AUSTRALIA now has a national biotechnology strategy. It was launched in
Brisbane earlier this week by science minister Nick Minchin at the annual
conference of the Australian Biotechnology Association (ABA).
He told about 300 delegates that the Federal government was committing more
than A$30 million to support biotechnology. The measures were all in
place, he said, in the fine print of the May Budget. And just to make sure his
announcement was seen as good news, the minister also provided a glossy booklet
of Australia’s progress and achievements in the field.
The lion’s share of the money goes towards…
