Assistant to the Shadow Minister for Information Technology and the Australian Computer Society’s nominated ‘Most Computer Literate Politician’, Senator Kate Lundy invites all interested journalists to join her in touring the headquarters of Cooperative Research Centres (CRC’s) at the Australian National University.
“The Cooperative Research Centre for Robust and Adaptive Systems (CRASys) and the Advanced Computational Systems (ACSys) are examples of a thriving information and communication technology sector in Canberra which are threatened by the Howard Government’s lack of leadership and understanding of the benefits of indigenous research centres.” Senator Lundy said
“Funding cuts to research and development in the information technology and telecommunications sector are a direct contradiction of recommendations of the recent Goldsworthy Report. Increasing funding to CRC’s is a tangible objective for the future of Australia’s IT & T sector – under the current Government, we are looking at fewer CRC’s in the years to come.”
“We are in real danger of losing expertise overseas and destroying the credible base in information and communication technology unless more support is given to these industries.”
“This is a perfect example of what can be achieved when a critical mass of industry, research institutions and end users collaborate.
The tour of the CRC’s will commence at 9.30am
Wednesday, November 5, 1997.
At the reception area of the RSISE building, ANU
For further information, please contact Robyn Blackwell or Kate Lundy on6230 0411.
