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Nature 412, 765 (23 August 2001) | doi:10.1038/35090722

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Biotechnology gets big backing in Australia

Sandy Radke1

  1. Biotechnology Australia, GPO Box 9839, ACT 2601, Australia

The Opinion article "Towards a 'knowledge nation'" (Nature 411, 619; 2001) does not fully convey the priority that the Australian Commonwealth government — the national government of Australia — places on biotechnology.For example, the Commonwealth government gave A$296 million (US$150 million) in the year 1999–2000 to biotechnology through funding schemes such as the National Health and Medical Research Council, the Australian Research Council and the R&D Start programme.