The most valuable investment a nation can make is in its children," he said. "Investing in children delivers long-term benefits to the economy, society and families." But one little girl at the centre was far from grateful for the consideration. Jade Hilston, 4, decided the Opposition Leader had been given enough time for the announcement . . . and gagged him. SOURCE: The "driving green" program is part of Labor's research and innovation strategy, to be unveiled in Melbourne today. At its heart will be a proposed industry and innovation department to sharpen Australia's bid to build a knowledge-based economy. Labor's industry, innovation, science and research spokesman, Kim Carr, believes the nation's research strengths must be better co-ordinated. The as-yet unnamed proposed department would assume responsibility for information technology from the existing Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. Also coming under the new department would be the National Health and Medical Research Council -- currently attached the the Health Department. It would also include a new research bureau to encourage private businesses to increase the level of industrial research. Senator Carr told the Herald Sun last night that Victoria stood to benefit from today's plan because of the state's industrial and research strengths. The key was co-ordinating industry and research better to help power the economy and create jobs, he said. "We can improve our co-ordination and lift our performance as a nation by building on our strengths and meeting the competition head-on," Senator Carr said. He said the $100 million "driving green" initiative was an obvious winner for Victoria, headquarters of the nation's automotive industry. "This is a way of taking pressure off our fragile environment to invest in automotive technology," the senator said. But Mr Latham spent yesterday more concerned with Matchbox cars than lean, green cars of the future. The Labor leader was in his element as he announced his party's early development plan for child care and pre-schoolers at Perth's Wirrabirra childcare centre. Mr Latham said the time had finally come for preschool to be recognised as part of the education system. Labor will also spend $80 million on one of Mr Latham's pet projects -- parent reading programs and government gifts of three free books for newborns. It's one of his most cherished ambitions since becoming Labor leader in December. And Mr Latham said it went to the heart of what he was about in politics. "The most valuable investment a nation can make is in its children," he said. "Investing in children delivers long-term benefits to the economy, society and families." But one little girl at the centre was far from grateful for the consideration. Jade Hilston, 4, decided the Opposition Leader had been given enough time for the announcement . . . and gagged him. SOURCE: Herald Sun | ||
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